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Trigger
A trigger is a signal that activates events. Trigger signals are very diverse. For instance, a
MIDI note or an audio signal can be used as triggers. The events a trigger can initiate are
also very diverse. A common application for a trigger is when it is used to start an
envelope.
VCA
VCA is the acronym for voltage-controlled amplifier. A VCA is a component that influences
the volume level of a sound via a control voltage. This is often generated by an envelope or
an LFO.
VCF
VCF is the acronym for voltage-controlled filter. It is a filter component that allows you to
manipulate the filter parameters via control voltages.
Volume
The term describes a sound's output level.
Wave
A wave is the digitally stored image of a single wave cycle. From this point of view a wave
is identical to a sample that is looped exactly after one cycle. The difference to a sampler or
ROM sample player is that all waves have the same length and they are played at the same
pitch.
Wavetable
A wavetable consists of pointers to waves, which are stored separately. In a wavetable a
number of these pointers are combined, each pointing at one of the waves. A wavetable
can contain less pointers then available positions. In this case the missing entries are filled
automatically with interpolated waveforms, which are generated out the existing ones.
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