Problem with the envelope

Hermod+
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Hello, everyone!

Even after updating to the last firmware, I get pops when using the envelope. I’m trying to use it as a basic envelope controlling a VCA to stop an oscillator from droning. What I do:

  1. I set two layers on track 1: Note + Mod, then I add the Env on this track.
  2. I send CV from track 1 to the V/Oct of the OSC
  3. I send CV from track 2 (mod) to the CV input of my mixer/VCA (Nano StMar)

It does the job, but the pops make it unusable. The settings on the ENV are:
Attack: 40
Decay: 0
Sustain: 100
Release: 20

The rest of the settings are set by default.

I’m curios if anyone else has this problem too. When I use the same setup, but with Instruo Ceis as an ENV instead of the Hermod+, everything works perfectly.

Here you can hear the pops.

Thanks a lot.

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I believe that’s due to a limitation of the envelope, which is that it restarts ‘abruptly’. One countermeasure could be to set a very subtle GLIDE effect, to smooth the transitions, or run the envelope CV through a slew limiter.

I’ll look into adding this subtle smoothing within the ENV effect.

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Thanks for the suggestions. I don’t have a slew limiter, but I added Glide from the Hermod+ and it didn’t solve the problem unfortunately. I tried adding it both on the first, as well as on the second track (not at the same time). Please try it yourself, maybe I didn’t do it right. Thanks a lot!