Elysia Nvelope Impulse Shaper Audio Processor

Elysia's Nvelope is a powerful audio processor capable of making subtle or drastic changes to a sound by providing control over its attack and sustain characteristics. This is extremely useful for reshaping all sorts of individual tones, and is a wonderful tool in any mixing situation as well.

The nvelope operates independently of the specific level of a signal, and (unlike with compressors) you do not have to spend a lot of time trying to balance a set of complex controls to quickly get the results you seek.

With its unique Dual Band mode, the nvelope gives you enhanced control over processing, and can easily handle complex program material. Additionally, its dynamics sections can be bypassed, allowing it to function as a flexible high/low shelf EQ. So, the nvelope is a dynamics processor that can change the character of a sound by altering its impulse structure. It gives you direct control over the envelope of a signal by shaping its attack and sustain intensity.

More specifically, a drum set (or individual drums) can be made to sound more aggressive and punchy by accenting the attack, or tones that are already overly aggressive can easily be tamed.

Other useful applications would be on picked or slapped bass, edgy guitar or any kind of piano recording. Generally speaking, the nvelope works optimally on audio signals with a significant/percussive attack structure.

As a balance to the attack shaping, the sustain parameters offer control over room sound and space. An instrument or a reverb tail can sound tighter by reducing its sustain, or can gain more depth/make a signal sound longer by increasing it.

The nvelope is a great tool for shaping individual signals, but it can be an indispensable resource in mixing situations as well, as it effortlessly helps you to bring a sound to the front with more attack and less sustain… or blends it gently into the background by reducing its attack and increasing its sustain.

A unique feature of the nvelope is the enhanced tweakability offered in Dual Band mode. Individual frequency controls for attack and sustain yield excellent processing results without unwanted artifacts, even when utilized on complex material like a summing bus.

Elysia Nvelope Features:

• Discrete Class-A Topology - As a true elysia specialty, the audio path of the nvelopeis completely based on discrete circuitry and does not use any integratedcircuits at all.
• Full Range Mode - In Full Range mode, the attack and sustain intensity of a signal canbe raised or reduced fast and efficiently with just two controllers.
• Dual Band Mode - This mode functions basically the same as Full Range, but it providesmore tweakability by assigning the attack and sustain controls to individualfrequency selectors.
• EQ Mode - Thenvelope can mutate into a two band equalizer with a high/low shelfcharacteristic, and even here the channel link for processing stereo materialcan be activated.
• Mixed Mode - When Stereo Link mode is not active, the two individual channels canbe used as completely different processors at the same time.
• Dual Mono/Stereo Link - For ultimate flexibility, the nvelope offers true dual mono andlinked stereo operation as well – no matter if you are using it in Full Range,Dual Band or EQ mode.
• Auto Gain - Should distortion or huge jumps in level occur as an unwanted sideeffect of the attack processing, the Auto Gain function will compensate andget the level right.
• Stepped Potentiometers - The frequency potentiometershave 41 steps for an easy recall, while the gain pots have a center detent forfinding their neutral position at once.

Elysia Nvelope Specifications:

• Frequency response: < 10 Hz - 400 kHz (-3.0 dB)
• THD+N @ 0 dBu, 20 Hz - 22 kHz: 0.006 %
• THD+N @ +10 dBu, 20 Hz - 22 kHz: 0.01 %
• Noise floor, 20 Hz - 20 kHz (Full Range, EQ): -90.0dBu
• Noise floor, 20 Hz - 20 kHz (Dual Band): -87.0 dBu(A-weighted)
• Dynamic range, 20 Hz - 22 kHz: 112 dB
• Maximum input level: +21 dBu
• Maximum output level: +21 dBu
• Input impedance: 10 kOhm
• Output impedance: 68 Ohm