> Another nice possibility would be: the switch should select whether the
> release-time is determined by the decay-potentiometer or the
> release-potentiometer. I am a big fan of the envelopes used in the moog
> prodigy or polymoog, which do not know about a separate release, but
> simply have a switch that enables release or not. For monophonic synths
> it is perfect for classic sequences, for polyphonic synths it works

like

> the pedal of a piano.

i would second florian on that. envelopes play such an important role,
and yet the choice of types - not just by doepfer - is severely
limited. of course, there are innumerable ways to use other modules to
vary the shape of an evelope, but the same could be said of filters,
and we've got dozens of those.

stu