Rec and Env options

Open these menus in the right panel: click the duration beneath Rec, or the + beneath Env. Clicking the Rec or Env name itself toggles that source. Both sources need an enabled route in the modulation matrix to affect a destination.

These are native PsyPhaZ 1.1.05 menus. Click a capture to view it at full size; displayed values are an example state.

Rec

The Recorder menu sets the duration of the recorded modulation loop. The grid contains one parameter, Sync. Select a value to change the loop’s tempo-related duration.

Rec timing menu, with bar selected.

Parameter	Function and range
Sync	Choose 1/16, 1/12, 1/8, 1/6, beat, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, bar, 1.5, 2 bars or 4 bars. Smaller durations cycle through the gesture more quickly; larger durations give a longer loop at the same tempo.

Choose the duration before recording a new gesture. Keep host transport playing, then hold and drag the Recorder’s vertical fader to write movement. Release to replay it. See the animated Recorder example.

Env

The envelope follower converts the level of an audio signal into modulation. Its pre-filter lets you focus detection on a frequency range; Attack and Release determine how quickly the resulting envelope follows changes.

Env follower options.

Parameter	Function and range
Close (×)	Dismiss the menu.
Source	Audio SC selects the host sidechain when available; Audio Self uses the plugin input. If no sidechain is supplied, the follower uses the main input.
Pre-Filter	Enable filtering before envelope detection. The filter shapes what the follower detects.
Type	HP, LP or BP: high-pass, low-pass or band-pass pre-filter. Env has its own filter settings, separate from the LFO audio-trigger filter.
Freq	20–20,000 Hz. Cutoff frequency for HP/LP, or centre frequency for BP.
Q	0.5–3. Pre-filter resonance.
Listen	Audition the audio feeding the envelope detector, after the pre-filter when enabled. Turn this off to return to the normal processed output.
Attack	0.1–30 ms. Response to rising signal levels; shorter settings follow rises more quickly.
Release	1–300 ms. Response to falling signal levels; longer settings produce a slower decay.
Gain	0.1–16 multiplier on the detected envelope. The result is limited to 0–1 before optional inversion; this scales modulation rather than the main output gain.
Inverted	Reverse the detected value: 0 becomes 1, and 1 becomes 0. A louder input then lowers the modulation value.

For a first test, choose Audio Self, disable Inverted and route Env to a destination. Adjust Gain for a useful modulation range, then Attack and Release for the desired movement. Enable Pre-Filter when only part of the signal should drive that movement.