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Attack

The first part of the sound of a note. In a synthesizer envelope, the attack segment is the segment during which the envelope rises from its initial value (usually zero) to the attack (peak) level (often the maximum level for the envelope) at a rate determined by the attack time parameter. See ADSR.

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