The customization can be done by choosing the preferred envelope shape and by shifting the envelope left or right. Conveniently, it is possible to make these adjustments by using the left and right arrows on the UI. Other than that, you can set the different timing options on top of the user interface. You can choose between 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 and 1/1, and thus determine how the volume automation relates to the host application’s tempo setting. Setting the note length to 1/8 means that the envelope is restarted every 1/8th count, whereas 1/4 means it’s applied every 1/4th count and so on. Opening the settings tab (by pressing the gear icon) shows the different retriggering options, which make things a lot more interesting. Kickstart supports three different retrigger options. One is controlled by the note length value, and the other two are triggered via MIDI. Synced is the default setting which is explained above. The envelope is simply retriggered on each count (1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1/1).įor this option, you need to open the settings tab of the plugin and create a new MIDI channel in the DAW. Let’s say you are sending MIDI on channel 3. In this case, you’ll have to select channel 3 as the MIDI input channel in Kickstart.
This way, the plugin can react to the MIDI notes you are sending in manually. Each time a MIDI note is triggered, the envelope is retriggered and will continue playing according to the time signature setting. So, if you’ve selected 1/8th, the volume automation will start when the MIDI note hits and will continue every 1/8th until another MIDI note is triggered. This option is pretty much the same as the retrigger option described above. The only difference is that the volume automation will not be retriggered until another MIDI note is sent to the VST. The interesting thing about this mode is that the count determines the speed of the completion of the envelope. You can compare this to the decay parameter of a side-chain compressor. The higher the decay time, the longer it takes for the volume to reach its default level. The higher the count, the quicker the envelope is completed and thus the sooner the volume resets. Kickstart makes side-chain style pumping effects very easy to achieve, as it completely removes the need to create a separate side-chain channel and use a side-chain compressor.
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