About drawing envelopes by hand (with mouse)

[shinysideup]

I'm working on a pitch envelope, so that's the focus, but this applies to envelopes in general.
When drawing an envelope with the mouse, it's extremely choppy...to put it simply, the edges are all jagged and non-uniform
because it's virtually impossible to get a perfect "curve" (or whatever). Are there any onboard tools that will create an
envelope with a smooth curve/edge or am I stuck editing the individual point and hoping for the best? I'm really hoping
there's something where I can set the start/end points and then drag the curve, if that makes sense.

Also regarding pitch bend: is there any way to have horizontal lines display that will give us some clue
as to what note we're at with the envelope?

[glenn303]

I'm working on a pitch envelope, so that's the focus, but this applies to envelopes in general.
When drawing an envelope with the mouse, it's extremely choppy...to put it simply, the edges are all jagged and non-uniform
because it's virtually impossible to get a perfect "curve" (or whatever). Are there any onboard tools that will create an
envelope with a smooth curve/edge or am I stuck editing the individual point and hoping for the best? I'm really hoping
there's something where I can set the start/end points and then drag the curve, if that makes sense.

Also regarding pitch bend: is there any way to have horizontal lines display that will give us some clue
as to what note we're at with the envelope?

Have you tried with grid turned off?

[JoshR]

yeah, grid off and ctrl/apple b.

[shinysideup]

Yes, the grid is off. I'm drawing without it... thing is: my hand sucks at dragging out a nice curve.

[JoshR]

ctrl/apple b

[shinysideup]

I got your message (twice now) regarding ctrl+b ... it's ALREADY off... that's not the problem here.