Stages vs Zadar vs Quadigy – The Search for the Ultimate Envelope Generator

I couldn’t decide, so bought all three and made this video. Mutable Instruments Stages Xaoc devices Zadar Klavis Quadigy --- --- 0:00 Introduction 1:01 Stages 2:48 Zadar 4:32 Quadigy 5:22 Stages strengths 6:17 Zadar strengths 6:58 Quadigy strengths 7:36 Stages cv control 7:53 Zadar cv control 8:25 Quadigy cv control 8:56 Stages audio rate 9:47 Zadar audio rate 10:23 Verdict --- I needed an envelope. Modular is pretty great at plucky stuff. Plaits has an internal decay envelope, as does Basimilus. Maths can create some great ASR envelopes and does percussive, again plucky things very well thanks to the exponential curve. For melodic lines, pads, drones, anything that doesn’t go pluck… I needed an ADSR. Knowing Eurorack, there’s bound to be something out there that does what I think I want. And then some. So here’s the video I need