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• Do the same with the Pickup A and Pickup B sliders. You’ll note that changes to the
Pickup positions result in quite different String vibrations (and tonal qualities). Adjust
the Level control (directly opposite the Pickup section, on the right of Sculpture’s GUI)
to increase volume, if desired.
• Adjust the pickups of the other two Objects. Adjust each Object’s Strength, Timbre,
and Variation parameters to alter the tone. Make use of the tables in the “Type”
section, on page 368.
Note that Object 1 can only make use of the excite Types found in the first table. Object
2 can make use of any of the Types available in either table. Object 3 can only make use
of the disturb/damp Types found in the second table.
• You can disable any of the Objects at any time by pressing on their numerical
buttons (1, 2, and 3).
About Parameter Interactions…
As you’re probably discovering, each parameter has an impact on the overall tone of
the string—and more often than not—an impact on the string interaction of other
parameters.
In effect, each parameter that you introduce or make changes to, will affect the
modelled string.
This will, in turn, affect the interaction of each parameter with the modelled string.
As such, parameter settings that you have already made for, say Object 1, may need to
be adjusted when Object 2 is activated.
Generally, such adjustments won’t need to be radical, and may only involve a small
tweak to the Strength parameters, or perhaps the Pickup positions of each Object, for
example. These parameters have the greatest impact on the tone and level of the
Objects, and should be the first things you look at if the introduction of Object 2 results
in an unwanted change to the color of your sound.
You may want to “fine tune” the Objects further through use of the Timbre and Variation
controls.
Small changes—rather than radical ones—will retain the general tonal character of the
string (and Object 1), while introducing the new flavor of Object 2.
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