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442 Chapter 24 Sculpture
13 Vary the Object 3 Strength parameter. You’ll discover that the overtone content of the
buzzing can be controlled very effectively. A Strength value of 0.25 is recommended
here.
14 Save this Setting as “Fretless Roundwound#1”.
Modulation and Detuning
Detuning and ensemble effects are normally achieved using a modulation effect or by
combining doubling and detuning. When using a fretless bass for a solo part, a broad
chorus effect adds a nice touch.
As Sculpture can only synthesize one note at a time at any certain pitch, we can’t work
with doubling. There are, however, alternatives for bringing movement and life into the
sound. Almost all of the Type parameters of the different Objects can be modulated by
LFOs, resulting in a vast number of possible combinations.
Emulating a chorus effect by modulating the Pickup positions:
1 Make sure that you’ve got the “Fretless Roundwound#1” Setting loaded.
2 Adjust the positon of Pickup B to 0.20.
3 The Stereo control element is located to the left of the Level dial. Click-hold on the (Ste-
reo) Pickup semicircle, and move the mouse in an upwards direction. Both of the light
blue dots move downwards towards the letters L and R. You can hear how the stereo
breadth of the fretless sound has increased. Pickup A is sent out on the right channel,
while Pickup B occupies the left channel.
Note: Although only modern basses offer such stereophonic features, its still fun to
process conventional sounds (such as those created in the previous examples) with this
effect. Note that not all pickup positions are monophonic compatible; you can check
this by returning the Stereo Pickup setting to mono (by clicking on the Pickup semicircle
while depressing the Option key).
Now we need to make the pickups move:
4 Select LFO1.
5 Activate the first modulation target by clicking on the “1” button (next to the Rate
slider, to the upper right).
6 Choose Pickup Position A-B as the modulation target.
7 Set the Rate dial to 1.00 Hz.