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Chapter 13 Sculpture 288
Sculpture tutorials
Explore Sculpture
Explore Sculpture overview
The following sections contain information to assist you as you start to explore sound creation in
Sculpture. See Explore Sculpture’s string, Explore Sculpture’s objects, Explore Sculpture’s pickups,
and Other Sculpture processing parameters.
The creation of basic instrument sounds is discussed in Basic sound programming overview on
page 293. For a more detailed look at programming particular types of sounds, see Electric bass
programming overview on page 303 and Synthetic sound programming overview on page 321.
Given the exibility of Sculpture’s synthesis core, you can take a number of dierent approaches
to sound design.
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If you prefer to build sounds from scratch—parameter by parameter—you can.
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If you prefer to use Sculpture’s morphing capabilities to create new sounds, you can. See
Randomize morph points in Sculpture’s Morph Pad on page 280.
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If you prefer to tweak existing settings, it may be more suitable to use features that aect the
entire instrument. See Sculpture Body EQ overview, Sculpture lter parameters, Use Sculpture’s
Waveshaper, and Sculpture modulation overview.
Whatever approach you favor, you will be able to achieve new and interesting results. Experiment
and familiarize yourself with each approach. You will nd that each has its strengths and
weaknesses, and that a combination of methods may strike the best balance for your needs.
When programming a sound from scratch in Sculpture, the best approach is to work on each
component of the sound in isolation. As you’re probably new to Sculpture, you won’t be familiar
with the impact of each parameter on your end results. See String and object interactions
in Sculpture.
To start, you will need a plain vanilla setting. When you rst open Sculpture, this is exactly what
you get—a default set of neutral parameters. It is sonically uninteresting, but provides a starting
point for most examples. This setting is saved as the “#default” settings le. It is best to save a
copy of this setting before starting.
Save a default setting
m Chose Save Settings As from the Settings pop-up menu, then enter the name you want—maybe
“neutral” or “vanilla”—and click Save.
This setting can be reloaded as you work through the examples.