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Chapter 13 Sculpture 319
Animate the pickup positions
1 Select LFO1.
2 Click the 1 button (next to the RateMod slider, at the upper right) to activate the rst
modulation target.
3 Choose Pickup Pos A-B as the modulation target.
4 Set the Rate knob to 1.00 Hz.
5 To hear the eect, you need to set the modulation intensity (amount). Familiarize yourself
with this eect by moving the amt slider gradually to the right. Set it to a nal value of 0.15, a
moderate rate that doesn’t wobble too much.
6 Save this setting as Fretless Chorus Dry.
Tip: At the maximum stereo breadth, eects based on detuning are not as prominent, especially
when the beats heard in the sound result from signal dierences between the left and right
channels. This is valid only to a certain degree, because the motion of the pickup doesn’t create
a true chorus or harmonizer eect. Try it out and see what happens when the stereo breadth
is reduced a little. Also test other modulation targets, such as Pickup Pos A+B, Pickup Pan A+B,
Pickup Pan A−B, and String Stiness.
Create an unobtrusive atmospheric space
This example shows that the Delay section can be used as a substitute reverb for small spaces.
For sophisticated reverb eects, it’s best to process Sculpture’s output with a Logic Pro reverb
plug-in.
1 Load the Fretless Chorus Dry setting.
2 Click the Delay button to turn on the Delay section.
3 Drag the Input Balance slider to 1.00.
4 Click the small Sync button—directly to the right of the Delay Time slider—to deselect it, which
switches o the tempo synchronization of the delay.
5 Drag the Delay Time slider to 90 ms.
6 Set the Xfeed knob to 0.30.
The individual reections are still too brash. To make the eect more discrete and
unobtrusive, adjust the frequency spectrum and amplitude of the reections. Start with the
frequency spectrum.
7 Drag the LoCut slider to 200 Hz and the HiCut slider to 1000 Hz in the Delay section.
The LoCut parameter at 200 Hz excludes the low frequencies in the reections, thus preventing
a muddy sound. The comparatively drastic cut to the highs with the HiCut parameter blurs the
individual reections, thereby creating the impression of a small room with soft surfaces.
8 Set the Wet Level knob to 25% to reduce the total level of the eect.
9 Save this setting as Fretless Chorus+Ambience.