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Table Of Contents
- Logic Pro X Instruments
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Drum Kit Designer
- Chapter 2: ES1
- Chapter 3: ES2
- ES2 overview
- ES2 interface
- ES2 sound sources
- ES2 oscillator parameters overview
- ES2 basic oscillator waveforms
- Use pulse width modulation in ES2
- Use frequency modulation in ES2
- Use ring modulation in ES2
- Use ES2 Digiwaves
- Use the ES2 noise generator
- ES2 emulation of detuned analog oscillators
- Stretch tuning in ES2
- Balance ES2 oscillator levels
- ES2 oscillator start points
- Synchronize ES2 oscillators
- ES2 global parameters
- ES2 filter parameters
- ES2 amplifier parameters
- ES2 modulation
- ES2 integrated effects processor
- ES2 macro controls and controller assignments
- ES2 Surround mode
- ES2 extended parameters
- Create random ES2 sound variations
- ES2 tutorials
- Chapter 4: EFM1
- Chapter 5: ES E
- Chapter 6: ES M
- Chapter 7: ES P
- Chapter 8: EVOC 20 PolySynth
- EVOC 20 PolySynth and vocoding
- EVOC 20 PolySynth interface
- EVOC 20 PolySynth analysis parameters
- EVOC 20 PolySynth (U/V) detection parameters
- EVOC 20 PolySynth synthesis parameters
- EVOC 20 PolySynth formant filter
- EVOC 20 PolySynth modulation parameters
- EVOC 20 PolySynth output parameters
- EVOC 20 PolySynth performance tips
- Vocoder history
- EVOC 20 block diagram
- Chapter 9: EXS24 mkII
- EXS24 mkII overview
- Sampler instruments
- EXS24 mkII Parameter window
- EXS24 mkII Parameter window overview
- Sampler Instruments pop-up menu
- EXS24 mkII global parameters
- EXS24 mkII pitch parameters
- EXS24 mkII filter parameters
- EXS24 mkII output parameters
- EXS24 mkII extended parameters
- EXS24 mkII modulation overview
- EXS24 mkII modulation router
- EXS24 mkII LFOs
- EXS24 mkII envelope overview
- EXS24 mkII modulation reference
- EXS24 mkII Instrument Editor window
- EXS24 mkII preferences
- EXS24 mkII memory management
- Chapter 10: External Instrument
- Chapter 11: Klopfgeist
- Chapter 12: Retro Synth
- Retro Synth overview
- Retro Synth Analog oscillator controls
- Retro Synth Sync oscillator controls
- Retro Synth Table oscillator controls
- Retro Synth FM oscillator controls
- Retro Synth filter controls
- Retro Synth amp and effect controls
- Retro Synth modulation controls
- Retro Synth global and controller settings
- Retro Synth extended parameters
- Chapter 13: Sculpture
- Sculpture overview
- Sculpture interface
- Sculpture string parameters
- Sculpture objects parameters
- Sculpture pickups parameters
- Sculpture global parameters
- Sculpture amplitude envelope parameters
- Use Sculpture’s Waveshaper
- Sculpture filter parameters
- Sculpture delay effect parameters
- Sculpture Body EQ parameters
- Sculpture output parameters
- Sculpture surround range and diversity
- Sculpture modulation controls
- Sculpture morph parameters
- Define Sculpture MIDI controllers
- Sculpture tutorials
- Chapter 14: Ultrabeat
- Ultrabeat overview
- Ultrabeat interface
- Ultrabeat Assignment section
- Ultrabeat Synthesizer section overview
- Ultrabeat sound sources
- Ultrabeat oscillator overview
- Ultrabeat oscillator 1 phase oscillator mode
- Use Ultrabeat oscillator 1 FM mode
- Use Ultrabeat oscillator 1 side chain mode
- Use Ultrabeat oscillator 2 phase oscillator mode
- Basic waveform characteristics
- Use Ultrabeat oscillator 2 sample mode
- Use Ultrabeat oscillator 2 model mode
- Ultrabeat ring modulator
- Ultrabeat noise generator
- Use Ultrabeat’s filter section
- Ultrabeat distortion circuit
- Ultrabeat Output section
- Ultrabeat modulation
- Ultrabeat step sequencer
- Ultrabeat step sequencer overview
- Step sequencer basics
- Ultrabeat step sequencer interface
- Ultrabeat global sequencer controls
- Ultrabeat pattern controls
- Use Ultrabeat’s swing function
- Ultrabeat Step grid
- Automate parameters in Ultrabeat’s step sequencer
- Export Ultrabeat patterns as MIDI regions
- MIDI control of Ultrabeat’s step sequencer
- Ultrabeat tutorials
- Chapter 15: Vintage B3
- Chapter 16: Vintage Clav
- Chapter 17: Vintage Electric Piano
- Appendix A: Legacy instruments
- Appendix B: Synthesizer Basics
Chapter 14 Ultrabeat 346
Model mode parameters
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Exciter buttons: Click to select one of the two contrasting exciters. Each oers dierent sound
characteristics (Type 1 and Type 2).
Note: In this context, an exciter is the agent or triggering device used to initiate the vibration
of the string. Don’t confuse it with the eect plug-in of the same name.
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Material Pad: Determines the basic tone of the string with the string Stiness and damping
(Inner Loss) parameters.
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Inner Loss: Emulates damping of the string, as caused by the string material—steel, glass,
nylon, or wood. These are frequency-dependent losses that cause the sound to become
more mellow during the decay phase.
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Stiness: Sets the rigidity of the string. In reality, this is determined by the string material
and diameter—or, to be more precise, by its geometrical moment of inertia. Stier strings
exhibit an inharmonic vibration, where overtones are not integer multiples of the base
frequency. Rather, they have higher frequencies, which can make upper or lower notes
sound somewhat out of tune with each other.
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Resolution slider: Move to determine the precision of the calculation. Higher values produce
additional harmonics. Lower values produce fewer harmonics, or inharmonic spectra.
Use Ultrabeat’s Material Pad
The combination of the Inner Loss and Stiness parameter positions determines the string
material and, therefore, the general timbre of your sound. In general synthesizer terms, use of
these parameters could be viewed as being similar to the waveform selector/generator in the
oscillator section. The default pitch of the string is C3 (middle C).
m To simultaneously adjust the Inner Loss and Stiness parameter positions, drag the ball (which
correlates to the x and y coordinates) in the Material Pad.
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Low Stiness values, combined with low Inner Loss values, lead to metallic sounds.
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Increase the Stiness to make the sound more bell-like, or glass-like. Extreme Stiness values
turn the string into a solid metal rod.
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Increase the Inner Loss value while maintaining a low Stiness level to emulate nylon or
catgut strings.
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High Stiness values, combined with high Inner Loss values, simulate wood-like materials.
Note: Option-click the ball to reset all string parameters to their default values.