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Chapter 16 Vintage Clav 442
Vintage Clav Details window
Vintage Clav Details window overview
The Details window lets you precisely control the modeling parameters of Vintage Clav and also
provides global parameters that aect the overall instrument. See these sections for details:
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Vintage Clav Excite and Click parameters
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Vintage Clav String parameters
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Vintage Clav Pitch parameters
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Vintage Clav Misc parameters
Vintage Clav Excite and Click parameters
The Excite parameter describes the string excitation, emulating the characteristics and power of
the hammers striking the string, and other elements that form part of the initial key strike.
The rubber hammers of the original D6 age and decay, just like piano hammer felts. Worn out D6
units produce a distinctive “click” when a key is released. This is due to the string sticking to the
rubber hammer before being released. The characteristics of this release click are part of each
model and can be precisely adjusted with the Click parameters.
Excite and Click parameters
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Shape slider: Drag to contour the attack shape, simulating the hardness of the rubber hammers
in a D6. As the instrument ages, hammers wear and split, changing brightness and tone.
Negative values—to the left—provide a softer attack, and positive values result in a harder
attack.
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Intensity slider: Drag to set the level of the release click. A negative value of −1.00 eliminates
the release click. To simulate an old D6, increase the value.
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Random slider: Drag to control the amount of click level variance across the keyboard. This
slider simulates the wearing of some hammers, but not others, emulating the real-world
“wear and tear” of a D6. The farther to the right the slider is moved, the greater the variation
between key clicks on some keys. At the leftmost position, all keys have an identical key click
level.
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Velocity slider: Drag to set the velocity sensitivity for the key click sound. The maximum key
click level is set with the Intensity slider and the velocity mode is determined with the Velocity
mode switch.
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Velocity mode switch: Turns attack (key on) or release (key o) velocity on or o. The Auto
setting senses if the connected MIDI keyboard is sending release velocity values. If this is
the case, the received release velocity is used to shape the sound; otherwise, it acts as if it is
turned o.