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Processing parameters: Capture the string signal and provide further tonal control.
The processing parameters include the filter, Waveshaper, pickup, and amplitude
envelope parameters.
Global parameters: Affect the overall behavior of Sculpture.
Post-Processing parameters: Affect the overall tone and behavior of the entire
instrument. Post-processing parameters include the Delay, Body EQ, and Level Limiter
parameters.
Modulation section: The blue/gray area below the sound engine contains the modulation
sources—LFOs, jitter generators, and recordable envelopes.
Global control sources: The area at the bottom of the interface enables you to assign
MIDI controllers to Sculpture parameters. This section also incorporates the Morph Pad,
a dedicated controller for morphable parameters.
Getting to Know the Sculpture Synthesis Core
This section is designed to give you a feel for the way Sculpture works. It contains key
information and concepts that you need to understand before taking a look at features
and parameters. Component modeling is quite different from traditional synthesis
methods—and so are the results!
Like a real instrument, Sculpture generates sounds by using an object—such as a fingertip,
wind, drumstick, or violin bow—to stimulate another object—such as a guitar string or
reed.
Note: For clarity, the stimulated object is known as the string” throughout this document.
As with a real instrument, the sound consists of multiple elements. Its not only the string
that is responsible for the tonal color of the sound, but also the objects that stimulate or
otherwise affect the string, or the overall sound.
For example, imagine a steel-stringed guitar that is alternately strummed with your thumb
and then picked strongly with your fingers. A nylon-stringed guitar, or 12-string guitar,
would significantly change the tone. Now also imagine the impact of pressing the strings
down onto the fretboard, which not only changes the chord but also momentarily bends
the strings, and therefore their pitch. Other aspects to consider are the size and material
of the guitar body and how they influence the resonant characteristics of your sound.
Further elements, such as the size or type of sound hole—round or S-shaped—the finger
noise on the strings, and the medium that the guitar is played in, also have roles to play
in the overall sound produced.
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