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The pickups are the first element beyond the sound generating portion of
Sculpture—consisting of the string and objects—and act as the input to the virtual signal
processing chain. You can view the pickups as being like those of an electric guitar or
clavinet. Obviously, changing their positions will alter the tone of your instrument, and
they’ll do the same in Sculpture.
Pickup A position slider
Invert button
Object position slider
Object position slider
Object position slider
Object position sliders (morphable): Sliders 1, 2, and 3 determine the respective position
of each (excite/disturb/damp) object along the string. See Changing Object Positions
in Sculptures Pickup Display.
Pickup A position slider (morphable): Determines the position of Pickup A along the
string. Values of 0.0 and 1.0 determine the left and right ends of the string, respectively.
Pickup B position slider (morphable): Determines the position of Pickup B along the
string, shown underneath Object position slider 3 at the bottom of the image.
Invert button (Pickup B Phase): Inverts the phase of Pickup B. Found at the lower left of
the Pickup display. Options are: normal or invert(ed).
Note: If the phase of Pickup B is inverted, the sound can become thinner due to portions
of the Pickup A and Pickup B signals canceling each other out. Depending on the position
of the pickups, however, the reverse may happen, with the sound actually becoming
richer.
To adjust the Pickup A or Pickup B position
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Drag the slider handle at the top or bottom of the Pickup display.
The Pickup A and B ranges are shown as transparent bell curves, which represent the
position and widths of pickups A and B.
The green horizontal line within the pickup display represents the string. As the Stiffness
parameter value of the string is increased, the line becomes thicker. The line can be
animated and will show the range of the strings motion.
To view string animation
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Control-click the green horizontal line—the string—to activate or deactivate animation.
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