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2 You probably noticed that moving the Media Loss, Tension Mod, and Resolution sliders
also had an effect on the green and blue Keyscale sliders inside and outside the ring.
Drag each of these Keyscale slider arrowheads to different positions—one by one—while
you play a few notes either side of middle C. Notice the changes that happen up or down
the keyboard range.
3 When you’re done, click the Release button at the bottom of the Material Pad ring, and
adjust the blue Media Loss Release slider while you strike notes.
Exploring the Objects in Sculpture
Up to three objects of different types are used to excite or disturb the vibration of the
string.
Before starting, Control-click the string (the green horizontal line in the Pickup display),
and then click enable string animation.” When active, the string vibrates when you
play a note, making it easier to visualize the impact of the objects and pickups.
To explore the objects in Sculpture
1 Reload the #default (or your vanilla) setting file by choosing Reset Setting from the Settings
menu.
2 Click the Object 1 button to deselect it while you are repeatedly striking a key. The sound
will stop after Object 1 is deselected. The string itself doesn’t make a sound unless it is
stimulated by at least one object. Click the button again to reactivate it.
3 Open Object 1’s Type pop-up menu, and choose each menu item. Strike a note repeatedly
while you choose each item to hear the impact of each object type on the string. Keep
an eye on the string animation. Note that Object 1 can make use of excite types only.
Object 2 can make use of either excite or damping types. Object 3 can make use of
damping types only.
4 Adjust the Strength knob by dragging vertically for large changes or horizontally for fine
adjustments. Strike a note repeatedly while doing so.
5 Drag the Timbre and VeloSens arrowheads to different positions while striking a key to
audition the changes that they bring.
6 The impact of the Variation parameter is different for each type of object. Feel free to
experiment with this as well.
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