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8 Move the Material Pad ball to a position between the end of the Inner Loss text and below
the Nylon text.
9 Play the keyboard and you should hear a flute-like sound, but with a long release—which
obviously isn’t ideal. Drag the Amplitude Envelope Release slider down to around 0.99 ms.
10 Pickup A should be set to a value of 1.00 (far right).
11 Set Object 1’s pickup position to around 0.27.
12 Set Object 2’s pickup position to around 0.57.
13 Now activate the Waveshaper and select the “Tube-like distortion” type.
14 Play a few notes, and adjust the Waveshaper Input Scale and Variation parameters to
taste (try Input Scale = 0.16 and Variation 0.55, for example).
15 As you play sustained notes, you may notice a distinct lack of interesting timbral shifts
(typical of real flute sounds—due to changes in the player’s breath, lip position, and so
on) as the note is held.
16 A number of approaches can be taken to add interest to the sustained sound. These
include using the vibrato modulator (assigned to aftertouch, perhaps), recording or
drawing in an envelope, and controlling the Waveshaper Input Scale via Velocity and/or
String Media Loss. You could even use the Loop Alternate Sustain Mode. Feel free to
experiment!
17 Save setting as with a new name.
Creating Guitar Sounds with Sculpture
Guitar, lute, mandolin, and other plucked-type instruments, including harps, can be
created from this basic setting.
To create a guitar sound
1 Load the #default (or your vanilla) setting file.
2 Set the Voices parameter to a value of 6—there are only 6 strings on a guitar. Obviously,
pick 7 for a banjo, or as many as possible for a harp.
3 Set Object 1’s type to Impulse, if not already chosen.
4 Activate Object 2 and set its type to Pick.
5 Now move Pickup A’s position to the extreme right.
6 Move Object 2’s Pickup position to a value of 0.14.
7 Activate the Body EQ, and select one of the Guitar models.
8 Adjust the various Body EQ parameters. These have a major impact on the overall
brightness and tone of your guitar sound. (Try Model Guitar 2, Intensity 0.46, Shift 0.38,
and Stretch 0.20, for example.)
9 Set Fine Structure to a value of around 0.30 to 0.35—let your ears be the judge.
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