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2 Drag the ball upward until you hear an acceptable sound. Try the position shown in the
figure:
Note: In general, a splaying of the overtones in low wound strings is typical. You can
recognize it by the slightly impure, metallic sound. This occurs because the partials
(overtones) are not exact whole number multiples of the fundamental frequency, but
rather are shifted somewhat higher. An example of this effect in the real world of
electro-acoustic instruments is the low strings on a Yamaha CP70. This is overkill, but your
bass model will benefit from a small amount of this effect.
To splay overtones in Sculpture
1 Drag the ball in the Material Pad gradually to the right. The sound takes on a more pure,
bell-like character.
2 To realistically simulate the splaying of overtones, try the following example setting:
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