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3 Increase the Resolution value until the metallic rattling disappears. Set the slider to the
following position:
4 Play some notes in the bottom range (around E 0). You’ll note that the sound is quite
muffled and vintage-like. Move the green Low Keyscale slider (found below the main
Resolution slider) all the way to the right; the low range should now sound a little more
wiry.
With most stringed instruments, the overtone content decreases as the pitch becomes
higher. Strictly speaking, this is true only of open strings, and even then in a limited sense.
If the strings are fingered, the length of the string is shortened, especially in the high
register, and the effect becomes more significant.
To use the Inner Loss parameter to scale the overtone content, dependent on pitch
1 Move the Material Pad ball above the wordsInner Loss. Try to move the ball solely in a
vertical direction in order to maintain a constant Stiffness value.
2 Drag the green line next to the ball toward the bottom until the small green diamond is
located directly above the wordSteel.
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