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When playing, you’ll recognize the smooth transition that takes place between the wiry,
overtone-rich sound at the bottom end and the extremely dampened sound in the upper
register. This exaggerated setting was chosen to clearly demonstrate the scaling principle
in stringed instruments. To achieve an authentic sound and timbre, try the following
setting:
Setting Sustain Levels for the Basic Bass Sound
In basses in particular, low notes sustain far longer than high notes. Sculpture allows you
to authentically and convincingly simulate this behavior with the Media Loss parameter.
To use the Media Loss parameter to scale the fading phase of the note, dependent on
pitch
1 Play a few held notes in the range around C2 and above. You’ll hear that these notes die
out much too slowly. Drag the Media Loss slider up until this range begins to fade out
quickly enough. The downside is that the lower notes now die out too quickly!
2 Drag the green Media Loss Key Scale slider down until the fade-out phase of the lower
range is sufficiently long.
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