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2 Locate the Envelope section in the lower-right corner of the Sculpture window. Select
the first of the two envelopes by clicking the envelope 1 button to select it. In the left
part of the Envelope section, notice the two routing possibilities that allow you to assign
a modulation target to the envelope.
3 Click the 1 button to activate the first routing link, and choose Object1 Position from the
Target pop-up menu as the modulation target. Drag the “amt” slider all the way to the
right to set the modulation intensity to its maximum value.
The envelope can now be recorded. It is assumed that your MIDI keyboard has a
modulation wheel that outputs the corresponding MIDI controller message (CC number
1) and that option 1 ModWhl is selected for control of Envelope 1 (choose 1 ModWhl
from the CtrlEnv 1 pop-up menu in the dark bottom edge of the Sculpture window).
4 Click the R button near the top of the Envelope section below Record Trigger, to prepare
the envelope for recording. Choose Note+Ctrl Movement from the Record Trigger pop-up
menu. This option specifies that the recording of the controller messages from the
modulation wheel will begin the instant the first note is played.
5 Play a note when you want to start the recording, and move the modulation wheel slowly
upward while keeping the key on the keyboard depressed. Notice the sound variations
you create while moving the modulation wheel.
6 At the end of the recording, return the wheel to its initial starting position and, after you
release the depressed note, click the R button to deactivate the recording mode.
When following the example above, you can see the curve you recorded in the graphic
display. Note that the curve arches exclusively above the 0 axis because the modulation
wheel sends only unipolar values (between 0 and a positive maximum value). Because
the Object 1 slider has already been moved to the far left of the string, it can be shifted
to the far right by the envelope only when the maximum modulation intensity is reached.
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