Instruments and Effects

538 Chapter 28 Sculpture
To simulate fingers lightly touching the strings:
1 Object 3 is used as a damper. Select the Damp type.
2 Adjust Object 3’s Timbre parameter to its maximum value of 1.00.
3 Variation must be set to its initial value of 0.00. Simply click on the slider while holding
down the Option key to do so.
4 Move Object 3 to the exact middle (0.50) of the Pickup display. Play the keyboard, and
you’ll hear the first overtone as a harmonic.
5 While playing, very slowly move Object 3 towards the left of the Pickup display. In
doing this, you are effectively scrolling through the overtone series, so to speak.
6 Save this setting as Flageolet Xmple.
Vintage Flat Wound Pick Bass
Now, in just a few easy steps, you can transform the pick bass into a vintage pick bass
with flat wound strings. This bass sound is typical for the funk and soul music of the
70s, but you’ll also find it in many easy listening arrangements.
Proceed as follows:
1 First load the Pick Bass Half Muted setting.
2 Drag the Material Pad ball upwards and the sound becomes more muffled.
3 Increase the Object 3 Strength parameter to 0.70. The result is a muted pick bass with
flat wound strings.
∏ Tip: If you turn Object 3 off, you’ll hear a sound that is reminiscent of a 1970s’ Fender
Precision Bass.
4 Save this setting as Flatwound Pick Damped.
To get a nice percussive sound à la Bert Kaempfert, proceed as follows:
1 Turn Object 3 back on.
2 Move both pickups a little to the left (position 0.08).
3 Our virtual pick (Object 1) can also be moved a little further to the outside (position
0.10).
4 You can add the icing to the cake with the Body EQ. Turn the Low dial to its maximum
value (1.00).