User Guide

Chapter 28 Sculpture 515

In effect, each parameter that you introduce or make changes to, will affect the

modelled string. This will, in turn, affect the interaction of each parameter with the

modelled string. As such, parameter settings that you have already made for, say

Object 1, may need to be adjusted when Object 2 is activated.

Generally, such adjustments won’t need to be radical, and may only involve a small

tweak to the Strength parameters, or perhaps the pickup positions of each object, for

example. These parameters have the greatest impact on the tone and level of the

objects, and should be the first things you look at if the introduction of Object 2 results

in an unwanted change to the color of your sound.

You may want to fine tune the objects further through use of the Timbre and Variation

controls.

Small changes—rather than radical ones—will retain the general tonal character of the

string (and Object 1), while introducing the new flavor of Object 2.

Back to it …

Processing

From the pickups, the signal is sent to the processing section, which consists of the

ADSR-equipped amplitude stage, a Waveshaper (with selectable types of waveshaping

curves) and a multi-mode filter.

These processors and the pickup parameters are covered in “Processing Parameters” on

page 472. Feel free to experiment with these, while referring to the individual

parameter descriptions.

All elements covered thus far exist on a per-voice basis.

Additional Processing

All voice signals coming from the pickups are summed, and then processed by an

integrated Delay effect.

From there, the signal is sent to an EQ-like module (Body EQ), which globally simulates

the spectral shape or body response of your instrument. There are several body types

to choose from.

The resulting signal is then fed to a Level/Limiter section.

Please explore all of the parameters available in these processing sections at your

leisure—using the “plain vanilla” patch each time. This will give you a general feel for

each parameter, and its impact on the sounds you hear.