Owner`s manual

characteristics to the sound energy generated by the driver.
• Conical (large)
This option simulates the type of conical horn used in instruments like the saxophone — a
small entrance aperture, gradually expanding to a relatively large bell.
• Conical (small)
This conical pipe has a much smaller taper than the above, more like the type of pipe used in
an oboe.
• Straight (single-ended)
Similar to a clarinet pipe — driven from one end and essentially straight right up to the flare
at the other end. In physical modelling terminology, this type of pipe is considered to be
"single-ended".
• Straight (double-ended)
A flute pipe, for example, is essentially straight along its length, but is driven at a point
somewhere between its two ends. This type of pipe is "double-ended".
• Flare
This is the type of pipe found on the trumpet and other brass instruments. Although it
depends on the type of DRIVER selected, this type of pipe generally produces a relatively
bright sound.
* If the Pluck driver is combined with the Flare pipe, the resultant pitch can be unpredictable.
This is because the Flare pipe is inherently ambiguous — e.g. a trumpet player can vary the
pitch of his instrument over a wide range simply by adjusting his embouchure (the way he uses
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