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CHAPTER 23. LIVE INSTRUMENT REFERENCE 437
The Mass, Stiffness and Velocity parameters can be further modulated by note pitch, via the
sliders below.
The stiffness of the damper mechanism is adjusted with the Damping knob, which affects the
overall amount of vibration absorbed by the damper. Lower values result in less damping
(longer decay times.) But this becomes a bit less predictable as the Damping value goes
over 50%. At higher values, the mechanism becomes so stiff that it bounces against the
string. This in turn reduces the overall amount of time that the damper is in contact with the
string, causing an increase in decay time. The best way to get a sense of how this parameter
behaves is to gradually turn up the knob as you repeatedly strike a single key.
The Position knob serves an analogous function to the control in the Excitator section, but
here species the point on the string where the damper makes contact. At 0%, the damper
contacts the string at its termination point, while at 50% it damps the string at its midpoint.
The behavior is a bit different if the Fix. Pos switch is enabled, however. In this case, the
contact point is xed to a single location, rather than changing as the length of the string
changes. The damper's position can additionally be modulated by velocity or note pitch,
via the Vel and Key sliders.
The Damper section can be toggled on or off via the switch next to its name.
The Termination Section
Tension's Termination
Section.
The Termination section models the interaction between the fret, nger and string. On
a physical instrument, this interaction is used to change the effective length of the string,
which in turn sets the pitch of the note played. The physical parameters of the nger are