Reference Manual

463 Live Instrument Reference
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 (lon-
ger 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 in-
crease 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
specifies 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 fixed 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, finger 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 finger are adjusted with the Fing
Mass and Fing Stiff knobs, which set the force the finger applies to the string and the finger’s
stiffness, respectively. The Mass amount can be additionally modulated by velocity or note pitch
via the sliders. The stiffness of the fret is modelled with the Fret Stiff parameter.