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448 Chapter 24 Sculpture
Select Loop Alternate in the Sustain mode menu below the Envelope graphic display. As
the sustain point is found at the end of the Envelope, the Envelope repeatedly travels
from the beginning to the end and backwards from the end to the beginning, creating
a continuous flux within the sound.
Summing up: we now have a rudimentary, but appealing and organic-sounding pad
which we will use as the foundation for further shaping and refinement. Save this
rough version of the sound as a basis for further experiments (Preset 0001 raw pad).
Increasing Stereo Breadth and Chorus
The next thing we’ll do is give our very dry sounding pad a little more stereo breadth
and chorus effect. We’ll use the trick we discussed while creating bass sounds. Namely,
modulating the Pickup positions, and assigning them to the left and right channels.
Here’s a quick description of the process:
1 Click-hold on the Pickup semicircle in the Stereo control element, and move the mouse
upwards to separate the stereo pan positions of the Pickups. Both of the light blue dots
should come to rest near the line that separates both semicircles.
2 Activate both of the modulation links in LFO1 by clicking on the buttons labeled 1 and
2. For the first link, modulate the position of Pickup A (Target: PickA Pos) with a small
positive value and with the second link, the position of pickup B (Target: PickB Pos) with
a small negative value (intensity at ±0.15). Reduce the Rate of the LFO to about 0.3 Hz.