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7 Drag the Media Loss slider up and down while playing to hear its effect. Find a suitable
setting.
8 Similarly, you can change the Material Pad ball position—although its effect on the overall
tone of the sound is heavily reliant on the Media Loss value.
9 Activate the Body EQ and Filter, and adjust the settings to your heart’s desire.
10 Save setting as with a new name.
This sound can be used as the starting point for a vast range of percussive
sounds—including drums, blocks, industrial percussion, and even rhythmic sequenced
synth sounds. New and quite different sounds can be quickly created by adjusting the
ball position in the Material Pad, and by altering the Media Loss slider position.
Creating Solo String Sounds with Sculpture
Solo stringed instruments that are played with a bow, such as violins and cellos, can be
created in much the same way. This sound can also be played polyphonically.
To create a solo string sound
1 Load the #default (or your vanilla) setting file.
2 Set Transpose to −1 Oct.
3 Set Object 1’s type to Bow.
4 Play the lower half of your MIDI keyboard, and you’ll hear a viola/cello-like sound, which
could obviously be improved.
5 Set the Object 1 Velosens slider to match your playing style and that of the music, as
you’re playing the keyboard. Adjust later, if desired.
6 Drag the Tension Mod slider slightly upward, so that the arrowhead covers the “D.” This
emulates the momentary detuning effect of the bow stretching the string.
7 Move Pickup A to a position around 0.90.
8 Move Object 1’s pickup position to a value around 0.48.
9 Activate Body EQ, and select the Violin 1 model.
10 Set the Body EQ parameters as follows: Intensity 0.73, Shift +1.00, and Stretch+1.00.
11 Adjust the Fine Structure slider to taste.
12 Click-hold the Spread Pickup semicircle, and drag downward until the light blue dots
reach the 10:30 and 1:30 positions.
13 Set the Level Limiter mode to “both.”
14 Save setting as with a new name.
To further customize your solo string sound
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Set up a modulation, such as a vibrato, that is introduced into the sound after a short
period.
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