3.5

493MainStage Instruments
Record an envelope in Sculpture
1. In MainStage, choose a Record Trigger Mode, such as Note + Ctrl.
2. Click the Recordbutton (the “R”) to start recording.
3. Play, and hold, a key—and start moving the controllers assigned to envelope controls 1
or 2 or both, such as the modulation wheel.
Stop an envelope recording in Sculpture
In MainStage, do one of the following:
• Click the Record button ( the “R”) to disengage it.
• Release all voices.
• Play a new note after releasing all keys.
Note: When a controller movement has been recorded, R(ecord) is automatically set to off
and Mode is set to Env. This ensures that only the recorded movement is active, regardless
of the stop position of the recorded controller.
Play a recorded envelope in Sculpture
• In MainStage, play a key to begin polyphonic playback of the recorded envelope.
Note: The Mode parameter must be set to Env and the R(ecord) parameter must be set to
off.
You can also turn on both the Env and Ctrl buttons of the Mode parameter, which enables
you to use controllers assigned to CtrlEnv1 or CtrlEnv2 to manipulate the envelope in real
time, alongside playback of the recorded envelope.
Note: When both Env and Ctrl are turned on, the controller value is added to the envelope
output, resulting in a modulation offset.
Prepare a recorded envelope for editing in Sculpture
• In MainStage, the envelope segments and handles are set automatically after recording.
Drag the vertical lines that intersect the handles to enable editing.
Note: This does not change the shape of the envelope.
Sculpture morph parameters
MainStage Sculpture morph overview
Sculpture has a number of morphable parameters, indicated in the Sculpture interface by
an orange value bar, rather than a blue or turquoise one. This makes it easy to identify, and
edit, the values of these parameters.
All morphable parameters can be independently adjusted and stored with a morph point.
In essence, the values of all morphable parameters are captured at a particular moment in
time, much like a photograph. You can smoothly change the sound—in a subtle or radical
way—by transitioning between up to five morph points.