Apple MainStage 3 Instruments - MainStage 3 Instruments

Name Description Strength controls Timbre controls Variation controls
GravStrike
Like hammer but
with gravitation
toward the string,
leading to multiple
hammer-string
interactions and
disturbed string
vibrations
Hammer start
speed
Felt stiffness
Gravitation
Pick
Finger or plectrum
picking
Pickup force and
speed
Force/speed ratio
Plectrum stiffness
Bow
Bow wide
Noise
Blow
Bowing of the
string
Same as bow, but
wider, resulting in a
more mellow tone,
especially suited
for smooth bow
position changes
Noise injected into
the string
Blow into one end
of the string (an air
column, or tube). At
various positions,
starting from 0.0
(far left), move the
blowing direction
and position from
along the string
toward one end.
The string is blown
sideways at the
chosen position.
Bow speed Bow pressure Slip stick
characteristics
Bow speed Bow pressure Slip stick
characteristics
Noise level
Noise bandwidth/
cutoff frequency
Noise resonance
Lip clearance Blow pressure Noisiness
External (available
only for Object 2)
Feeds side-chain
signal into string.
Level
Cutoff frequency of
lowpass filter being
used to process
side-chain signal
Width (size) of the
string area being
affected by the
side-chained signal
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