Apple MainStage 3 Instruments - MainStage 3 Instruments

Adjust an object pickup position
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Drag the corresponding numerical slider handle (the 1, 2, or 3 arrows) for each object.
Adjustments to object positions will disturb/excite a given portion of the string. The vertical
orange lines represent the positions of Objects 1, 2, and 3. The thickness and brightness of these
lines indicate the strength of the objects. Object 1 can be an exciter. Object 3 can be a damper.
Object 2 has two arrows, indicating that it can be used as either an exciter or damper.
Turn string animation on or off
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Control-click the green horizontal line—the string—to enable or disable string animation.
When animation is active, the string vibrates, making it easier to visualize the impact of the
objects and pickups. Note that string animation increases CPU overhead, so disable it if your
computer is struggling to process all data in real time.
Sculpture’s spread controls
Although they are not found in the actual Pickup display, two additional pickup parameters are
available to the right of the Material Pad.
Key/Pickup Spread parameters
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Key Spread button: Drag vertically to set the amount of panning (pan position) by MIDI note
number. Depending on settings, the farther up or down the keyboard you play, the more
the voice is panned left or right. Two lines in the ring that surrounds the Spread parameters
indicate values.
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Pickup Spread button: Drag vertically to spread the two pickups across the stereo base. Two
dots in the ring that surrounds the Spread parameters indicate values.
Tip: You can create animated width and chorus effects by modulating the Pickup Position
parameters with an LFO or other modulator.
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