Apple MainStage 3 Instruments - MainStage 3 Instruments

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HiCut slider: Determines the cutoff frequency of the lowpass filter at the delay line output/
feedback loop.
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Groove Pad: Use to graphically adjust delay times in stereo instances. See Sculpture’s Groove
Pad (stereo) on page 259.
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Input Balance slider: Drag to move the stereo center of the Delay input to the left or right,
without the loss of any signal components. This makes it ideal for ping-pong delays.
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Delay Time slider and field: Drag to set the delay time. This can be in either musical note
values—1/4, 1/4t (1/4 triplet), and so on (see “Sync button” below)—or in milliseconds.
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Sync button: Set either tempo-synced or free-running delay modes.
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Output Width slider: Drag to change the stereo base of the wet signal. A value of 0.0 results in
mono output. A value of 1.0 results in full stereo output—the left delay line output channel is
panned hard left, and the right delay line output channel is panned hard right, but the stereo
center is unaffected.
Note: This parameter is aimed primarily at achieving pure delay grooves in both channels,
without hard left/right ping-pong panning.
Sculpture’s Groove Pad (stereo)
When used in a stereo instance of Sculpture, the Spread and Groove parameters are displayed in
the two-dimensional Groove Pad.
Drag the diamond in the center of the crosshair to adjust the values. You can also independently
adjust the Spread and Groove parameter values by dragging the lines that intersect
the diamond.
You can also Control-click the Groove Pad to open a shortcut menu that contains Copy, Paste,
and Clear commands. These can be used to copy and paste delay settings between multiple
Sculpture instances or between consecutively loaded settings. The Clear command resets the
current delay settings.
Groove Pad parameters
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Spread: Adjust for wide stereo delay effects. Values on the y-axis (above the default, centered
position) increase the delay time of the right delay line or decrease the delay time of the left
delay line—in effect, smearing the delay times of the left and right channels. Negative values
invert this effect.
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Groove: Distributes delay taps to the left/right channels, rather than smearing them, like the
Spread parameter. Values on the x-axis reduce the delay time of one delay line by a given
percentage, while keeping the other delay line constant. Keep an eye on the small help tag
while adjusting.
For example, a value of +50% reduces the right delay time by half. If a value of 1/4 was used as
the Delay Time, the right delay would equal 1/8 of a note and the left delay would remain at
1/4 of a note. Needless to say, this parameter is perfect for the creation of interesting rhythmic
delays—in stereo.
Chapter 13 Sculpture 259