Apple MainStage 3 Instruments - MainStage 3 Instruments

Sculpture Morph Envelope parameters
The following section describes the Morph Envelope’s parameters.
Mode buttons and
Pad Mode menu
Time Scale field
Sync/ms buttons
Modulation knob and
Source menu
Record button and
Trigger menu
Sustain Mode menu
Depth knob
Transition knob
Morph Envelope parameters
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Record button: Click to arm the envelope for recording. See Record Morph Envelopes in
Sculpture on page 288.
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Trigger Mode pop-up menu: Choose the event type that triggers recording.
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Mode buttons: Turn on the Morph Envelope. See Sculpture’s Morph Envelope mode on
page 286.
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Pad Mode pop-up menu: Choose a Morph Envelope mode.
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Timescale field: Drag to scale the duration of the entire envelope between 10% (ten times
faster) and 1000% (ten times slower). This also affects the appearance of the envelope curve
displayed as it is shortened (sped up) or lengthened (slowed down).
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Sustain mode pop-up menu: Choose the behavior of the Morph Envelope while a note is held.
The menu items are Sustain mode, Finish mode, three loop modes—Loop Forward, Loop
Backward, Loop Alternate—and Scan via CtrlB mode. See Sculpture Morph Envelope Sustain
and loop mode on page 286.
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Sync and ms buttons: Select either a tempo-synced envelope with note value options, such as
1/8 or 1/4, or a free-running envelope, with segment times displayed in milliseconds.
Note: Switching between values forces a recalculation of times to the nearest note value or ms
time, respectively, based on the current project tempo.
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Depth knob: Rotate to scale the amount of morph movement caused by the Morph Envelope.
The effect of the Depth parameter is visually displayed in the Morph Pad. As you increase or
decrease the value, the morph trajectory is also scaled.
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Modulation knob: Rotate to set the scaling amount for Morph Envelope movements.
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Modulation Source pop-up menu: Choose a modulation source that is used to scale Morph
Envelope movements.
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Transition knob: Rotate to control transitions between morph points. This can be the original
(possibly recorded) movement to linear, or stepped, transitions. The latter remains at one
morph state and then abruptly switches to another morph state at the following envelope
point. This parameter (and the Morph Envelope itself) can lead to interesting, evolving sounds,
or even rhythmic patches.
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