Apple MainStage 3 Instruments - MainStage 3 Instruments

Animate the pickup positions
1 Select LFO1.
2 Click the 1 button (next to the RateMod slider, at the upper right) to activate the first
modulation target.
3 Choose Pickup Pos A-B as the modulation target.
4 Set the Rate knob to 1.00 Hz.
5 To hear the effect, you need to set the modulation intensity (amount). Familiarize yourself
with this effect by moving the amt slider gradually to the right. Set it to a final value of 0.15, a
moderate rate that doesn’t wobble too much.
6 Save this setting as Fretless Chorus Dry.
Tip: At the maximum stereo breadth, effects based on detuning are not as prominent, especially
when the beats heard in the sound result from signal differences between the left and right
channels. This is valid only to a certain degree, because the motion of the pickup doesn’t create
a true chorus or harmonizer effect. Try it out and see what happens when the stereo breadth
is reduced a little. Also test other modulation targets, such as Pickup Pos A+B, Pickup Pan A+B,
Pickup Pan A−B, and String Stiffness.
Create an unobtrusive atmospheric space
This example shows that the Delay section can be used as a substitute reverb for small spaces.
For sophisticated reverb effects, it’s best to process Sculpture’s output with a reverb plug-in.
1 Load the Fretless Chorus Dry setting.
2 Click the Delay button to turn on the Delay section.
3 Drag the Input Balance slider to 1.00.
4 Click the small Sync button—directly to the right of the Delay Time slider—to deselect it, which
switches off the tempo synchronization of the delay.
5 Drag the Delay Time slider to 90 ms.
6 Set the Xfeed knob to 0.30.
The individual reflections are still too brash. To make the effect more discrete and
unobtrusive, adjust the frequency spectrum and amplitude of the reflections. Start with the
frequency spectrum.
7 Drag the LoCut slider to 200 Hz and the HiCut slider to 1000 Hz in the Delay section.
The LoCut parameter at 200 Hz excludes the low frequencies in the reflections, thus preventing
a muddy sound. The comparatively drastic cut to the highs with the HiCut parameter blurs the
individual reflections, thereby creating the impression of a small room with soft surfaces.
8 Set the Wet Level knob to 25% to reduce the total level of the effect.
9 Save this setting as Fretless Chorus+Ambience.
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