Apple MainStage 3 Instruments - MainStage 3 Instruments

Record an envelope
1 Make sure you have loaded the default setting, then drag the Object 1 slider all the way to the
left. Starting from this position, where it generates only an overtone-rich scratch, start animating
it by using the envelope.
2 Locate the Envelope section in the lower-right corner of the Sculpture window. Select the first of
the two envelopes by clicking the envelope 1 button to select it. In the left part of the Envelope
section, notice the two routing possibilities that are used to assign a modulation target to
the envelope.
3 Click the 1 button to activate the first routing link, and choose Object1 Position from the Target
pop-up menu as the modulation target. Drag the amt slider all the way to the right to set the
modulation intensity to its maximum value.
The envelope can now be recorded. It is assumed that your MIDI keyboard has a modulation
wheel that outputs the corresponding MIDI controller message (CC number 1) and that option
1 ModWhl is selected for control of Envelope 1 (choose 1 ModWhl from the CtrlEnv 1 pop-up
menu in the dark bottom edge of the Sculpture window).
4 Click the R button near the top of the Envelope section below Record Trigger, to prepare the
envelope for recording. Choose Note + Ctrl Movement from the Record Trigger pop-up menu.
This option specifies that the recording of the controller messages from the modulation wheel
begins the instant the first note is played.
5 Play a note when you want to start the recording, and move the modulation wheel slowly
upward while keeping the key on the keyboard depressed. Notice the sound variations you
create while moving the modulation wheel.
6 At the end of the recording, return the wheel to its initial starting position and, after you release
the depressed note, click the R button to deactivate the recording mode.
Chapter 13 Sculpture 324