Apple MainStage 3 Instruments - MainStage 3 Instruments

Do one of the following:
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To preview audio files (AIFF, WAV, SD2, CAF, UBS) before loading, click the Play button. Click the
button again to stop playback.
Clicking the Play button loops playback of the currently selected sample file. The sample
is played with no manipulation: all filters, EQ, envelopes, and other synthesizer parameters
are ignored.
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To audition multiple files, click Play once, then step through the files by pressing the Up Arrow
and Down Arrow keys or by clicking each filename.
Note: Independent auditioning of all layers is not possible. In multilayer UBS files, the audition
function plays the sample at a fixed velocity of 75%. Only the layer addressed by this velocity
value is played.
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To temporarily replace the sample files of the currently selected drum sound, click the “Preview
Sample in Ultrabeat Voice” checkbox.
The drum sound can be triggered as usual (played notes, MIDI region events, or Ultrabeat
sequencer events) while the Load Sample window is open and different files are being
selected. The selected sample can be heard as part of the current drum sound, inclusive of all
synthesizer processing.
Important: Any effects inserted into the Ultrabeat instrument channel strip are heard when you
preview samples.
Use Ultrabeat oscillator 2 model mode
This oscillator 2 mode employs a method of synthesis known as component modeling. This tone
generation technique mimics the physical properties of an object, such as a guitar string. Further
objects are used to stimulate the string, emulating the way that it is played: plucked, bowed, and
so on. Although the term string is used, model mode enables you to create sounds that don’t
sound like traditional stringed instruments.
The string is the element that is responsible for the basic tone. Ultrabeat offers parameters that
enable you to adjust its material—what it’s made of, in other words.
The exciters make the string vibrate (move) in different ways. The string itself doesn’t make a
sound unless it is stimulated, or excited.
The signal of the vibrating string is sent to the filter, amplifier, and so on, in the
Synthesizer section.
Exciter buttons
Resolution slider
Material Pad
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