Apple MainStage 3 Instruments - MainStage 3 Instruments

Hybrid Basic
Hybrid Basic is a sample-based synthesizer that can create spectacular sounds.
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Volume slider: Sets the overall volume level of the instrument.
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Waveform pop-up menu: Choose the sample set used to generate the basic synthesizer sound.
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Glide slider: Determines the time it takes a note pitch to change, or slide, to another note pitch.
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Wheel to Vibrato slider: Determines the amount of pitch modulation by your keyboard’s
modulation wheel.
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Wheel to Cutoff slider: Determines the depth of Cutoff modulation by your keyboard’s
modulation wheel.
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Cutoff slider: Allows less sound through at low values and more at high values—damping the
sound or making it brighter.
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Cutoff Type pop-up menu: Choose from a number of preset filter curves. Try them out, and
experiment with the Cutoff and Resonance parameters.
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Resonance slider: Emphasizes the frequency range around the point determined by the
Cutoff parameter.
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Cutoff Attack slider: Determines the time it takes before the Cutoff parameter begins to affect
the sound.
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Attack slider: Makes the sound start faster or slower. A fast setting makes it sound like striking a
piano key, whereas a slow setting makes it sound like bowing a violin string.
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Decay slider: Makes the harmonic, or bright, portion of the sound sustain for a longer time at
slow values. Faster values move to the Sustain level more quickly.
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Sustain slider: Determines the level of the sound after the Attack or Decay phase
has completed.
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Release slider: Determines the time it takes for notes to fade out after you let go of the keys on
your keyboard.
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