Explore Sculpture overview

The following sections contain information to assist you as you start to explore sound creation in Sculpture. See Explore Sculpture’s string, Explore Sculpture’s objects, Explore Sculpture’s pickups, and Other Sculpture processing parameters.

The creation of basic instrument sounds is discussed in Basic sound programming overview. For a more detailed look at programming particular types of sounds, see Electric bass programming overview and Synthetic sound programming overview.

Given the flexibility of Sculpture’s synthesis core, you can take a number of different approaches to sound design.

• If you prefer to build sounds from scratch—parameter by parameter—you can.

• If you prefer to use Sculpture’s morphing capabilities to create new sounds, you can. See Randomize morph points in Sculpture’s Morph Pad.

• If you prefer to tweak existing settings, it may be more suitable to use features that affect the entire instrument. See Sculpture Body EQ overview, Sculpture filter parameters, Use Sculpture’s Waveshaper, and Sculpture modulation overview.

Whatever approach you favor, you will be able to achieve new and interesting results. Experiment and familiarize yourself with each approach. You will find that each has its strengths and weaknesses, and that a combination of methods may strike the best balance for your needs.

When programming a sound from scratch in Sculpture, the best approach is to work on each component of the sound in isolation. As you’re probably new to Sculpture, you won’t be familiar with the impact of each parameter on your end results. See String and object interactions in Sculpture.

To start, you will need a plain vanilla setting. When you first open Sculpture, this is exactly what you get—a default set of neutral parameters. It is sonically uninteresting, but provides a starting point for most examples. This setting is saved as the “#default” settings file. It is best to save a copy of this setting before starting.