Before you look at the tables of object types and properties, you should note the following:
Object 1 can only use the excite types found in the first table.
Object 2 can use the excite and disturb/damp types available in both tables.
Object 3 can only use the disturb/damp types found in the second table. See Sculpture disturb and damp table (objects 2 and 3).
The table outlines all excite types available for Objects 1 and 2, and provides information on the controls available for each object type.
Name | Description | Strength controls | Timbre controls | Variation controls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Impulse | A short impulse excitation | Impulse amplitude | Width | Velocity dependence of width |
Strike | Short excitation, like a piano hammer or mallet | Hammer start speed (velocity dependent) | Hammer mass | Felt stiffness |
GravStrike | Like hammer but with gravitation toward the string, leading to multiple hammer-string interactions and disturbed string vibrations | Hammer start speed | Felt stiffness | Gravitation |
Pick | Finger or plectrum picking | Pickup force and speed | Force/speed ratio | Plectrum stiffness |
Bow | Bowing of the string | Bow speed | Bow pressure | Slip stick characteristics |
Bow wide | Same as bow, but wider, resulting in a more mellow tone, especially suited for smooth bow position changes | Bow speed | Bow pressure | Slip stick characteristics |
Noise | Noise injected into the string | Noise level | Noise bandwidth/cutoff frequency | Noise resonance |
Blow | Blow into one end of the string (an air column, or tube). At various positions, starting from 0.0 (far left), move the blowing direction and position from along the string toward one end. The string is blown sideways at the chosen position. | Lip clearance | Blow pressure | Noisiness |
External (available only for Object 2) | Feeds side-chain signal into string. | Level | Cutoff frequency of lowpass filter being used to process side-chain signal | Width (size) of the string area being affected by the side-chained signal |