
EXi: STR-1 Plucked String
230
4–8: Pickups/Feedback
4–8a: Pickup 1
Position
[0…100.0]
This adjusts the location of the pickup along the string. You
can modulate this via AMS, to create effects similar to
chorusing. Unlike the
Excitation Position
, you can
modulate the
Pickup Position
while the note is sounding.
Typically, values between
8.0
and
25.0
will work well.¯
The effect of the
Pickup Position
is similar to that of the
Excitation Position
. The comb filtering produced by the
excitation and the two pickups is cumulative, and can
produce complex patterns of peaks and valleys in the
frequency response.
The position is approximately symmetric around
50
for all of
the notes when
Tracking Mode
is set to
Keyboard
; in other
words, a value of
60
is roughly the same as
40
. When
Tracking Mode
is set to
String
, however, the point of
symmetry varies for each note.
For more information, see “How Position affects the timbre”
on page 221.
Harmonic and Pickup Positions
If the
Pickup
Position
is same as the
Harmonic
Position
,
the pickup won’t produce much sound when
Harmonic
Pressure
is applied.
Pickup Position and Note
The note being played defines another position along the
string. For instance, with a guitar, the note is the position of
the finger on the fretboard, as it presses down on the string.
This creates a temporary end point for the string. At this end
point, the string vibrates very little; beyond it, the string
doesn’t vibrate at all.
Pickups don’t “hear” the entire string; they only hear the part
of the string directly above them. If that part of the string
isn’t vibrating (for instance, if it’s being held down!), there’s
very little for a pickup to listen to–and thus the pickup won’t
produce much sound, if it produces any at all.
For example, let’s say that you were listening only to
Pickup
1
.
Set the
Pickup Position
to
50
(the middle of the string), and
the
Tracking Mode
to
String Track
. The open note of the
top string, E4, will sound fine. As you play higher notes,
however, the sound will become thinner, until it becomes
very quiet at E5.
What happened here?
The pickup stays in same location, right in the middle of the
string. With each semitone, the point at which the string is
being pressed down moves up one fret. When you reach an
octave up (at E5), the string is being pressed down in the
middle of the string, right over the pickup.
If you play even higher, the pickup produces no sound since
it is now outside the part of the string that is vibrating.þ (The
STR-1 model assumes that your finger can hold down the
string perfectly, so that no vibrations get past it.)
The higher the
Pickup Position
, the lower the range in
which this can occur. The normal range of a guitar is much
less than that of a 73- or 88-note keyboard, and higher
pickup positions may make sense (and make sound!) only
when playing within that normal guitar range.
Also, note that this can only happen when the
Tracking
Mode
is set to
String Track
.
4–8PMC
4–8a
4–8c
4–8b
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