In Keyscale or Release view, the Material Pad shows additional Keyscale and Release parameter controls.
Diamond controls: Adjust the Stiffness and Inner Loss Keyscale and Release parameters.
In Keyscale view, the diamonds indicate the intersection between the Inner Loss and Stiffness Low/High Scaling positions. You can drag these diamonds to adjust both parameters simultaneously.
In Release view, you only drag the diamond vertically, because you cannot adjust the release behavior of the Stiffness parameter.
Crosshair and line controls: Use to control the Keyscale and Release parameters when the diamonds are hidden by the ball. The crosshair also enables you to independently change the keyscaling for one of the two axes (X/Y positions, which control the current Inner Loss and Stiffness values).
Note: Option-click any of the controls to reset parameters to their default values.
The Inner Loss Keyscale parameters control the amount of damping—independently for notes above and below middle C. This changes the way damping is scaled as you play lower or higher on the keyboard.
Click the Keyscale button.
Drag the green horizontal line for low notes or the blue horizontal line for high notes.
The Stiffness Keyscale parameters adjust the string stiffness—independently for notes above and below middle C. This changes the scaling of inharmonic content that is heard as you play lower or higher on the keyboard.
Click the Keyscale button.
Horizontally drag the green vertical line for low notes or the blue vertical line for high notes.
Tip: You can simultaneously adjust both Stiffness and Inner Loss key scaling by dragging the diamond that intersects the green lines.
In Release view, you define changes to the damping amount when the key is released. Conservative use of this parameter—in conjunction with Media Loss Scale Release—allows a natural simulation of strings that are dampened when a note-off message is received. See Sculpture string parameter sliders.
Click the Release button.
Vertically drag the blue Release line.