Clicking/distorted sounds from Sculpture

Question

Hi there, I have been having some problems with Sculpture.
In particular when using "The Dark Land" synth. I hear small distorted noises when playing the synth as if there are some excess frequencies? I have tried hi and low pass filters and EQ'ing but I even hear the "clicking" sound on my high quality audio speakers? I have a feeling it's a very simple preset I am overlooking...
Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

Hi,
Sculpture is a very advanced (spell: c o m p l i c a t e d) synth in some ways. Some results may be very strange if you don't understand how the sound is created. For example: If you hit the same key twice, sculpture will simulate a second strike (or hit or blow or whatever) to the same string that is already resonating from the first hit. This is like a real instrument, when you hit a key on a piano twice, you will hit a string that is already in motion, and maybe this second hit sounds totally different - depending on the circumstances. On a Fender Rhodes, you can by accident "stop" the tine with a second key press, if you hit it in the right split second. That's why a real instrument always sounds different to a sampled. Sculpture tries to simulate this.
HOWEVER, in "the dark land", simply deactivate Objects 1 and 3, since they are so weak that they don't influence the sound at all, but especially object 3 creates some artifacts. Maybe this is your problem.
Fox