Sidechaining audio to sculpture

does anyone know how to run audio through sculpture?
is it possible to do this?
what kind of sounds can you get?
a step by step guide of setting this up would be appreciated.

Just set up your patch in Sculpture. Then in the Sidechain slot at the top of the Sculpture window, select an Audio track (the more rhythmic the better).
As noted by jord, Sculpture will not actually process your audio; it just uses the audio to excite the Objhect 2 "oscillator". Try setting up an Apple Loops format drum loop in an audio track and sidechain that into Sculpture...that will give you a good idea of what sidechaining in Sculpture can do.

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