Ableton/Live/UG/31 Instrument Reference/02 Collision/04 Resonator Tabs
- The resonators define most of the sound. Each tab has an on switch; with both off there is no sound.
- Resonance Type:
- Beam — beams of various materials and sizes.
- Marimba — a Beam variant with the overtone tuning of arch-cut marimba bars.
- String — strings of various materials and sizes.
- Membrane — a rectangular membrane like a drum head.
- Plate — a flat rectangular plate.
- Pipe — a tube open at one end with an adjustable opening at the other.
- Tube — a tube closed at both ends.
- Quality — Eco to High, trading overtone detail for CPU. Not on Pipe or Tube.
- 1 → 2 / 2 → 1 — copy one resonator's settings to the other.
- X-Y Controller — horizontal sets decay, vertical sets Material or Radius.
- Decay — internal damping.
- Material — low values let lows ring longer (wood, rubber, nylon); high values let highs ring longer (glass, metal). Pipe and Tube use Radius instead: larger means longer decay and more sustained highs, and at extremes a pitch change.
- Ratio (Membrane, Plate) — proportion of the object's two sides.
- Brightness — louder highs at higher values. Not on Pipe or Tube.
- Inharm — negative compresses partials downward, positive stretches them upward. Not on Pipe or Tube.
- Opening (Pipe) — 0% closed at one end, 100% open at both.
- Hit — strike point, center at 0% toward the edge at higher values; Rnd randomizes it. Not on Pipe or Tube.
- Note Off — how much note-off mutes the resonance; 0% ignores it like a real marimba, 100% mutes at once.
- Pos. L / Pos. R — where vibrations are picked up on each side, center to edge. Pipe and Tube are always measured at the open end.
- Decay, Material/Radius, Inharm and Opening can be modulated in the MIDI tab.
31.2.4.1 Tuning Section
- Tune in semitones and Fine in cents, up to ±50.
- Key in the MIDI tab sets keyboard tracking: 100% is equal temperament, 200% makes each half step a whole step, negative values fall in pitch as you play higher.
- Pitch Env and Time — a starting pitch that glides to the final pitch; velocity can scale the start.
31.2.4.2 Mixer Section
- Gain and Pan per resonator; pan can follow note pitch.
- Bleed — mixes in the dry exciter signal, which helps restore highs lost at low tuning or quality.
