Steinberg Virtual Guitarist 1 Manual
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VIRTUAL GUITARIST “ELECTRIC EDITION” English 51 ENGLISH Fret Noise When a real guitarist changes finger positions on the fretboard, a characteristic sound known as a fret noise is often heard. To help create an authentic guitar performance, Virtual Guitarist automatically plays a fret noise where it would normally occur if you were playing a real guitar. Use the fret noise button to toggle whether fret noises are played or not. Noise Filter Electric Guitar sounds come with a lot of built-in hissing, humming and noise. These components are generated by pickup, strings or amp and are part of the original sound character. (A reason why sampled guitars often sound sampled is the noise missing in between the notes.) Also noise reduction can make the guitar sound dull and artificial—which we haven’t avoided at all cost. However, to give you a bit of a choice we have provided a very subtle dynamic noise reduction just making the sound a bit cleaner without sacrificing too much harmonic content. You can kick it in by activating the noise filter. Just try playing some phrases and long chords and toggle the Noise Filter setting to find out if you like it real or a bit polished.
VIRTUAL GUITARIST “ELECTRIC EDITION” 52 English Display Chords as The display chords as parameter sets whether chord names are dis- played with a sharp or flat. Tuning The tuning dial sets Virtual Guitarist’s master tuning in steps of one tenth of a hertz. Setting the Chord Change Quantize value The chord change quantize function sets the position in the bar where Virtual Guitarist will make a chord change. For example, if you set this parameter to half notes (1/2), the chord change will only happen when the next half note position in the bar is reached, regardless of when you actually played the chord. This makes real time chord input much easier and prevents unwanted chord changes. ❐Accents, syncopations, and long chords are not affected by this function.
VIRTUAL GUITARIST “ELECTRIC EDITION” English 53 ENGLISH Bonus feature: creating your own phrasings Although you can control Virtual Guitarist via any MIDI channel, the most common channel to use will be MIDI channel 1. However, if you send Virtual Guitarist MIDI data via MIDI channel 16, it will behave in a totally different way. When playing on MIDI channel 16, all the components making up a part can be accessed individually, which allows you to create and record your own parts. Handling this is not very easy, but your patience will be rewarded if you invest a little research time. Playing individual hits On MIDI channel 16, the keyboard is split into two halves. The keys below C4 (middle-C) are used to select the chord, as usual, while the keys C4 to C6 trigger the individual hits that make up the parts of the currently selected player. As an example: 1. Select a player (Rock: Pop, for example) and set the Virtual Guitarist track to MIDI channel 16. 2. Hold down a chord in the lower half of the keyboard and play single notes in the octave C4 to C6. 3. Release the chord key and play the C4 to C6 notes again. Virtual Guitarist plays the sounds that are not transposed, like the stop noise, for example. ❐In this situation, the modulation wheel is divided into four sections—by turning it up, you can access additional audio samples, depending on the currently selected player.
VIRTUAL GUITARIST “ELECTRIC EDITION” 54 English Creating your own part variations The notes you play on channel 16 can also be recorded on a MIDI track or entered into an editor, which allows you to create your own part variations by defining the progression and timing of individual beats, adding Stop Noise, and so on. You can then store these part variations as MIDI sequences and include them in your songs. ❐Using the sounds available on MIDI channel 16 is not easy and requires a fair amount of practice. It’s best to consider this ability as a bonus feature only.
VIRTUAL GUITARIST “ELECTRIC EDITION” English 55 ENGLISH Reference Chord reference The chord reference table below lists all the chord types (based on the key of C) as an overview. It includes the notes, one-finger, and chord set reference. • It might be a good idea to make a copy of this page and display it somewhere near to your keyboard. ❐*Csus2: You need to press E or Eb for the chord recognition although this note is not sounding in the chord. One Finger Scheme In Chord Set Chord Notes ECO MID XXL CC-E-G Root note××× Cmaj7C-E-G-B××× C7C-E-G-Bb + next lower white key××× C6C-E-G-A× C+5C-E-G#× C-5C-E-Gb× CmC-Eb-G + next lower black key××× Cmmaj7C-Eb-G-B×× Cm7C-Eb-G-Bb + next lower white and black keys×× Cm6C-Eb-G-A× Cm7-5C-Eb-Gb-Bb× Csus4C-F-G××× C7sus4C-F-G-Bb×× CdimC-Eb-Gb-A×× Csus2C-D-(E)*-G C-D-(Eb)*-G×××
VIRTUAL GUITARIST “ELECTRIC EDITION” 56 English Guitars The following sections introduce the guitars and amps used in the production of Virtual Guitarist “Electric Edition”. All instruments and amplifiers belong to Thomas Blug’s exclusive collection of vintage gear and specially tweaked and optimized to Thomas’ demands. • When loading a player, the guitar used for this player is shown in the stylized “bull’s eye” in the player page of Virtual Guitarist. Fender Stratocaster Thanks to a heavy “slapboard” rosewood fretboard this guitar pro- duces a punchy, yet unobtrusive tone with a lot of character. This is Thomas’ favourite guitar. Model1961 In Player …Funk: 70ties, Funk: Single Notes, Pop: Blues
VIRTUAL GUITARIST “ELECTRIC EDITION” English 57 ENGLISH Fender Stratocaster The perfect maple neck Stratocaster with a pickup offering unrivalled transparency. Compared to the 61 model the sound character is a bit more wooden and balanced. Fender Esquire This guitar is almost identical to a Telecaster, except for the fact that the Tele has a second neck pickup (which the Esquire has just been prepared for). The character of this “cowboy” guitar has a lot of twang and is perfect for vocal accompaniment. The sound of the neck pickup embraces the voice with shimmering treble and piano-like basses, just like an acoustic guitar. Model1956 In Player …Funk: Basic/Medium/Complex/Octaves, Wah: Single Note/Soul/ Complex, RnB: White Soul Model1953 In Player …Pop: Brit 1/Brit2/Dream Chords
VIRTUAL GUITARIST “ELECTRIC EDITION” 58 English Gibson Les Paul Equipped with humbuckers and a glued neck this guitar develops a fat, saturated yet airy character. Its precise tone is an optimal basis for fat, overdriven or distorted sounds. Bands like ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin or Free made this guitar world-famous (or vice versa). Gibson ES 335 This is a semi-resonance guitar with humbuckers which sounds a bit lighter compared to the Les Paul. Therefore it’s predestined for slightly overdriven, fat, wooden but also jazzy sounds. The instrument of artists like Chuck Berry or BB King. Model1958 In Player …Rock: Pop, all Heavy players, all NuMetal players Model1963 In Player …RnB: Soul/Blues Boogie, Pop: Independent, Rock: Classic/Modern/ Riffs
VIRTUAL GUITARIST “ELECTRIC EDITION” English 59 ENGLISH Gibson Les Paul Junior The Junior Les Paul has only one “Soap Bar” single coil pickup. This combined with the archaic mahogany wood construction results in a robust sound character somewhere in between Les Paul and Telecaster. Amps Fender Twin Reverb The king of clean guitar amps. Its 100W 6L6-equipped power amp develops a mighty and punchy, yet transparent and warm sound with- out any unwanted distortion. Model1956 In Player …RnB: Rock´n´Roll Model1966 In Player …All Funk Player, All Wah Player, RnB: Soul/White Soul, Pop: Blues
VIRTUAL GUITARIST “ELECTRIC EDITION” 60 English Marshall Plexi 100 mit Rock Tuning This amp is a classic for rock and heavy sounds. Its powerful overdrive creates a wide, defined wall of sound without the usual muddling known of lesser amp types. This model has been modified with a special rock tuning resulting in a defined and clear tone even at high distortion levels. Marshall Plexi 100 This is the amp Jimi Hendrix played. What more can you say? Very fat, warm and huge timbre. Model1968 In Player …Rock: Pop, all Heavy players Model1968 In Player …Funk: 70ties