RealGuitar2 User`s Manual
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1. Auto on off toggles between Auto and Manual mode of Floating Fret Position Auto works only in melodic modes Solo Harmony Manual mode allows to change the fret position by right clicking on the Fretboard Accent 0 127 adjusts the velocity threshold between soft and hard performance dynamics Alter samples 1 5 provides 5 positions of randomly alternating samples while performing repetitive notes position 1 provides up to 3 different samples while position 5 provides up to 10 ones Direct this button turns RealGuitar into plain guitar sampler allowing you to play samples directly from keyboard with all intellectual features turned off having previously selected the respective MIDI channel in the track Pattern switches on a Pattern playing mode Note with Pattern button pressed you will not hear any sound while playing in the Main zone Only Repeat zone keys notes can produce sound in pattern mode PM opens Pattern Manager window available only in RealGuitar 2L version Chord Map RealGuitar can detect 26 chord types The following chart lists the available chord types and the degrees unnecessary for chord detection that you can omit while entering chords Chord type Can be omitted C V IH C6 Cadd9 Csus4 Cmaj7 V VHI Cmaj7 b5 Cmaj7 5 Cm Cm6 Cm add9 Cm7 Cm maj7 Cm7 b5 Cm9 C7 C7sus4 C7 b5 C7 52. Chord Bass switches on the X Y chord detect mode letting you construct major minor triad chords with any desirable note in the Bass e g A G Amajor chord over G bass for G A C E voicing D F Dmajor chord inversion with F bass note for F A D voicing F G Fmajor chord over G bass for G A C F voicing etc Bass amp Chord Mode In this mode the program detects the chord taken in the Main zone of the keyboard builds its guitar version and plays its Root note Bass I only The Repeat zone keys now have following functions e C5 triggers Bass I Root note e D5 triggers Bass II Alternative bass usually the 5th degree of the chord The rest of the keys in both right and left Repeat zones trigger up and down strums of the upper strings of the chord black keys perform muted strums of the same strings Muted strum Muted strum A g E un CL Bass Strum Chord detect ux bass play di E Repeat keys Controls Chord Position zj mj wv uj Strings 43 Chord Bass Alter Bass Bass Mono Chord position selects the melodic position range for the built chords Strings specifies the number of sounding strings in chords triggered by Repeat zone keys Chord Bass switches on the X Y chord detect mode letting you construct major minor triad chords with any desirable note in the Bass Alter Bass automatically alternates between Bass I and Bass II when the same chord is taken
3. C9 C9sus4 C7 b9 C7 9 C9 b5 C7 add13 lt Cdim7 Caug III VII I VII AI chords except for ma6 and min6 are detected in all inversions and note combinations Cadd9 Jr m Ley qm Csus4 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 b5 All ti T L Cmaj7 5 MALI mam m mm Cm add9 Cm maj7 gum mmm mmm Cm7 b5 gon mmm nmm C7sus4 C7 b5 C7 5 d ae DI tse ELT dy TEL C9sus4 C7 b9 Jr nam nem C7 9 C9 b5 C7 add13 Hd up ul tli Cdim7 Caug NE SS 1 note chord detect system also included C7 Cm obligatory Cm7 CO canbe omitted Using RG Rhythm Pattern Library and Pattern Manager available only in RealGuitar 2L version RG Rhythm Pattern Library is a unigue collection of 1250 guitar accompaniment rhythm patterns classified by various musical categories such as meter music style guitar technique rhythmic feel tempo range Using the prerecorded rhythm patterns of RG Pattern Library you can quickly create professionally sounding guitar accompaniment tracks for your songs Then all you have to do is to choose the appropriate pattern s in RealGuitar Pattern Manager copy them to your host sequencer s MIDI track start sequencer and play chord changes on a MIDI keyboard or alternatively enter chords to a MIDI track using seguencer s editor To better understand how you can use rhythm patterns with RealGuitar check pattern demo MIDI files
4. P B v Random 15 10 100 5 P add reduce velocity Chord check to apply velocity of trigger chord to pattern dynamics velocity P B check to assign velocity to Pitch Bender controller for continuous dynamics changes Random velocity e on off check to switch randomization on e tvelo maximum deviation range e yelo minimum deviation range e strength sensitivity of randomization at 100 all pattern notes will be randomized Tempo Control Pattern Manager takes tempo value from the host sequencer but you can make it twice lower or higher by simply selecting the appropriate item in Tempo combo box Bypass Mode In case you use host s MIDI track for playing rhythm pattern to RealGuitar you must press Bypass button to disable pattern loaded to Pattern Manager or else both will play simultaneously In Bypass mode Pattern view is grayed out showing that pattern will not play Transferring Pattern to host s MIDI Track If you want to use more than one rhythm pattern for your song you have to copy the chosen patterns from Pattern Manager to MIDI track of your host sequencer There are two ways to do that Drag n Drop Pattern The simplest way to copy pattern to MIDI track is to drag n drop the selected pattern directly from Pattern view To do this click on Pattern view and drag the pattern to the needed measure of a MIDI track You can automatically multiply pattern by the appropriate number of cycles
5. Press Bass zone button and assign the right boundary key E2 by default now all upper notes will be out of the Bass zone Bass zone notes have stronger velocity curve and are not affected by e Mute keys that allows performing mutes repetitions of higher range notes only without cutting bass notes e Velocity switch FX that allows to apply velocity switches only to higher range notes while playing bass notes in a normal way e Tremolo FX that lets you play normal accompaniment part within Bass zone while performing tremolo solo part in the higher range List of Articulations Effects available in Solo mode only H O Hammer on with automatic Pull off on key release Permanent FX Key Pedal switch FX assign note range steps in Permanent FX section Slide automatic slide up down between two legato played notes Permanent FX Key Pedal switch FX assign speed and note range in Permanent FX section Tremolo automatic note s repetition on key release to easily perform tremolo technique Key Pedal switch FX Sustain 1 2 Mono sustains all notes except for the notes played at a semi tone or tone interval step wise melodic run the next note 1 2 step apart mutes the previous one as if played on the same guitar string while the thirds and larger intervals are being sustained Key Pedal switch FX Velo Mute notes played with lower velocity values trigger muted sound Velocity Key Pedal switch FX assign velocity thre
6. Press chord on your MIDI keyboard to trigger pattern playback that will be visualized by position cursor moving along the Pattern view Pattern will perform your chord s until you release the keys Pattern stops when you release the keys and starts from the beginning when you press chord again Pattern will continue playing if you change chords legato way 1f at least one key is constantly pressed Press Hold button or Sustain Pedal to turn pattern playback to Latch mode in that case pattern will continue playing the last chord even if you release all chord keys Host sequencer in playback mode Start your host sequencer Now pattern will silently follow host s playback until you press chord on a MIDI keyboard or alternatively insert chord changes to MIDI track Releasing chord keys mutes the performance Pressing chord again will continue pattern playing Press Hold button or Sustain Pedal to turn pattern playback to Latch mode in that case pattern will continue playing the last chord even if you release all chord keys Note that using sequencer in playback mode allows you to easily choose pattern s for your song by previously entering chords to a MIDI track and selecting patterns in Pattern Manager on the fly along with the song Controlling pattern playback Dynamics control Pattern Manager has powerful real time velocity control options allowing to drastically change pattern performance Velocity 4 10 Ichord
7. Chord position and current position of a Capo strip on the Fretboard and finally plays it using down strum technigue Any key of Repeat zone repeats the whole chord played in the Main zone black keys play muted strums while white keys play strums when the chord is still held and muted strums when the keys in the Main zone are released Up and down strums are triggered by neighboring keys for both white and black keys of the Repeat zones like C1 up strum D1 down strum C6 down strum BS up strum and so on Muted strum Muted strum L Strum a Strum Chord detect down strum play zu d Repeat keys Controls Chord Position 1 II nr xv kbd Chord Bass Strings HE es Chord position selects the melodic position range for the built chords I the highest note is between E3 and G 3 II the highest note is between G3 and B3 IT the highest note is between A 3 and D4 IV the highest note is between C 4 and F4 KBD the melodic position range of the built chord depends on the octave position of the chord taken in the Main zone of the keyboard with borders between E and E of the next octave Strings allows disabling upper and or lower strings in chords so you can pare your strums down to any five four three two or just a single string by selecting the first available string in upper lower combo boxes e g selecting 2 5 will disable the 1 and 6 strings in the strums
8. Pitch Fine Tune PtchFine Modulation Depth ModDepth Modulation Freq ModFreq Sound Mixers Mixer Muted sound Volume MxMuted Mixer Slow Strum Volume MxSIStrm Mixer Key switch FX Volume MxKeyFx Mixer FretNoise on off MxFrtN _ Mixer FretNoise Volume MxFrtNse Mixer ReleaseNoise on off MXxRelN _ Mixer ReleaseNoise Volume MxRelNse Mixer Pick BodyNoise on off 21 MxPckB _ Mixer_Pick BodyNoise Volume MxPckBdy Sound Effects FX Tremolo on off MxTremol FX Tremolo Depth TremDpth FX Tremolo Freg TremFreq FX Chorus on off MxChorus FX Chorus Level ChLevel FX Chorus Depth ChDepthl FX Chorus Freg ChFregl FX Chorus Depth2 ChDepth2 Common Alter sample mode AltSmple Accent Threshold VelThrsh Performance Mode select Mode Release Time RlseTime Strum_Time StrmTime Fret Position select FretPos Auto Fret Position on off AutoFret Hold on off Hold Controllers Pitch Bender Mode 57 PBMode PBender to Slide Range PBender to Pitch Range Modulation Wheel Mode ModWheel to Slide Range ModWheel to Pitch Range Aftertouch Mode Aftertouch to Pitch Range Velocity Curve select Velo Switch Slide mode select VelSw SlideUp Velo VelSw SlideUp Steps VelSw SlideUp Time VelSw SlideDown Velo VelSw SlideDown Steps VelSw SlideDown Time VelSw Bend mode select VelSw Bend Velo VelSw Bend Steps VelSw Bend Time VelSw ReverseBend Velo VelSw ReverseBend Steps VelSw ReverseBend Time VelSw VeloMute select VelSw
9. chord changes for you guitar part step record chords from your MIDI keyboard or manually enter notes via sequencer s editor e Start your sequencer to listen to the ready part 2 Real time method e Create MIDI track for chords output it to RealGuitar e Start sequencer and play record chord changes to RealGuitar from your MIDI keyboard Real time method is more intuitive and allows to control pattern playback adding various expressive adjustments to the performance Controlling pattern playback You can control pattern playing from MIDI track with the help of chords played on a MIDI keyboard by pressing and releasing keys using Hold button Sustain Pedal and also by triggering Slow Strum Velocity Switch FX Hold button Sustain Pedal With Hold button unpressed pattern will play only while you are holding the chord on your MIDI keyboard and it will be muted when you release the keys This allows you to play guitar pattern here and there along with the song With Hold button or Sustain Pedal pressed pattern will continue playing even if you release the keys Slow Strum Use Slow Strum velocity switch FX to add syncopes and accents to pattern playback e Temporarily mute pattern by triggering Slow Strum the time window can be adjusted by SlowZone Automation parameter e Completely stop pattern by triggering Slow Strum and quickly releasing the keys to stop Slow Strum sound press the Mute key Black of the left Repeat zon
10. included with the installation folder By default C Program Files MusicLab RealGuitar2 RG Pattern Demos Pattern Manager RealGuitar 2L is equipped with powerful multi functional built in Pattern Manager allowing to easily audition rhythm patterns of RG Pattern Library quickly find the ones matching your musical needs as well as drag n drop export the chosen patterns directly to the host s MIDI track to use with your song Pattern Manager Window Launch RealGuitar load guitar patch and select any of the chordal modes Chord Bass amp Chord or Bass amp Pick by pressing the appropriate mode button Note that you can use rhythm patterns with all performance modes the mode selection depends on what harmonic part you want to play with the rhythm patterns Select Chords Bass amp Chord Bass amp Pick modes for automatically constructed guitar chords Select Harmony mode to perform intervals with strumming patterns Select Solo mode to perform your own chords with strumming or picking patterns Click PM button to open Pattern Manager window Press Pattern button to activate RealGuitar pattern playing mode RealGuitar Pattern Manager Pattern Pattern LibraryWorldi4 4 Flamenco P 16T 60 901P03 Flamenco y Rock Slow Name Rock amp Roll PO1 Flamenco World P02_Flamenco 3 4_Flamenco_P_16T_60 90 4 4 Flamenco P 16T 60 90 5 4 4 Flamenco S 16T 60 90 el PO3 Flamenco el PO4 Flamenco X
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12. E uusiabA B MUSIC SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS MusicLab RealGuitar Version 2 User s Manual Copyright 2000 2006 by MusicLab Inc Table of Contents About the prodral ii aiii 4 Installing RealGuitar Zion ia 5 Installing RealGuitar PC version occcoonooncnncccconccocccnonnncononnnnnancnnnonononnnncnnnnos 5 Installing RealGuitar Mac version eee eee een 5 Launching RealGultar erii irre e dtr RE RE RE OOo KA ux SSE Ka NE We ee EE EE de 6 Loading Guitar iii SEER De GE RE FEVER REUS Re nen DU EEE 7 Virtual Fretboard isise iii ees ED 8 User Keyboard Map iii nu 9 Performance Modest 10 SOLO MI rn NA A OE 10 A A aoa OB 10 Permanent EEGI ooo d od ada ata cet 11 Key Switch and Pedal Switch Effects Ge Ee ee Ge Ee Gee Ge Ge ee GE Ee Gee Ge Ge Re GEE 11 Bass A EA EP NU RR d sd 11 List of Articulations Effects available in Solo mode only 11 Hold Dutton ii Solo FIO a A AA ottiene ind 12 Harmony MOJE teers EE AT OE MG 12 Chords Mode RTT 13 COMO Sa A EE EET 13 Bass amp Chord Mode ss a Ao ee 14 COM ees a ea aE o oo eee 14 Basso Pick Made a t ad 14 CONTOS ves GE a icto ee toit ee it bo doo ct D tcI e AE 15 Velocity Switch EMGCts iii SESSE RR Ge Pe Ke nnmnnn nnmnnn nnmnnn 17 MIDI Controllers pane co cana 18 Main Controls ia ese s dohod oe io ee eee 19 A ite 19 MES EE OE EE EE EE den en 19 Ml EER RO ED EN OER OON E 19 eke dei ie EA AE
13. EI EE EI N 20 COMMON rt A oa 20 Chord Map et 21 Using RG Rhythm Pattern Library and Pattern Manager 24 Pattetn Manager amo A 24 Pattern Manager Window sss nnn E K E E E E 24 Finding Pattern in RG Pattern Library secessus 25 A MOM OUE OE Oe aede east terea dea carte dod 26 Controlling pattern play back diss oi pop pp opa pp opea puppies 27 Transferring Pattern to host s MIDI Track een 27 Using Rhythm Patterns in a MIDI Track eee 28 Controlling pattern playback coe cedere reet ree Ek denne Ee eek ee ada ek eee onak gee 28 Creating Custom Styles for Pattern Library eee 30 Organizing Existing Patterns in Custom Styles en 30 Creating Custom Pale Standa ee elt A 30 RealGuitar Stroke Map tito ia 30 Parameter Automation MIDI CC and VST Map 32 Contacting Musiel ab cen ao doce anoda Eee Ee bos ae Ud VUE ERRARE E EDO 35 About the program RealGuitar is a sample based specialized virtual instrument with an innovative approach to guitar sound modeling and guitar part performing on keyboard It can be used as VSTi with any host application supporting VST 2 0 DXi and as a standalone version The true power of RealGuitar lies in 3 brand new technologies incorporated in this innovative guitar performance tool 1 New multi channel sound layering technology incorporating a custom library of specially recorded samp
14. IPOS_ Flamenrn Tempo Normal v D n D Repeat 1 P D Velocity 40 V Chord v P B v Random 15 14 170 5 Finding Pattern in RG Pattern Library Rhythm patterns are organized within Pattern Library tree view by Category folders and Style subfolders including sets of MIDI patterns The name of each folder subfolder contains short musical information helping you to guickly find patterns matching your song For instance Category name Basic Strumming includes a number of guitar strumming Styles Style name 44 Basic S 8th 90 250 contains Basic style rhythm patterns in 4 4 meter 44 Basic featuring strumming technique _S_ and 8th note rhythm feel 8th usable within the 90 250 bpm tempo range 90 250 C3 44 Basic 5 16T 50 110 A C3 44 Basic S 16th 60 120 C3 44 Basic S 4th 90 250 44 Basic S 8T 70 180 3 44 Basic 5 Bth 90 250 H Blues Medium v Library Tree view Style folder To read the details about RG Pattern library right click on Pattern Library root folder and select View Info item in pop up menu To read the additional information about Styles included with the Category right click on Category folder and select View Info item in pop up menu E Basic Bass amp Chord m HI Basic Picking Q Basic SFrumminn Add Style 10 Delete Style 40 Rename Style Root Folder gt Bypass F View Info Selecting C
15. VeloMute Velo Slow Strum on high velo select Slow Strum HighVel Velo Slow Strum HighVel Speed Slow Strum on low velo select Slow Strum LowVel Velo Slow Strum LowVel Speed Chord Position select Chords Bass on off Alter Bass on off Bass Mono on off Chords Strings Upper select Chords Strings Lower select Bass amp Chord mode Strings select Harmony Mode Interval select Solo FX HammerOn select Solo FX HammerOn Steps Solo FX Slide select Solo FX Slide Steps Solo FX Slide Time Solo BassZone on off Solo BassZone range Solo KeySwFX CI select o o S E lu oo oo lt a oo alu EEE oo oooooo loaloal pb luo u SMV S oo Ja Al KILOS 00 TY alg VO VN No Too z y x Mode Controls 111 DIB BI VW Vo oo ow ow vo PBSIdRng PBPtcRng WhMode WhSldRng WhPtcRng AtchMode AtchRng VelCurve VelSlide SldUpVel SldUpStp SldUpTim SldDnVel SldDnStp SldDnTim VelBend BendVel BendStep BendTime RBendVel RBendStp RBendTim VeloMute VMuteVel SIStrmHi SIStrHVe SIStrHSp SIStrLow SIStrLVe SIStrLSp ChordPos ChrdBass ChdAltBs ChdMnoBs ChdStrU ChdStrL BnCStr HrmIntr1 SolFxHO HOSteps SolFXSld SldSteps SldTime BassZone BassRang KeySWCI Solo KeySwFX C 1 select Solo KeySwFX DI select Solo KeySwFX D 1 select Solo PedalSwFX select Slow Strum time zone Ptrn mode Pattern mode switch KeySWC
16. ategory and Style To find the appropriate pattern set in Pattern Library tree view choose Category folder and click below the folder to get access to the included Styles Click the appropriate Style folder to load the available pattern set to Pattern List pane Mame Length IS11 Basic 4 4 1 S12 Basic 4 4 1513 Basic 44 6x1514 Rasir 4 4 lt gt Pattern List HA Pa All patterns of RG Pattern Library have unique names containing brief information as well so you can easily identify them when using outside the Style folder For instance Pattern name S13 Basic 44 indicates strumming technique used S pattern number 13 and Style name Basic 4 4 Selecting pattern Click on pattern name in the list to select it pattern rhythmic contents will appear in Pattern view and it is ready to play Pattern view graphically presents measures beats as well as guitar Strokes used in the current rhythm pattern Differently colored Piano Roll type bars and their vertical position allow to easily identify the stroke types green bars present Full strums red ones present Muted strums blue ones present Slow strums light green bars present Top strums brown ones present individual string picks up strums bars of the same stroke type are in higher position than down strums EE sss Strumming Pattern Picking Pattern Auditioning Pattern Host seguencer in stop mode or RealGuitar in standalone run
17. e To continue pattern playback press the chord again Note With Hold button Sustain Pedal pressed you can t completely stop pattern by triggering Slow Strum and releasing the keys Creating Custom Styles for Pattern Library Organizing Existing Patterns in Custom Styles You can create your own pattern sets by copying the favorite patterns taken from the RG Pattern Library and organizing them as custom Styles within Library tree view for future use Select pattern you are going to copy to your new Style it will appear in Pattern view Right click on a Category folder or Style subfolder of the Tree view and select Add Style in pop up menu Name the newly created empty folder the Pattern List pane will be empty 5 Demo O Pattern ies E Bas Add Style Bas Delete Style 2 1 Bas Rename Style a Root Folder gt Press Add button under Pattern List pane to copy the current pattern to your new Style folder Find and audition other patterns and copy them one by one to the new Style using the same method You can also delete rename Style folders by right clicking on it and selecting the appropriate item in pop up menu Creating Custom Patterns RealGuitar rhythm patterns are single track Standard MIDI files SMF format 0 recorded with special RG Stroke Map notes so advanced users can edit the existing patterns or create their own patterns from scratch in the host s MIDI track and then save export them as SMF di
18. he appropriate sample rate box you normally use in your audio work and click Select to select the destination folder for bank installation Click Apply button to start sound bank extracting Close Bank Manager when sound bank installation is completed Note that higher sample rate value will install larger target sound bank Important If Bank Manager window doesn t open automatically during installation process you have to run it manually open RealGuitar installation folder by default HD gt A pplications gt RealGuitar2 and double click StgMan icon Note that if you want to change sample rate for your audio work you have to run RealGuitar Bank Manager and create sound bank optimized for the new sample rate value Launching RealGuitar Launching RealGuitar as a VST instrument Open the VST Instruments window Click the No Instruments label and select RealGuitar on the pop up menu Open the RealGuitar window by clicking the Edit button in the slot for RealGuitar Boos de o In the VST host application select RealGuitar as the output for a MIDI track Launching RealGuitar as a standalone version In Start Menu go to Programs MusicLab RealGuitar 2 folder and select RealGuitar icon Loading Guitar Click the black screen combo box in the upper part of RealGuitar window to select the guitar patch from the list of available ones installed to RealGuitar Sound Bank KealGuitar Acoustic Acoustic Stee
19. if you previously set the desired number of repetitions in D n D Repeat box D nD Repeat 1 Note Velo and Random parameters will be also applied to the exported pattern MIDI file Import Pattern to MIDI Track If your host doesn t support drag n drop MIDI data you can previously drag out pattern from Pattern view directly to Windows it will be exported as a Standard MIDI file and then import it to your sequencer In Mac version right click on Pattern view and select Export to Desktop in pop up menu Alternatively you can import pattern right from RealGuitar installation folder by default C Program Files MusicLab RealGuitar2 Loops Pattern Library but in that case you get single original pattern and you have to multiply it manually in a MIDI track of your host Using Rhythm Patterns in a MIDI Track When the appropriate rhythm patterns for your song parts are successfully found in Pattern Manager and copied to the host s MIDI track you must disable Pattern Manager by pressing Bypass button and work with pattern MIDI track only or else pattern loaded to Pattern Manager will play simultaneously with pattern from the track Check also that Pattern Silent mode button is pressed There are two ways of creating guitar part with the help of rhythm patterns playing from MIDI track to RealGuitar real time and non real time methods 1 Non real time method e Create MIDI track for chords output it to RealGuitar and enter
20. in the Main zone Bass Mono mutes Bass I note when the next Bass II is played Bass 8 Pick Mode In this mode the program identifies the chord taken in the Main zone builds its guitar version and plays only its Root note Bass I The Repeat zone keys trigger each voice of the chord separately just as if you d play it string by string on real guitar in the following way e C5 triggers Bass I Root note e D5 triggers Bass II alternative bass e ES triggers 4th string e F5 triggers 3rd string e G5 triggers 2nd string e A5 triggers Ist string The other keys function as chosen in the Add on string keys combo box The keys of the left Repeat zone strum 4 upper voices of the chord black keys perform muted strums Muted strum Add on keys A g E un cl Bass Chord detect 4 4 bass play String keys Controls Chord Position x fm ff ve ee Add on string keys Unison gt Chord Bass Alter Bass Bass Mono Chord position selects the melodic position range for the built chords Add on string keys e Unison doubles some strings for making performance easier C 5 Bass II DF 5 4th string F 5 2nd string G 5 ARS B5 C6 Ist string e Chromatic sets the Add on string keys to play notes one semi tone down from their respective string voices C 5 a semi tone down from Bass II D 5 a semi t
21. k and click Select to select the destination directory for bank installation Click Apply button to start sound bank extracting Close Bank Manager when sound bank installation is completed Note that higher sample rate value will install larger target sound bank Important If Bank Manager window doesn t open automatically during installation process you have to run it manually from Start menu gt Program Files gt MusicLab gt RealGuitar 2 or alternatively go to RealGuitar 2 installation folder by default C Program Files MusicLab RealGuitar2 and double click StgMan exe file Note that if you want to change sample rate for your audio work you have to run RealGuitar Bank Manager and create sound bank optimized for the new sample rate value In case your VSTplugins folder is not registered correctly RealGuitar installer will not automatically install RealGuitar2 dll there So to let your VST host find RealGuitar you have to manually copy RealGuitar2 dll from RealGuitar installation folder to your VSTplugins directory Installing RealGuitar Mac version Double click RealGuitar Installer icon and follow the on screen instructions At the end of installation process RealGuitar Bank Manager will open and extract sound bank optimized for particular sample rate which allows using Quick Load mode realized in RealGuitar 2 you can find the Quick Load switch button in RealGuitar Setup window In RealGuitar Bank Manager dialog check t
22. l Fingered Acoustic Mylon Picked Acoustic Nylon Fingered Acoustic Steel 2 Picked Acoustic Steel 2 Doubling Acoustic 12 string RealGuitar includes sample set featuring 8 Acoustic guitar patches 1 Steel Picked Steel Fingered Nylon Picked Nylon Fingered Steel 2 Picked Steel 2 Doubling 12 string Steel Stereo 290MB pe es ey e er ee ob Virtual Fretboard In RealGuitar we have realized the Floating Fret Position principle which imitates change of fret position of a guitarist s hand on the neck This gives a unique possibility of playing on up to 104 guitar frets using just 43 keys of a standard keyboard This along with the fact that we have sampled 19 frets of the first string and 16 frets of the others 2 6 strings for all of our guitar patches allows you to emulate a guitar performance with maximum sonic accuracy In the center of the RealGuitar window we provided virtual Fretboard one of the most important elements of the plug in which allows to visualize and control the Floating Fret Position while playing the guitar part The Fretboard has a number of functions 1 Preview allows to preview the loaded guitar patch by simply clicking on a string 2 Display notes shows the performed notes in accordance with visual representation on the fretboard and real sounding you see the notes displayed on string and fret of exactly the same samples which sound in a given moment 3 Fret Position Auto c
23. les taken from every fret of all 6 strings of a real guitar 2 The unique Floating Fret Position technology which imitates change of fret position of a guitarist s hand on the neck This gives the possibility of playing on up to 104 guitar frets using just 43 keys of a standard keyboard 3 Our original Guitar Touch technology letting you easily imitate basic guitar techniques tremolo strumming plucking sliding bending muting etc using standard MIDI keyboard and MIDI controllers such as Pitch Bender Modulation Wheel Sustain Pedal After Touch These technologies allow to closely emulate live guitar sound and techniques letting you perform guitar parts with a whole new level of realistic expression K Ca TE ta Y Noises Setup f MIXER Noises Volume C Release Pick Body Accent low high zlu time Pt ZN Release time AUTO Y X velo curve JAGI se Rid B Wee Butch Px ar SET Installing RealGuitar 2 Installing RealGuitar PC version Double click RealGuitar Installer file and follow the on screen instructions At the end of installation process RealGuitar Bank Manager will open and extract sound bank optimized for particular sample rate which allows using Ouick Load mode realized in RealGuitar 2 You can find the Ouick Load switch button in RealGuitar Setup window In RealGuitar Bank Manager dialog check the appropriate sample rate box you normally use in your audio wor
24. ne E1 B4 of the keyboard works as a normal polyphonic keyboard while both Repeat Key zones left C1 D 1 and right C5 C6 allow you to repeat notes taken on the Main zone white keys repeat full sound black keys repeat muted sound of the same notes Muted sound Muted sound Full sound CI Full sound ha Melody zone a gt Repeat keys Controls RealGuitar Solo mode provides you with multiple permanent and switchable controls allowing to easily add various specific guitar articulations and effects to your performance Permanent Effects H O Hammer on with automatic Pull off on key release assign the affected note range in Steps combo box Slide automatic slide up down between two legato played notes adjust speed with Time slider and assign the affected note range in Steps combo box Key Switch and Pedal Switch Effects Ci Susti 2 mono v Any of 4 keys of Left Repeat zone C1 D 1 as well as Sustain Pedal can be also used to temporarily switch the Main zone to new sound articulation previously chosen in the respective combo box Pressing the appropriate key or the sustain pedal switches the Effect on while releasing the key pedal reverts Main zone to the original sound articulation You can use various Key Pedal switch FX s at a time Bass Zone Bass Zone Bass zone splits Main Zone into two parts that allows using individual performance techniques for both parts
25. ntrollers pane Velo curve JAAG Velo curve select the output velocity curve for your performance by pressing one of 4 buttons You can assign various guitar effects to standard MIDI controllers e P B Pitch Bender Pitch Slide MonoBend Solo mode e M W Modulation Wheel Pitch Slide Modulation MonoBend Solo mode e A T After Touch Pitch Modulation In the combo box to the right adjust the range of the effect in semi tones Modulation envelope is adjusted in Setup window Main Controls Setup Pitch Modulation Display chords E Chord detect time Keyboard range Pitch adjust the master pitch e Coarse 12 semitones e Fine 100 cents Modulation adjust the modulation envelope affected by Modulation controller MIDI CC e Depth 0 100 e Freq 0 2 8 0 Hz Chord Detect time 0 50ms set the suitable delay for detecting chords taken in chord modes Keyboard range C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 set the range of your keyboard Display chords b select sharps or flats for the chord names Reset resets all modified parameters in all modes to their factory values Quick Load with Quick Load button pressed samples are not fully loaded to RealGuitar that allows to instantly load guitar patches and drastically save RAM RnC button switches on a special mode allowing the direct access for Rhythm n Chords MFX plug in to RealGuitar multi sample architecture available only for Cakewalk Sonar user
26. one down from 4th string F 5 a semi tone down from 2nd string G 5 a semi tone down from 1st string however A 5 C6 add a semi tone each to the sound of Ist string Chord Bass switches on the X Y chord detect mode letting you construct major minor triad chords with any desirable note in the Bass Alter Bass automatically alternates between Bass I and Bass II when the same chord is taken in the Main zone Bass Mono mutes Bass I note when the next Bass II is played Velocity Switch Effects E EM i Velo Time Steps Velocity Switch FX There is a number of guitar effects automatically triggered by note velocity values employed in RealGuitar e Slow Strum on Higher Velo in all chordal modes you can set a velocity value after which the program will perform slow strum when playing a chord in the Main zone e Slow Strum on Lower Velo in the same way you can set a velocity value below which the program will perform slow strum when playing a chord in the Main zone e Slide up slides up to taken note s e Slide down slides down from taken note s e Bend bends to the taken note s Solo mode e Reverse Bend pre bend and release to taken note s Solo mode e VeloMute notes played with lower velocity values trigger muted sound Solo mode You can set the following independent parameters for each effect e Velocity threshold e Time effect duration e Steps range in semi tones MIDI Co
27. ontrol the Auto button is pressed realizes automatical fret position change in Solo and Harmony modes which moves the Capo strip along the Fretboard depending on the sequence of performed notes 4 Fret Position Manual control the Auto button is unpressed allows to manually change fret position by right clicking on any fret A Capo strip will appear on the fretboard which will prevent to play samples from any fret lower on the neck than the Capo position except for the 6th string User Keyboard Map When connected to RealGuitar MIDI input the external keyboard is divided into 3 zones Main zone El B4 left C1 D 1 and right C5 C6 Repeat zones TI ati o Main zone o Repeat zone Main zone serves for playing melodic parts Solo and Harmony modes and entering chords Chords Bass amp Chord Bass amp Pick modes Any key of the Repeat zone repeats notes and chords played in the Main zone This way of keyboard mapping allows you to play guitar parts with 2 hands you play various notes or chords in the Main zone with one hand and repeat them by pressing the pre mapped keys in Repeat zone with the other hand without changing its position This is very important for careful preserving rhythm pattern accuracy and groove feel Using such a performance technique you can easily imitate the most characteristic details of guitar performance such as tremolo strumming bass and strum
28. picking on your keyboard making them sound naturally as if they were played on real guitar Repeat Key zone functions e In Solo Harmony Chords and Bass amp Chord modes you can repeat notes and chords played in the Main zone any white key repeats the full sound while black key repeats the muted sound Also with the keys of Repeat zone you can alternate up down muted strokes to produce strumming and tremolo techniques C E G trigger up stroke D F A down stroke CZ F A muted up stroke Df G muted down stroke with both single notes and intervals chords e In Bass amp Chord mode you can trigger Bass I Root and Bass II alternative bass notes as well as upper string strums e In Bass amp Pick mode Repeat keys trigger individual voices strings of a chord taken in the Main zone Performance Modes RealGuitar includes 5 separate guitar performance modes each of which is a separate performance tool meant for imitating special guitar performance style Solo polyphonic mode for performing melodic parts Harmony monophonic mode for performing parallel interval melodic parts Chords chord mode for performing accompaniment strumming parts Bass amp Chord chord mode for performing bass and strum parts END E S Bass amp Pick chord mode for performing picking plucking parts The modes are selected by clicking on a respective button under the Virtual Fretboard view Solo Mode In this mode the Main zo
29. rectly to RG Pattern Library folder for future use C Program Files MusicLab RealGuitar2 Loops Guitar Stroke Map incorporated in RealGuitar allows to use up to 22 MIDI notes in the lowest octave range from C 2 to A 1 for emulating a number of guitar techniques Strokes within a MIDI rhythm pattern So you can use the Stroke Map notes for creating your own rhythm patterns including various guitar Strokes such as chord strums up down slow strums up down individual string picks bass note pick muted strums up down chord slides using chromatic strums etc RealGuitar Stroke Map Note Note name Stroke name 22 Slow Upstrum 21 Slow Downstrum 20 Muted Upstrum 19 Muted Downstrum 18 Full Upstrum 17 Full Downstrum BL o 16 E 1 Full Downstrum 1 semi tone lower 15 D 1 Full Downstrum 2 semi tones lower 14 D 1 Full Downstrum 3 semi tones lower 13 Ist string 12 2nd string 1 3rd string 10 Ath string 09 Bass I 08 Bass II 07 Muted Top Upstrum 06 Muted Top Downstrum 05 Top Upstrum 04 Top Downstrum 03 Top Downstrum 1 semi tone lower 02 Top Downstrum 2 semi tones lower 01 C 2 Top Downstrum 3 semi tones lower 00 Top strum strum on the 3 4 higher strings Bass strings omitted Parameter Automation MIDI CC and VST Map RealGuitar MIDI CC VST name Master Volume Volume EQ High EQ High EQ Low EQ Low Setup Pitch Coarse PtchCrse
30. s Master Volume 10db adjust output volume EQ adjust internal equalizer parameters e High 10db e Low 10db Mixer 2 mixers allow to adjust the volume of various noise effects and additional sounds that form the modeled guitar sound Noises e Fret volume and on off of a fret noise e Release volume and on off of a release noise e Pick Body volume and on off of additional pick and guitar body noises Sounds e Muted volume of muted sound triggered by Repeat zone keys e Slow Strum volume of Slow Strum sound Velocity switch FX in Chordal modes e Switch FX volume of additional sounds Key Pedal switch FX in Solo mode Sound Effects 1 Tremolo adjust stereo tremolo parameters e Depth 0 10 e Freq 0 2 12 Hz 2 Chorus adjust stereo chorus parameters e Level 0 100 e Freq 1 0 1 6 0 Hz e Depth 1 0 100 e Depth 2 0 15 Common Hold on off actually substitutes the Sustain Pedal in all modes except for the Solo In Solo mode when Hold button is on any pressed and held key in the Main zone can be used for sustaining the following notes Strum time 20 60ms adjusts the time between the notes played in the strumming chords Harmony Chords and Bass amp Chord modes as well as delay for more than one note played simultaneously in Solo and Bass amp Pick modes Release time 50 200 adjusts how long the note sounds after releasing the key MIDI note end
31. shold in Velocity switch FX section Mono Bend applies pitch bending only to the lowest of simultaneously played notes allowing to emulate guitar specific single string bending techniques Unison Bend Bend Release combined with sustained note s etc Pitch Bender Modulation Wheel controllers Hold button in Solo mode In Solo mode the Hold button works differently from the other modes where it actually substitutes the Sustain Pedal In Solo mode when Hold button is on any pressed and held key can be used for sustaining the following notes Harmony Mode In this monophonic mode any key of the Main zone triggers an interval chord based on the played note previously chosen from following options 4th down 5th up Octave up Power Chord 1 5th 4th up Power Chord 2 4th 5th up 2 octaves up Interval Y 4th down power chord 1 Sth up power chord 2 octave 2 octaves The keys of both Repeat zones left and right allow you to repeat the interval taken in the Main zone white keys repeat full sound while black keys repeat muted sound of the same notes Muted sound Muted sound Full sound cl Full sound lt lt Melody zone Repeat keys Chords Mode In this mode the RealGuitar detects the chord played in the Main zone of the keyboard the root note and the name of the chord appear on the black info screen then the program builds guitar version of the chord considering the selected
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