RealStrat User's Manual
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1. obligatory CO canbe omitted 33 Using MusicLab Rhythm Pattern Library and Pattern Manager MusicLab Rhythm Pattern Library is a unique 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 MusicLab 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 RealStrat 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 sequencer s editor Pattern Manager RealStrat is equipped with powerful multi functional built in Pattern Manager allowing to easily audition rhythm patterns of MusicLab 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 RealStrat 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 e Select Chords Bass amp Chord Bass amp Pick mo2. Fret Position Auto control the Auto button is pressed realizes automatic 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 manually changing fret position by right clicking on any fret A Capo strip will appear on the fretboard which will prevent playing samples from any fret lower on the neck than the Capo position except for the 6th string Virtual Keyboard In the lower part of RealStrat window you see a virtual keyboard that visualizes RealStrat keyboard layout Main and Repeat zones indicates activated Key Switches in Solo mode and shows all MIDI notes incoming to RealStrat User Keyboard Map When connected to RealStrat MIDI input the external keyboard is divided into 3 zones Main zone El B4 left CO D 1 and right C5 C7 Repeat zones AI lt Main zone Ke Repeat zone In Solo mode Main zone extends to D1 D5 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 Re
3. FXs in Solo mode 24 FX Mixer panel Mixer FxMixer Wah Wah Bridge Mute Pinch Hrmnx FX Mixer panel lets you adjust volume for all FX sounds noises individually Wah Wah panel Mixer FxMixer Wah Wah Freg max Wah Wah panel allows switching on Wah Wah Effect as well as selecting any of 4 Wah Wah modes available in RealStrat and adjust parameters for each mode Press FX Enable LED in the upper left corner to switch on the Wah Wah Effect Select Wah Wah mode in a combo box MIDI CC Wah frequency center is controlled by MIDI CC set the needed CCH in numeric box adjust Filter quality Qual lowest frequency Freq highest frequency Freq max Auto Positive Automatic Wah effect with positive filter envelope adjust effect Depth Frequency and filter Quality Auto Negative Automatic Wah effect with negative filter envelope adjust effect Depth Frequency and filter Quality Modulation you can adjust filter Quality db lower Frequency Hz modulation Depth modulation Phase modulation Rate Hz as well as sync the rate to host s tempo and select note duration in pull down menu select Trigger mode with on off clickable LED 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 th
4. P Bender AfterTouch Chucka FullRange Effect Key Pedal Switch Chucka MuteKeys Effect Key Pedal Switch Chucka VeloLayers Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch velo gt Key Pedal Velocity Switch velo lt Key Pedal Velocity Switch MonoBend Lower note bend P Bender Mod Wheel VeloAdd Velocity control P Bender Open Strings Lock Pedal Switch Slow Strum Velocity Switch All FXs are available in Solo mode except for the marked available in Chords Bass amp Chord Bass amp Pick modes as well available only in Chords Bass amp Chord Bass amp Pick modes Mute FX left hand muted sound for notes in the Main zone Note that the volume of the Mute FX is controlled by Mixer gt Sounds gt Mute slider BridgeMute FX sound muted near the guitar bridge for notes in the Main zone It is a similar effect to Mute FX however produces a slightly different sound Note that the volume of the BridgeMute FX is controlled by FxMixer gt Bridge Mute slider Harmonics FX chromatic Artificial Harmonic sound for notes in the Main zone Note that the volume of the Harmonics FX is controlled by FxMixer gt Hrmnx slider 21 PinchHarmonics FX non chromatic Pinch Harmonic sound for notes in the Main zone Note that the volume of the PinchHarmonics FX is controlled by FxMixer gt Pinch Hrmnx slider Slap FX slap sound and noises for notes played in the Main zone Notes played from El through D 2 are left hand fret
5. 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 RealStrat real time and non real time methods 1 Non real time method e Create MIDI track for chords output it to RealStrat and enter 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 RealStrat e Start sequencer and play record chord changes to RealStrat 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 Th
6. Repeat zone are not You can save all setting made in Key Switch panel as user presets for future use To create a preset click on Preset combo box to activate Edit mode type in the preset name and press Enter on computer keyboard Preset will be saved within RealStrat and added to Preset list To delete preset simply click on Delete icon at the right MIDI Controller pane Solo Mode Velo curve LILIE AY P B M W A T 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 Up Pitch Bender upper combo box Off Pitch Slide VeloAdd MonoBend Sustainer triggers Sustainer FX simultaneously with pitch shifting e P B Down Pitch Bender lower combo box same as Up Pitch Slide VeloAdd MonoBend Sustainer triggers Sustainer FX simultaneously with pitch shifting 14 e M W Modulation Wheel Pitch Slide Modulation e A T After Touch Pitch Modulation Sustainer FeedBacker In the combo box to the right adjust the maximum range of pitch shifting sliding in semi tones Modulation envelope is adjusted in Tune panel Left Menu bar in the upper left corner of RealStrat window 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 h
7. 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 U Strumming Pattern Picking Pattern Auditioning Pattern Host seguencer in stop mode or RealStrat in standalone run 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 tur
8. Tune Setup Display chords b Ea Chord detect time ms Keyboard range P B and M W on pressed keys Display chords b select sharps or flats for the chord names Chord Detect time 0 50ms set the suitable delay for detecting chords taken in chord modes Keyboard range C0 C7 set the range of your keyboard P B and M W on pressed keys when activated allows to polyphonically use Pitch Bend Modulation Wheel and Aftertouch controllers with Sustain Pedal 1 e the controllers will affect only on actually pressed note s while other note s being sustained with a Pedal but physically released will stay untouched When turned off all controllers work normally Reset resets all modified parameters in all modes to their factory values Right Menu bar Mixer FxMixer Wah Wah In the Right Menu bar you can get access to 2 mixer panels and Wah Wah Effect settings Mixer panel Mixer FxMixer Wah Wah 2 mixer sections allow adjusting 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 volume and on off of additional pick noise Sounds e Mute volume of muted sound triggered by Repeat zone keys and used as FX e Slow Strum volume of Slow Strum sound Velocity switch FX in chordal modes e Switch FX volume of all additional sounds Key Pedal switch
9. enabled Sustain On indicates that the Sustain Pedal both turns on the FX as well as sustains notes Off indicates that the Sustain Pedal controls only the FX and no notes are sustained Velocity Switch Effects On the left lower part of Solo panel you see Velocity Switch FX section including two FX boxes 503 lt velo lt 1202 BridgeMu 3 Using the Velocity Switch FX controls two FXs can be dynamically engaged depending on the velocity of the MIDI notes played For low velocity notes set the numeric box on the left side to the threshold at which notes played at a lower velocity will trigger the FX selected in the lower FX selector For high velocity notes set the numeric box on the right side to the threshold at which notes played at a higher velocity will trigger the FX selected in the upper FX selector As notes are played below or above the two thresholds the two FX selector boxes will change to a light blue color to indicate they are being engaged As with all FX selectors each of the two Velocity Switch FX selector boxes have a FX Enable LED button so you can enable one both or neither 12 Key Switch Effects RealStrat numerous guitar Effects can be triggered in Solo mode using the advanced Key Switch system allowing to assign various FXs on Repeat Zone keys as well as easily create and use custom presets in RealStrat Key Switch panel To open Key Switch panel click on KS button on the left lower part of
10. keys and patterns can trigger sound in pattern mode PM opens Pattern Manager window KS opens Key Switch panel 26 RealStrat Effect Table and Description Mute Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Bridge Mute Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Harmonics Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Pinch Harmonics Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Slap Slap Noises Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Scrapes Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Legato 1 2 Steps Effect HammerOn Legato Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Slide Legato Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Repetition NoteOff Key Pedal Velocity Switch Tremolo Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Tremolo 1 beat Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Trill Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Trill 1 shot Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Slide Up Key Pedal Velocity Switch P Bender Mod Wheel Slide Down Fall Key Pedal Velocity Switch P Bender Mod Wheel Bend Key Pedal Velocity Switch Reverse Bend Key Pedal Velocity Switch Unison Bend Key Pedal Velocity Switch Hold 1 2 Steps Mono Effect Key Switch Interval Fret Position Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Mouse Key Pedal Switch PickPosition Mouse Key Pedal Switch Wah Wah Effect Key Pedal Switch Violining Effect Key Pedal Switch Sustainer trigger Key Pedal Switch P Bender FeedBacker trigger Key Pedal Switch
11. mordent The speed of the mordent is controlled by the Tempo setting and the Trill 1 shot FX pull down menu with choices of 4th 4T triplet 8th 8T 16th 16T 32nd 32T 64th and 64T note durations SlideUp FX articulates automatic slide up TO the note s played The SlideUp FX numeric box specifies in semi tones the interval to start the slide from The SlideUp FX slider controls the speed of the slide SlideDown FX articulates automatic slide down FROM the note s played The SlideDown FX numeric box specifies in semi tones the destination interval for the slide The SlideDown FX slider controls the speed of the slide 28 Bend FX articulates automatic bend up TO the note s played The Bend FX numeric box specifies in either 1 or 2 semi tones the interval to start the bend from The Bend FX slider controls the speed of the bend ReverseBend FX articulates automatic pre bend and release down to the note s played The ReverseBend FX numeric box specifies in either 1 or 2 semi tones the interval to start reverse bend from The ReverseBend FX slider controls the speed of the bend UnisonBend FX articulates two notes played one being the played on the Main zone and the second one starting from one or two semi tones below is bent up to the note played The UnisonBend FX numeric box controls if the second bent note starts from one or two semi tones below The UnisonBend FX slider controls the speed of the bend Hold FX pro
12. smacks Notes played from E2 through A4 are a short slap sound when played with low velocity and a long slap sound when played with a fast velocity Notes played from A 4 through DS are right hand pickup smacks Note that the volume of the Slap FX is controlled by FxMixer gt Slap slider Scrapes FX 46 different string scrapes each controlled by the different notes in the Main zone ranging from El to C 5 Note that the volume of the Scrapes FX is controlled by FxMixer gt Scrapes slider HammerOn Legato FX produces Hammer On Pull Off articulation Hammer On and Pull Off guitar effects enable the playing of grace notes mordents trills with a single pick and single initial attack With Hammer On enabled press and hold a single key When a second key is played it plays without the initial attack and stops the first note While continuing to hold the first key release the second key and the first note is played again without the initial attack When the second key is played higher than the second key this is typically called a hammer on If the second key is lower than the first key this is typically called a pull off The Hammer On effect has a numeric box allowing the user to select in semi tones the greatest distance between the first and second note played to be triggered with the Hammer On Pull Off effect Slide Legato FX produces sliding articulation between two notes played legato glissando with initial attack on the first note on
13. 0 180 O 44 Basic S 8th 90 250 H Blues Medium v Library Tree view Style folder To read the details about ML 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 H Basic Bass amp Chord HC Basic Picking Q Basic SFriirnmina Add Style 0 Delete Style 40 Rename Style Root Folder gt View Info Selecting Category 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 Name Length 21511 Basic 4 4 3 512 Basic 4 4 1913 Basic 4 4 esis Rasic_4 4 La e dee Pattern List All patterns of ML Pattern Library have unique names containing brief information as well so you can easily identify them when using outside the Style folder 35 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
14. 13 uusiabA B MUSIC SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS MusicLab RealStrat Version 1 User s Manual Copyright 2000 2007 by MusicLab Inc Table of Contents About the POT ANN P 4 Installing RealStrat oa is 6 Installing RealStrat PC version 6 Installing RealStrat Mac version eee eee nene 6 Launching RealStrat xs ic iaa 7 Virtual FretDOoard enee est 8 Virtual Keyboard iii 8 User Keyboard Map c 9 Performance Modest 10 SOLO IV OC E 10 CONUS SR aoe ee a RR 10 EMOS st os 11 Redal Switch Effects cs 11 Velocity Switch ETBGOIS ee 12 Key Switch Effects tt Eege 13 MIDI Controller pane Solo Mode 14 Hold button IN SONG MOE ZP K O cone peak esee eS FERE EEEE cone 15 Harmony MOOG iia de 16 COS MIS irra catered ede or eed Al olo Dolu 17 eon TH zao ded O teed ict gon Ene 17 Basse Chord Modei cites ie a o lee aldo A os RE 18 EE 18 Bass e Oe Le AMA A A 19 Eer e 19 Velocity Switch FXs Harmony Chords Bass amp Chord Bass amp Pick 21 MIDI Controllers pane Chords Bass amp Chord Bass amp Pick 22 Mali Controls erc TDi 23 breet reese Eeer 23 OUIDUL PAN Alaro laica E A ARAN EA LATA ee geed 23 UNS PAN ld ASE AAA Bt Pl ck 23 Set p panel rot 24 RIA Menu bar ee EE 24 MIXER En WEE 24 FX Mixer panel EEN 25 Wah Wah panel RR AR ARAS AAA AR 25 COMMON eee rr o 25 RealStrat Effect Table and Description re 27 Pedal Switeh addti
15. 20 Velocity Switch FXs Harmony Chords Bass amp Chord Bass amp Pick I Velo Time Steps Velocity Switch FX There are a number of guitar effects automatically triggered by note velocity values employed in RealStrat 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 Fall slides down from taken note s You can set the following independent parameters for each effect e Velocity threshold e Time effect duration e Steps range in semi tones 21 MIDI Controllers pane Chords Bass amp Chord Bass amp Pick Velo curve AJAGA P B M W A T Pedal 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 VeloAdd e M W Modulation Wheel Pitch Slide Modulation 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 Tune panel Left Menu bar in the upper left corner of RealStrat window e Pedal you can use Sustain Pe
16. 41 ModWheel to Slide Range WhSIdRng ModWheel to Pitch Range WhPtcRng Aftertouch Mode AtchMode Aftertouch_to_Pitch Range AtchRng Velocity Curve select VelCurve Velocity Switch FX non Solo Velo Switch Slide mode select VelSlide VelSw SlideUp Velo SldUpVel VelSw SlideUp Steps 87 SldUpStp VelSw_SlideUp Time SldUpTim VelSw_SlideDown Velo 89 SldDnVel VelSw_SlideDown Steps op SldDnStp VelSw SlideDown Time s 102 SldDnTim Slow_Strum_on_high velo select SIStrmHi Slow Strum HighVel Velo SIStrHVe Slow Strum HighVel Speed SIStrHSp Slow Strum on low velo select SIStrLow Slow Strum LowVel Velo SIStrLVe Slow Strum LowVel Speed SIStrLSp Mode Controls Chord Position select ChordPos Chords Bass on off 80 ChrdBass Alter Bass on off ChdAItBs Bass Mono on off ChdMnoBs Chords Strings Upper select 6 ChdStrU Chords Strings Lower select ChdStrL Bass amp Chord mode Strings select 9 BnCStr Harmony Mode Interval select HrmIntr1 Solo FX HammerOn select SolFxHO Solo FX HammerOn Steps HOSteps Solo BassZone on off BassZone Solo BassZone rangeHigh BasRngUp Solo BassZone rangeLow BasRngDn Slow Strum time zone Pattern Slowzone Pattern mode On Off 110 Pattern 42 Contacting MusicLab Web site http www musiclab com Technical support mailto supportbox musiclab com 43
17. Lock Pedal Switch FX in case open strings are used in a chord such as A Open E Open they will be engaged locked while other strings will play the notes of the further chords When Open Strings Lock FX is turned on the further chords played with upper note higher than E3 will automatically move chord position up along the fretboard 30 Chord Map RealStrat 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 Il C6 Cadd9 Csus4 Cmaj7 V VHI Cmaj7 b5 Cmaj7 5 Cm lt I Cm6 Cm add9 Cm7 Cm maj7 ss Cm7 b5 ke s Cm9 Ci lt lt IN V C7sus4 C7 b5 C7 5 C9 C9sus4 C7 b9 C7 9 S bea E C9 b5 C7 add13 V Cdim7 Caug III VII I VII All chords except for ma6 and min6 are detected in all inversions and note combinations 31 Cadd9 Jr m Lae qmm Csus4 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 b5 HE MME Cmaj7 5 Int mimm Dn Cm add9 Cm maj7 gm mmm mm Cm7 b5 Pm mmm mmm C7sus4 C7 b5 C7 5 allo TT TT LT oti TEO C9sus4 C7 b9 Jr nam Jun C7 9 C9 b5 C7 add13 Hd up ul tli Cdim7 Caug NES 1 note chord detect system also included Cm7 Cy Cm
18. RealStrat window Gn MESS 5 Key Switch panel You see two columns of FX boxes corresponding to Left and Right Repeat Zone keys C0 D 1 for the Left zone D 5 G6 for the Right zone 13 Select Effect for a key in pull down menu and click FX Enable LED button in the upper left corner of FX box to activate 1t Now pressing the correspondent key of Repeat zone will turn on selected FX and change the box color to a light blue to indicate that FX is turned on Note that activating FX Enable LED of any key switch will also be displayed on the RealStrat virtual keyboard Moreover triggering FX will also change color of a virtual keyboard key to a light blue giving you full visual control Three small LED buttons clickable on off at the left of each FX box allow additional control of the Key Switch and FX Cit eer Left LED toggle On indicates that the FX is toggled on and off each time the key switch is pressed releasing the key is ignored Off indicates that the FX is only enabled while the key is kept pressed releasing the key turns the FX off Middle LED through when activated allows to switch FX and let the key switch simultaneously function as normal Repeat key white for Full sound black for Muted sound Right LED sustain adds sustain function to FX similar using the Sustain Pedal Note Right Key Switches Right Repeat zone are toggles by default while Left Key Switches Left
19. ank optimized for the new sample rate value In case your VSTplugins folder is not registered correctly RealStrat installer will not automatically install RealStrat dll in the correct folder So to let your VST host find RealStrat you have to manually copy RealStrat dll from RealStrat installation folder to your VSTplugins directory Installing RealStrat Mac version Double click RealStrat Installer icon and follow the on screen instructions At the end of installation process RealStrat Bank Manager will open and extract sound bank optimized for particular sample rate which allows using Quick Load mode realized in RealStrat In RealStrat Bank Manager dialog check the 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 RealStrat installation folder by default HD gt Applications gt RealStrat and double click StgMan icon Note that if you want to change sample rate for your audio work you have to run RealStrat Bank Manager and create sound bank optimized for the new sample rate value Launching RealStrat Launching RealStrat as a VST in
20. bo box e Fixed Capo is not affected All notes will be played to the right of Capo position moving from string to string except for the notes on the 6th string which the capo does not affect e Ignore Capo is not affected Slides ignore Capo position notes will be performed along the string moving to another string only in case of reaching first or last fret e Move Capo moves with Slide or H O Hammer on notes along the fretboard 1 2 Legato o JZS Bass Zone et gt Es 1 2 Legato enables producing notes played legato within semi tone or whole tone from each other without triggering attacks The effect is as if the notes were played on the same guitar string when only the first note is picked and the following notes are played by the left hand alone H O enables Hammer On Effect with automatic Pull Off on key release affected note range is specified in semi tones in numeric box Bass Zone splits the Main Zone of keyboard into two parts to allow individual performance techniques for each part The Bass Zone button is toggled on and off There are two additional combo boxes to set the lower note E1 or D1 and the upper note ranging from El to E4 of the zone Bass zone notes have a stronger velocity curve and are NOT affected by e Mute keys this allows performing mutes and repetitions on the notes played outside Bass zone without cutting bass notes e Velocity Switch FX this allows applying veloci
21. dal to switch various effects on o Sustain normal sustain mode o ChuckaFull switches on ChuckaFull FX o ChuckaMutes switches on ChuckaMutes FX o ChuckaMute Sust switches on ChuckaMutes FX simultaneously sustains the sound o Open Strings Lock switches on Open Strings Lock FX open strings used in the current chord will stay in voicings of the next chords until the FX is Off o 4 Wah Wah modes each mode parameters can be modified individually in Wah Wah setup panel Right Menu bar in the upper right corner of RealStrat window 22 Main Controls Left Menu bar Output Tune Setup In the Left Menu bar you can get access to 3 panels to make global settings Output panel Tune panel and Setup panel Output panel Output Tune Setup Volume EQ low high Volume 10 30db adjust output volume EQ adjust internal equalizer parameters e High 10db e Low 10db Tune panel Output Tune Setup Pitch Modulation e Sync 3 e S u Pitch adjust the master pitch e Coarse 12 semitones e Fine 100 cents Modulation adjust the modulation envelope affected by Modulation controller MIDI CC 1 e Depth 0 100 e Freq 0 2 8 0 Hz e Sync LED button on off when activated the modulation rate will be synched with host s tempo e Duration combo box select note duration value in pull down menu to match modulation rate you need 23 Setup panel Output
22. des for automatically constructed guitar chords e Select Harmony mode to perform intervals with strumming patterns e 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 RealStrat pattern playing mode Basic Picking Basic Strumming X PO1 6 8 BritBlues 5 Blues Medium P02_6 8_BritBlues Blues Slow E P03 6 8 BritBlues 34 Gospel S 8T 80 130 A P04 6 8 BritBlues la PO5 68 BritBlues 68 BritBlues 8th 80 150 ae a Blues16 beat S 16th 70 115 E amp so1 68 pr e Bypass Tempo Normal bu Velocity 10 gt Chord P B V Random 15 J 10 H 100 H 34 Finding Pattern in MusicLab 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 quickly 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 44 Basic S 4th 90 250 44 Basic S 8T 7
23. e 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 25 Attack time 0 100 allows shortening lengthening the attack of a sound The shortest 0 gives smaller latency but sounds less natural Release time 50 200 adjusts how long the note sounds after releasing the key MIDI note end Auto on off toggles between Auto and Manual mode of Floating Fret Position Auto works only in melodic modes Solo Harmony Manual mode allows changing the fret position by right clicking on the Fretboard Accent High 0 127 adjusts the velocity threshold between hard and hardest performance dynamics Accent Low 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 different samples Direct this button turns RealStrat 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 Silent playing mode Note that with Pattern button pressed you will not hear any sound while playing in the Main zone Only Repeat zone
24. eld key can be used for sustaining the following notes 15 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 4th down power chord 1 Y 5th up power chord 2 octave d 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 5 2 T ci Full sound NS Melody zone uU Repeat keys 16 Chords Mode In this mode RealStrat 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 builds a guitar version of the chord considering the selected Chord position and current position of a Capo strip on the Fretboard and finally plays it using a down strum technique 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 do
25. ern 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 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 37 menu Alternatively you can import pattern right from RealStrat installation folder by default C Program Files MusicLab R ealStrat 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
26. g 11 3rd string 10 4th 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 D 2 Top Downstrum 2 semi tones lower 01 Top Downstrum 3 semi tones lower 00 pl Top strum strum on the 3 4 higher strings Bass strings omitted 40 Parameter Automation MIDI CC and VST Map RealStrat MIDI CC VST name Output Volume Volume EQ High EQ High EQ Low EQ Low Pitch Coarse PtchCrse Pitch Fine Tune PtchFine Modulation Depth ModDepth Modulation Freq ModFreq Mixer Mixer Muted sound Volume MxMuted Mixer Slow Strum Volume MxSIStrm Mixer Switch FX Volume MxKeyFx Mixer FretNoise on off MXxFrtN Mixer FretNoise Volume MxFrtNse Mixer ReleaseNoise on off MxRelN Mixer ReleaseNoise Volume MxRelNse Mixer Pick Noise on off 27 MxPckN _ Mixer Pick Noise Volume MxPckNse Wah Wah Wah Wah On Off WahOnOff Wah Wah mode select WahMode Common Alter sample mode AltSmple Accent High Threshold VelTrshH Accent Low Threshold VelTrshL Performance Mode select Mode Release Time RlseTime Attack Time AtckTime Strum Time StrmTime Pick Position select PickPos Fret Position select FretPos Auto Fret Position on off AutoFret Hold on off Hold Controllers Pitch BenderUp Mode PBupMode Pitch BenderDown Mode PBdnMode PBender to Slide Range PBSIdRng PBender to Pitch Range PBPtcRng Modulation Wheel Mode oi WhMode
27. iques Unison Bend Bend Release combined with sustained note s etc Example I assign MonoBend to P Bender press and hold 2 3 notes in Main zone them move P Bender only the lower note will be bent if you then move P Bender back while holding all played notes only the first note will be affected Example 2 assign MonoBend to P Bender play a note move P Bender to bend the note then holding the first note bent play the second note higher or lower the first one next note s will play their real pitch if you then move P Bender back while holding all played notes only the first previously bent note will be affected VeloAdd FX Pitch Bender allows continuous adding reducing velocity value to the played notes Slide FX Pitch Bender and Modulation Wheel allows manual articulation of Up Down slides from to played note s Additional FXs found in Chords Bass amp Chords Bass amp Pick modes Slow Strum on Higher Velo Velocity Switch FX in all chordal modes you can set a velocity value after which slow strum will be performed when playing a chord in the Main zone Slow Strum on Lower Velo Velocity Switch FX in the same way you can set a velocity value below which slow strum will be perform when playing a chord in the Main zone Slide up Velocity Switch FX produces automatic slide up TO the played note chord Slide down Velocity Switch FX produces automatic slide down Fall FROM the played chord Open Strings
28. is 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 zone 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 38 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 ML Pattern Library and organizing them as custom Styles within Library tree view for future use e Select pattern you are going to copy to your new Style it will appear in Pattern view e 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 Demo CO Pattern ko W Bas Add Style Bas Delete Style E E Bas Rename Style Root Folder gt e Press Add button under Pattern List pane to copy the cu
29. ly The Slide FX numeric box controls the maximum number of semi tones between two notes that the slide FX will occur The Slide FX slider controls the speed of the slide Repetition NoteOff FX automatically plays additional same note s on key s release allowing to produce semi automatic tremolo with easy dynamics control Tremolo FX plays the note s repeatedly with the base speed provided by the Tempo setting is synched with host s tempo Multiples above the Tempo setting are controlled by the Tremolo FX pull down menu with choices of 4th 4T triplet 8th 8T 16th 16T 32nd 32T 64th and 64T note durations Note that while Tremolo FX is enabled any secondary notes played are sustained for as long as the first note is played Tremolo 1 beat FX works similar Tremolo FX but plays number of notes fitting in one beat of a measure before sustaining The speed is controlled by the Tempo setting is synched with host s tempo Trill FX plays a continuous trill for as long as the note s is held The Trill FX numeric box specifies in semi tones above the note s played the interval of the trill The speed of the trill is controlled by the Tempo setting and the Trill FX pull down menu with choices of 4th 4T triplet 8th 8T 16th 16T 32nd 32T 64th and 64T note durations Trill 1 shot FX plays a mordent ahead of the note s played The Trill 1 shot FX numeric box specifies in semi tones above the note s played the interval of the
30. ly The Repeat zone keys now have the 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 Strum Cl Bass Strum Chord detect E WEST bass play s Repeat keys Controls Chord Position x mj mj 1v j ba Strings 4 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 in the Main zone Bass Mono mutes Bass I note when the next Bass II is played 18 Bass amp Pick Mode In this mode RealStrat 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 E5 triggers 4
31. ming melodic parts Harmony monophonic mode for performing parallel interval melodic parts 1 2 3 4 3 Chords chord mode for performing accompaniment strumming parts Bass amp Chord chord mode for performing bass and strum parts 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 zone E1 D5 of the keyboard works as a normal polyphonic keyboard while both Repeat Key zones left CO D 1 and right D 5 C7 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 E 3 a E C1 Full sound H Melody zone Repeat keys Controls 90 lt velo lt 1202 Pedal 1 2 mono p 11 zm Lea emer ss 778 ato le RealStrat Solo mode provides you with multiple permanent and switchable controls allowing you to easily add various specific guitar articulations and effects to your performance 10 Effects Slide gt Capo FX Box allows selection of Effect in the pull down menu and activate it by clicking on FX Enable LED button in the upper left corner Slide gt Capo controls the movement of the capo along the fretboard while performing either a Slide or Hammer On effect You can select any of 3 modes in a Slide gt Capo com
32. modified in the Wah Wah panel accessible from Right Menu bar in the upper right corner of the RealStrat window Violining FX provides a volume swell with a smooth attack The Violining FX slider controls the swell time Sustainer trigger FX triggers a sustainer effect for any notes currently being played in the Main zone The sound swells with every key press and can sustain as long as you trigger the effect FeedBacker trigger FX triggers a harmonic feedback for the note s being played in the Main zone for the last in time pressed note in case of a chord The FeedBacker FX pull down menu provides the following harmonic selections 8 octave 5 octave and a fifth 8 two octaves 5 2 two octaves and a fifth 8 three octaves and 5 three octaves and a fifth ChuckaFull FX provides muted chords in 4ths so called chucks played in the Main zone which emulates chucka chucka guitar technique Main zone is in mono mode with each key triggering individual chord fret With notes played from E3 and higher ChuckaFull FX chords will move higher with each increased semi tone along the fretboard Right Repeat zone keys repeat the chords played in Main zone and can alternate between two string groups D 5 through F 5 trigger lower strings 5 4 3 strings and G5 and higher trigger upper strings 3 2 1 strings Left Repeat keys D 1 and lower repeat the last layer produced in Right Repeat zone ChuckaMuteKeys FX
33. n 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 36 Controlling pattern playback Dynamics control Pattern Manager has powerful real time velocity control options allowing to drastically change pattern performance Velocity 10 Ichord 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 RealStrat 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 patt
34. onal FXS ip dovol A A ae tae lac 30 MIDI controller additional EE 30 Additional FXs found in Chords Bass amp Chords Bass amp Pick modes 30 IONE MAD e nsss EUN 31 Using MusicLab Rhythm Pattern Library and Pattern Manager 34 Pattern Manager Ee 34 Pattern Manager Window 000 34 Finding Pattern in MusicLab Pattern Library nono conc nn nnnnnnnnnnnnns 35 Auditioning Pallet eec eie eee dul dut dd de dut du dad e 36 Controlling pattern playback eenen 37 Transferring Pattern to host s MIDI Track ooocoocoooocoococercoocecereercererrentereneeriarens 37 Using Rhythm Patterns in a MIDI Track eee 38 Controlling pattern playback eter te re ee ita 38 Creating Custom Styles for Pattern Library eee 39 Organizing Existing Patterns in Custom Styles en 39 Creating Custom Pates EE 39 Real Strat Stroke Oe EE 40 Parameter Automation MIDI CC and VST Map 44 Contacting MUSICL aD u z dr id vyx nennum AR ERES 43 About the program RealStrat is a sample based virtual instrument with an innovative approach to guitar sound modeling and guitar techniques emulated on a standard MIDI keyboard RealStrat provides incredible playability based on the unique performance modes and easy to use keyboard layout as well as the advanced key pedal velocity switch system allowing a keyboardist to perform guitar parts with a whole new level of realistic exp
35. peat zone with the other hand without changing its position This is very important for carefully 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 picking on your keyboard making them sound naturally as if they were played on a 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 D 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 e In Solo mode Repeat keys when activated in Key Switch panel can also be used as Key Switches to switch on various FXs Performance Modes RealStrat 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 perfor
36. provides muted chords in 4ths with Black Repeat Mute keys Main zone and white keys of Repeat zone continue to work normally Right Repeat zone Mute keys can alternate between two string groups D 5 through F 5 trigger lower strings 5 4 3 strings A 5 and 29 higher trigger upper strings 3 2 1 strings and Left Mute keys D 1 C 1 etc repeat the last layer produced in Right Repeat zone ChuckaVeloLayers FX provides muted chords in 4ths played in the Main zone similar to ChuckaFull FX however can produce 3 velocity controlled string groups by any key of the whole range Low velocity strokes trigger 5 4 3 string layer middle velocity strokes trigger 4 3 2 strings layer while high velocity strokes trigger 3 2 1 string layer the higher velocity value the higher string group is triggered Velo gt FX activates higher Velocity Switch FX selected in Higher Velocity Switch box Velo lt FX activates lower Velocity Switch FX selected in Lower Velocity Switch box Pedal Switch additional FXs To Chords FX switches between Solo and Chords modes To Bass amp Chord FX switches between Solo and Bass amp Chord modes To Bass amp Pick FX switches between Solo and Bass amp Pick mode MIDI controller additional FXs MonoBend FX Pitch Bender and Modulation Wheel applies pitch bending a only to the lowest of simultaneously played notes b only to the first bent and held note allowing to emulate guitar specific single string bending techn
37. ression RealStrat covers practically all sounds articulations and techniques a professional guitarist can produce on his Strat including mute bridge mute harmonics pinch harmonics slap unison bend strumming picking chord choking scraping etc High quality dry samples recorded directly from Stratocaster pick ups let you easily create any desired guitar sound using your favorite amplifier simulator RealStrat innovations include e Multi channel layering technology incorporating a custom library of specially recorded samples taken from every fret of all 6 strings of a real guitar e The unique Floating Fret Position technology which imitates change of fret position of a guitarist s hand on the neck This gives you the possibility of playing on up to 140 guitar frets using just 46 keys of a standard keyboard e Sound Humanize technology allowing to wholly remove machine gun effect on note repetition tremolo strumming etc e Guitar Touch technology letting you easily imitate basic guitar techniques strumming plucking sliding bending muting etc using standard MIDI keyboard and MIDI controllers such as Pitch Bender Modulation Wheel Sustain Pedal and Aftertouch RealStrat includes a powerful Pattern Manager with complete MusicLab Guitar Pattern Library for easily creating guitar accompaniment tracks All you have to do is to find the appropriate rhythm pattern s in the Pattern Manager tree view copy it to
38. rrent pattern to your new Style folder e 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 RealStrat rhythm patterns are single track Standard MIDI files SMF format 0 recorded with special 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 directly to Pattern Library folder for future use C Program Files MusicLab RealStrat Loops Guitar Stroke Map incorporated in RealStrat 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 39 RealStrat Stroke Map Note Note name Stroke name 22 Slow Upstrum 21 Slow Downstrum 20 G 1 Muted Upstrum 19 Muted Downstrum 18 Full Upstrum 17 Full Downstrum 16 Full Downstrum 1 semi tone lower 15 Full Downstrum 2 semi tones lower 14 Full Downstrum 3 semi tones lower 13 Ist string 12 2nd strin
39. strument Open the VST Instruments window Click the No Instruments label and select RealStrat in the pop up menu Open the RealStrat window by clicking the Edit button in the slot for RealStrat Boos eg In the VST host application select RealStrat as the output for a MIDI track Launching RealStrat as a standalone version In Start Menu go to Programs MusicLab RealStrat folder and select RealStrat icon Virtual Fretboard In RealStrat 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 140 guitar frets using just 46 keys of a standard keyboard This along with the fact that we have sampled 22 frets of all six strings for all of our RealStrat sounds allows you to emulate a guitar performance with maximum sonic accuracy In the center of the RealStrat window is the virtual Fretboard one of the important elements of the plug in which allows you to visualize and control the Floating Fret Position while playing the guitar part RE DEE DEEG The Fretboard has a number of functions 1 Preview allows audio previewing the loaded guitar patch by simply clicking on strings 2 Display notes shows the performed notes in accordance with visual representation on the fretboard and real sound you see the notes displayed on string and fret of exactly the same sound samples currently playing 3
40. th 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 Y Cl Bass Chord detect e gt lt bass play String keys _ Controls Chord Position I uj nj IV Kbd Add on string keys Mute v 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 A 5 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 tone 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 19 e Mute all add on keys trigger Muted chord 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
41. the needed number of measures start your sequencer and use MIDI keyboard to play chord changes or alternatively add chords to a MIDI track via sequencer s editor 1 RealStrat Output Tune Setup Re als St ra Mixer FxMixer Wah Wah y MUSICLAS Electric Strat Pick position Pedal 9 1 2 mono m sustain Installing RealStrat Installing RealStrat PC version Double click RealStrat Installer file and follow the on screen instructions At the end of installation process RealStrat Bank Manager will open and extract sound bank optimized for particular sample rate which allows using Quick Load mode realized in RealStrat In RealStrat Bank Manager dialog check the appropriate sample rate box you normally use in your audio work 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 RealStrat or alternatively go to RealStrat installation folder by default C Program Files MusicLabWRealStrat and double click StgMan exe file Note that if you want to change sample rate for your audio work you have to run RealStrat Bank Manager and create sound b
42. ty switches only to notes played outside Bass zone while playing bass notes without the velocity switch Left combo box works independently of Bass zone button and allows Drop D tuning for Solo mode by selecting the D1 as the lower note for the 6th string Pedal Switch Effects You can trigger various RealStrat Effects selected in Pedal Switch FX box by pressing normal Sustain Pedal controller Pedal 9 1 2 mono toggle Y sustain 11 Pedal Switch FX box has five different controls e 1 2 Mono LED On Off e FX Enable LED On Off e FX Selection pull down menu e Toggle LED On Off e Sustain LED On Off 1 2 Mono On sustains all notes except for the notes played at a semi tone or whole tone interval step wise melodic run the next note 1 2 steps apart mutes the previous one as if played on the same guitar string while the thirds and larger intervals are being sustained Off pedal sustains all notes played non legato and legato in the case Hammer On and 1 2 Legato FXs are off FX Enable LED indicates if the Pedal FX is enabled or not When LED is On the FX is enabled when the Sustain Pedal is pressed FX Selection pull down menu selects which FX is controlled by the Sustain Pedal Toggle On indicates that the FX is toggled on and off each time the Sustain Pedal is pressed Off indicates that the FX is only enabled when the Sustain Pedal is kept pressed When the Sustain Pedal is not pressed the FX is not
43. vides sustain effect similar to the Sustain Pedal Interval FX plays additional note s to the one played in the Main zone Interval FX pull down menu options are mono 4th down 5th up Octave up Power 5th 4th up Power 5th 4th up 2 Octaves up Power Oct two power chords in octave and Power 2 Oct two power chords 2 in octave Note that when Interval FX is enabled the keyboard is in monophonic mode and only a single key can be played at a time FretPosition FX controls the Capo along the fretboard The FretPosition FX pull down menu option of D 5 C6 allows the Capo to be controlled by the 10 Right Repeat keys starting from D 5 up to C6 selecting the 18th fret The FretPosition FX pull down menu option of Open forces the Capo to remain open The remaining pull down menu options select one of the 18 frets frets numbers marked with or correspond to the frets marked on the RealStrat fretboard PickPosition FX controls the position of the pick on the strings to provide different sound farther or closer to the bridge The PickPosition numeric box ranges from 7 to 7 The Pick Position can also be changed via the main RealStrat window by clicking and dragging the round dot between the pickups on the high E string Wah Wah FX provides a traditional guitar wah wah pedal effect The Wah Wah FX pull down menu options for control are MIDI Control Auto Positive Auto Negative and Modulation Wah Wah FX parameters can be
44. wn strum BS up strum and so on Muted strum Muted strum A L g 5 n o Strum Chord detect E i down strum play sh Repeat keys Controls Chord Position I uj mj IV Kbd 1 P Chord Bass Strings m 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 III 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 numeric boxes e g selecting 2 5 will disable the 1st and 6th strings in the strums 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 CZ 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 17 Bass 8 Chord Mode In this mode RealStrat detects the chord taken in the Main zone of the keyboard builds its guitar version and plays its Root note Bass I on
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