Steinberg Studio Case VST Instruments Operation Manual

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Virtual Guitarist Electric
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About Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE
Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE is your own personal rhythm gui-
tarist, letting you choose between 6 guitar players, each of which is a 
perfectionist: perfect sound, perfect timing, and the ability to flexibly 
adapt to suit most musical styles.
Using Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE you can easily add profes-
sional-sounding rhythm guitar tracks to your songs, without the need 
for a...

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How do I use Virtual Guitarist?
Using Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE is simple, especially if you 
think of the plug-in as a real rhythm guitar player – tell them what to 
play and they will play it. The playing is precise and the guitarist won’t 
complain, which, aside from the clever programming, is a worldwide 
first in itself!
Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE is used exactly like any other VST 
Instrument:
•Prepare a...

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How does Virtual Guitarist work ? 
To clear up a common misconception, Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition 
SE doesn’t use common single-note samples or synthesis to imitate 
guitars. The result would be extremely artificial, and if you’ve ever tried 
to simulate guitar playing on a MIDI keyboard, you’ll know exactly what 
we’re talking about.
Perhaps surprisingly, the Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE concept is 
actually much simpler and...

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Despite all of these advantages, it’s important to remember that Virtual 
Guitarist Electric Edition SE is a computer program and will inevitably 
have some disadvantages when compared to a real player. It would be 
impossible for Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE to provide everything 
a real guitarist might theoretically be able to offer, although the included 
virtual players do cover a broad range of musical styles capable of...

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How to play Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE
There are several ways of playing Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE:
•You can play chords and vary the expression using keyboard velocity, MIDI 
controllers, the sustain pedal, and program changes.
•If you’re not familiar with a keyboard, you can enter chords and other MIDI 
events using one of the editors provided by your software sequencer. 
•You can use Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition...

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Players
In Virtual Guitarist terminology, a player is a guitarist with a unique style. 
However, more than just a style or rhythm, each Virtual Guitarist player 
refers to particular guitar, sound (amp, speaker, etc.), and dedicated 
playing style.
Selecting a player
•To select a player, click the small downward-pointing arrow on the 
Virtual Guitarist’s plug-in window, and choose from the pop-up menu. 
The loading status is indicated...

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Parts
Each player offers up to four different parts. A part is variation – varying 
in rhythmic phrasing, note structure (e.g. single notes, chords, octaves) 
and effect setting. You can either play the same part all the time, or 
switch parts while playing to add variation to a track.
Selecting parts
You can select a part by clicking one of the two part selection arrows 
in the Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE window.
Switching parts in...

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Chord recognition
Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE contains an intelligent chord recog-
nition system, which always plays the correct chord based on the MIDI 
input from a sequencer or MIDI keyboard in real time. The MIDI input 
can consist of a complete chord or simple one-finger notes – you don’t 
need to make any special settings because Virtual Guitarist Electric 
Edition SE will always know what to do.
The chord set
The chords...

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One-finger chords
For the chord types major, 7 and minor, you don’t actually need to play 
all the notes in the chord. Although playing a single note always indi-
cates a major chord, you can indicate a different chord type by playing 
an additional key.
Chord display
The chord display shows the currently playing or pre-selected chord. If 
the chord you play can’t be found or is missing in the chord set, Virtual 
Guitarist Electric Edition SE...