Steinberg Studio Case VST Instruments Operation Manual

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Latch mode
Latch mode sets whether Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE continues 
to play when you release the keys on your MIDI keyboard. With latch 
mode on, Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE plays continuously from 
the moment you play the first key, until you manually force a stop by us-
ing the stop button of your sequencer, the sustain pedal, or by playing 
the B remote key.
If you only want to play a lick here and there,...

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Long chords
You can also use Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE to play long 
(sustained) chords.
•To play long chords, press the sustain pedal and play the chords as 
normal on your MIDI keyboard.
There are two types of long chords, triggered by different MIDI note 
velocities:
•A light key stroke produces a slowly strummed chord (not available in all 
players).
•A stronger key stroke produces a heavy chord.
If you don’t have a sustain...

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The keys for the remote octave are mapped out with the following 
functions:
•If you want to experiment with this function, you should load the Player 
“Rock:Classic”, since the Fret and Stop noises are most noticeable in 
this Player.
Sustain pedal
The sustain pedal has an important function in Virtual Guitarist Electric 
Edition SE, and it works differently depending on whether latch mode 
is activated or not. 
If you don’t have a...

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Tempo
Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE automatically adapts itself to the 
tempo of the current song, which is set up in the host application 
(such as Cubase). Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE will also auto-
matically follow tempo changes during playback, like an accelerando, 
for example. 
However, the slowest song tempo that Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition 
SE plays correctly at is 70 bpm (beats per minute). With high shuffle...

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Sound variations
Track Doubling
In a recording studio, guitar tracks are often doubled as another way 
to enhance the stereo image, and to produce a richer sound. To do 
this, the guitar player must record the same track twice onto two sep-
arate tracks, which are panned left and right.
Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE doesn’t need two recordings to 
achieve this. Simply activate the Doubling switch and, as if by magic, 
two guitar...

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MIDI controller assignments
In addition to VST automation, many of Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition 
SE’s parameters can be controlled by MIDI controllers. The following 
table shows the assignment of Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE 
parameters to MIDI controller numbers. 
In Cubase SE (and other Steinberg hosts), you can automate the dials 
and switches in Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE using the automation 
features of the host...

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Reference
Chord reference
The chord reference table below lists all the chord types (based on 
the key of C) as an overview. It includes the notes and the one-finger 
scheme.
*Csus2: You need to press E or Eb for the chord recognition although 
this note is not sounding in the chord.
Guitars
The following sections introduce the guitars and amps used in the 
production of Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE.
•When loading a player, the...

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Fender Stratocaster
The perfect maple neck Stratocaster with a pickup offering unrivalled 
transparency.
Fender Esquire
This guitar is almost identical to a Telecaster, except for the fact that 
the Tele has a second neck pickup (which the Esquire has just been 
prepared for). The character of this “cowboy” guitar has a lot of twang 
and is perfect for vocal accompaniment. The sound of the neck pickup 
embraces the voice with shimmering treble...

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Gibson ES 335
This is a semi-resonance guitar with humbuckers which sounds a bit 
lighter compared to a Gibson Les Paul. Therefore it’s predestined for 
slightly overdriven, fat, wooden but also jazzy sounds. The instrument 
of artists like Chuck Berry or BB King.
Amps
Fender Twin Reverb
The king of clean guitar amps. Its 100W 6L6-equipped power amp 
develops a mighty and punchy, yet transparent and warm sound with-
out any unwanted...

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Marshall Plexi 50
AC/DC 101. This amp creates a smoky, fat distortion with a lot of beef.
Vox AC30 Top Boost
This british combo was originally developed for organ amplification. 
But the pop and rock stars from the island pretty quickly got hooked 
by its uniquely brilliant and warm timbre. The Beatles finally helped it 
to world fame.
Model1968
In Player …Rock: Classic
Model1963
In Player …Pop: Brit2