Steinberg Studio Case VST Instruments Operation Manual
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ENGLISH VST Instruments Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE 2 – 41 Player reference This table provides detailed info on players, chords and bpm. Name DescriptionRhythm Base Chordsbpm Range Funk: Basic Funky, clean pop rhythm guitar 8 full set >70 Funk: Octaves Octave riffs complementing chord versions16 neutral >70 Wah: Single Note Collection of funky single-note wah phrases16 neutral >70 Wah: Complex More complex variants of Wah: Soul 16 neutral (plays chords and lines)>70 Pop: Brit 2 Pop-oriented guitars 16 full set >70 Rock: Classic Smokey classic rock grooves 8 neutral 80—150
VST Instruments 2 – 42 Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE
VST Instruments 3 – 44 Virtual Bassist SE About Virtual Bassist SE Virtual Bassist SE is your own personal bass player, allowing you to choose between 5 fulfilling styles with perfect sound, perfect timing, and the ability to flexibly adapt the playing to suit most musical needs. Virtual Bassist SE will easily add professional-sounding bass guitar tracks to your projects, without the need for a real bass player, and you get a perfect take every time. Even if you use real bassists in your music as well, Virtual Bassist SE has the big advantage of enabling you to experiment with and alter your bass parts at any time, in any place, without the need for special recording equipment. You can even lay down tracks on your laptop computer while sitting in the park.
ENGLISH VST Instruments Virtual Bassist SE 3 – 45 What is Virtual Bassist SE ? Technically speaking, Virtual Bassist SE is a software instrument that comes with a variety of electric bass guitar Styles, each fitting a certain musical style, and that is ready-to-go with the correct sound and phrases as well as a selection of Fills and controls. Musically speaking, Virtual Bassist SE plays itself, all you have to do is select the chords or root notes via a MIDI keyboard. You can control the phrasing and many other play parameters in real time, using either the mouse or a MIDI controller. Please note that you have to download a separate license for Virtual Bassist SE to your Steinberg Key to be able to use the instrument. This is described in detail in the Introduction chapter (see page 13). How does Virtual Bassist SE work ? Virtual Bassist SE doesn’t use single-note samples or synthesis to im- itate reality. The result would be extremely artificial, if you’ve ever tried to simulate bass playing on a MIDI keyboard you’ll know exactly what we’re talking about. Perhaps surprisingly, the Virtual Bassist SE concept is much simpler. It is based on a huge library of audio tracks recorded by real living bass players. This means the results are genuine bass recordings – and not some MIDI trickery. Virtual Bassist SE’s approach makes it possible to choose from these recordings in real-time when you change a chord or any other parame- ter. Tempo changes are no problem as the bass recordings have been processed in such a way that they can be played at any tempo. The 13 Parts and 6 Fills available in each Style are all examples of what’s pos- sible, we’ll take a closer look later.
VST Instruments 3 – 46 Virtual Bassist SE What you can and can’t do with Virtual Bassist Virtual Bassist SE has many advantages when compared with a real player: •Virtual Bassist SE is convenient and available at any time. •Virtual Bassist SE is cheap and easy and you won’t need a studio to record in. •You can save time because there’s no setup, tuning, preparation, microphone positioning, or audio recording. •Virtual Bassist SE doesn’t play wrong notes and there aren’t any timing prob- lems. •You can work with several bass players simultaneously. •You can control the sound and phrasing of the bass. •Virtual Bassist SE supports your creativity, allowing you to experiment as much as you want, and gives you the possibility to create tracks that couldn’t be played on a real bass guitar. •It’s possible to make alterations at any stage, even after recording or during the mixing process. You can change the instrument, phrasing and sound with- out having to recreate a recording from scratch. Despite all of these advantages, it’s important to remember that Virtual Bassist SE is a computer program and will inevitably have some disad- vantages when compared to a real player. It would be impossible for Virtual Bassist SE to provide everything a real musician might theoreti- cally be able to offer, although the included Styles cover a broad range and will be capable of suiting most needs.
ENGLISH VST Instruments Virtual Bassist SE 3 – 47 The first test At this point, you’re probably itching to get your hands on Virtual Bassist SE, so let’s get started: 1.Activate Virtual Bassist SE (as described on page 19). Virtual Bassist SE automatically loads a showcase Style. The “Latch” button will be activated. 2.Press the D1 key on your MIDI keyboard (to select a Part) and play a chord or note in the two octaves between C3 and B4 (the Pitch Range). Virtual Bassist SE will play a basic groove. Because the “Latch” button is activated, playback will continue when you release the key(s). 3.Pressing white keys between D1 and B2 (the Remote Range) on your MIDI keyboard will select Parts, increasing in complexity from left to right. 4.Pressing black keys (F#, G#, Bb) in the Remote Range will trigger Fills. After playing a Fill, Virtual Bassist SE will return to playing the last Part chosen. 5.To stop Virtual Bassist SE immediately press C#1 or press D#1 to end playback with a sustained note, lasting one bar. The MIDI LED in the Virtual Bassist SE window lights up when Virtual Bassist SE receives MIDI information.
VST Instruments 3 – 48 Virtual Bassist SE Playing Virtual Bassist SE There are several ways to play Virtual Bassist SE: •You can play chords and notes and vary the expression using keyboard velo- city, MIDI controllers and sustain pedal. •If you don’t have a MIDI keyboard you can enter notes and other MIDI events using a MIDI editor provided by your host application. •If you haven’t got a MIDI keyboard connected to your host application or if you just want a quick impression, you can make Virtual Bassist SE play by clicking on the frets of the bass on the instrument panel. The Chord Display will show you the pitch chosen. •Virtual Bassist SE can be used to replace tracks of existing projects and MIDI files to improve the way they sound. •You can use several instances of Virtual Bassist SE. You can use as many in- stances simultaneously as your host application and computer allow. There’s nothing wrong with using one Virtual Bassist SE to play the basic groove and at the same time using another to add additional licks or Fills. Using a MIDI keyboard When using a MIDI keyboard to play Virtual Bassist SE there are two ranges (or zones) used for different purposes.
ENGLISH VST Instruments Virtual Bassist SE 3 – 49 The Pitch Range The key range between C3 and B4 on your MIDI keyboard is called the Pitch Range and controls the pitch of the played Parts, Fills or Sin- gle Notes. In this range you can play notes or chords and Virtual Bass- ist SE will intelligently follow your playing. Playing any note in the Pitch Range with a high velocity (>125) produces an eighth or a quarter bass note, depending on the Style. This Accent is handy for varying your bass lines in real-time. The Remote Range The key range between C1 and B2 is called the Remote Range and triggers Parts, Fills, Single Note mode, Stop and End as well as a few other useful features. The functions of each key can be freely assigned in the Parts Browser which is explained below. By default the Remote Range is assigned as follows: Key Function Description C1 Single Note ModeWhen active, any MIDI notes or chords played in the Pitch Range will produce a single sustained bass note. C#1 Stop Virtual Bassist SE immediately stops playing. F#, G#, Bb Fill Triggers a Fill. D#1 Short End (1bar) Plays an ending note with a length of one bar. D#1 Held End Holding the D#3 key will allow you to control the length of the final End note. When you release the key the End note stops playing. C#2 4 or 5 strings Toggles between bass guitars with either four or five strings. D#2 Chord/Note Determines whether a Part will play melodic bass lines or whether it will play the rhythmic pattern of the Part using only the root keys of the note or chord cho- sen in the Pitch Range. Sometimes octave notes are also played when appropriate for the Style.
VST Instruments 3 – 50 Virtual Bassist SE Virtual Bassist SE terminology Styles A Style is a set of grooves and phrases (called Parts and Fills) and in- cludes bass selection, FX and Groove Match settings suitable for a particular musical genre. Each Style consists of 13 Parts triggered by the white keys between D1 and B2 and 6 Fills triggered by the black keys F#, G#, Bb in the same key range.You can load a Style by double- clicking it in the Style Browser. Virtual Bassist SE loads a showcase Style when started. Parts A Part is a bass groove or phrase varying in rhythmic and melodic structure triggered by the white keys (D1 to B2) in the Remote Range of your MIDI keyboard. The Parts from D1 to B1, named Basic 1 to Basic 6, tend to be simpler in their rhythmic and melodic nature. The Parts from C2 to B2, called Complex 1 to Complex 7, are more com- plex and more Style specific. When playing Parts, Virtual Bassist SE will quantize the changes to the nearest 16th note by default. Fills A Fill is a special kind of Part that plays for a predefined time (for ex- ample 1 bar). After that, Virtual Bassist SE will return to playing the Part that was playing prior to the Fill. Fill Parts are found on the F#, G#, Bb keys of the Remote Range (D1 to B2). If you want Virtual Bassist SE to play a different Part after it has com- pleted a Fill just hit the appropriate white key for that Part after the Fill key has been played. A Fill will repeat as many times as the Fill key has been played. So if you want a Fill to play three times, hit the Fill key three times. If a Fill key is the first key played after Virtual Bassist SE has been stopped, the Fill will play repeatedly until another Fill or Part is played.