Steinberg Virtual Bassist Operation Manual

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Loading the effect settings used in a Style 
The Amp & FX page settings used by any Style can be loaded into any 
other Style. To do this:
•In the Amp & FX page browser, double-click an effect program with 
the name of the Style you want.
or…
•Use the Load button at the bottom of the Browser.
Saving effect programs 
Since a Style loads and saves its effect settings automatically it is not 
necessary to save effect programs for the Styles you create. Virtual 
Bassist however...

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Bonus feature: Creating your own phrasings
Although you can control Virtual Bassist via any MIDI channel, the most 
common channel to use will be MIDI channel 1. However, if you send 
Virtual Bassist MIDI data via MIDI channel 16, it will behave in a totally 
different way. When playing on MIDI channel 16, all the components 
making up a Part can be accessed individually, which allows you to 
create and record your own Parts. Handling this is not very easy, but 
your patience will be...

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Plug-in version of the effect board
The Amp & FX section of Virtual Bassist is also available as a separate 
effect plug-in for the following formats: VST (for both Windows and 
Mac OSX), DirectX, Audio Units. 
You can use this plug-in on any mixer channel in your host application, 
for example for your keyboards, vocals or drums tracks. The plug-in 
version offers all of the functionality of the integrated effect board. 
All knobs and switches can be set to any MIDI controller...

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MIDI Controller assignments
To help you get the most out of Virtual Bassist in a recording or per-
formance situation we have made many parameters available for use 
with MIDI controllers. The following table shows the factory default 
assignment of Virtual Bassist parameters to MIDI controller numbers. 
Depending on the capabilities of your VST host application, you can also 
automate many of the knobs and switches in Virtual Bassist using your 
sequencer’s automation features. This...

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Assigning MIDI controllers in Virtual Bassist
As well as the preassigned MIDI Controllers listed above, you can as-
sign many of Virtual Bassist’s features to MIDI controllers for automa-
tion or real-time control, e. g. via the knobs of your MIDI keyboard.
There are two ways to assign a Virtual Bassist knob or parameter to a 
MIDI controller:
1.Right-click the parameter and choose a controller number from the 
drop-down list.
2.Right-click the parameter, click Learn and move...

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The Settings page
The Virtual Bassist Settings page provides access to all global para-
meters that affect how the instrument will play.
When you save a Virtual Bassist Style, all information on the Settings 
page is also saved. This means that if you exchange your project files 
with someone who also has Virtual Bassist, it will perform in exactly the 
same way on their computer as it did on your system. When your friend 
later uses Virtual Bassist on their own project, their usual...

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Vibrato
All Virtual Bassists Styles have their own special vibrato settings 
found at the top of the Settings page. These vibrato parameters are 
preassigned to MIDI controllers:
The Vibrato Rate on the Settings page also controls the Aftertouch 
Vibrato rate.
The default Vibrato CC# assignments can be easily changed by right-
clicking any knob and choosing a new controller from the list or using 
MIDI Learn, see page 65.
Key Change Quantize
The Key Change Quantize parameter...

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Fill Triggering 
In Auto mode Fills will play at a predefined bar position and for a pre-
defined length. If you want Fills to switch in the same way as normal 
Parts (for example at the next 16th note in the bar), select Key Change 
Quantize. In this mode Fills change according to the Key Change 
Quantize setting in the same way as normal Parts.
Keyboard Layout
The Keyboard Layout field allows you to swap the keyboard areas 
used for the Pitch Range and the Remote Range.
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Master Fine Tune
This parameter allows you to adjust the tuning of Virtual Bassist by up 
to ± 50 cents.
Save Defaults
Pressing the Save button saves your current MIDI Controller assign-
ments plus all settings on the Settings page, except Vibrato and Mas-
ter Fine Tune. The settings for the Latch and Retrigger parameters on 
the Play page are also saved. These settings are loaded as the default 
set anytime you use Virtual Bassist in the future.
Exit
Click the Exit button to...

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Credits
Bass Performance and Engineering: Detlef Blanke (www.D-Tone.de) 
([email protected])
Programming: Paul Kellett, Mario Reinsch, Benjamin Wendelstein
Audio Editing: Sascha Haske, Edi Hettinger, Malte Bieler, Jan Schmidt
Proofreading: Mark Ovenden
Graphics: Frank Simmerlein
QA: Götz Kretschmann, Wolfram Knelangen
Project Management: Helge Vogt, Lars Slowak
Executive Producer: Peter Gorges