Steinberg Virtual Guitarist 1 Manual

 
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Installing Virtual Guitarist (PC version)
 
To install Virtual Guitarist on your PC:
1. Switch the computer on and wait for Windows to load.
2. Insert the Virtual Guitarist CD-ROM 1 into your computer.
3. Open the Windows Explorer, or the “My Computer” window, and 
double-click on the CD-ROM drive icon.
4. Double-click the Virtual Guitarist Installer icon to run the installation 
program, and follow the on-screen instructions. 
Removing...

 
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System requirements (Mac version)
 
To run Virtual Guitarist you’ll need at least: 
• A Power Macintosh® with a 500 MHz G3 processor and 100 MHz bus
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
• 1.6 GB of free hard disk space
• Mac OS® 9.x or Mac OS® X
• Cubase VST 5.1, Cubase SX/SL, Nuendo 1.5, or another VST 2.0 compatible 
host application
 
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Please also observe the system requirements of your host application.
 
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Setting up Virtual Guitarist as a VST instrument 
in your host application
 
This section describes how to setup Virtual Guitarist with Cubase VST 
as your host application. However, the same procedure applies to most 
host applications, and you should consult your host’s documentation if 
you need further help.
Make sure the host program has been correctly installed and setup to 
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5. In the VST host application, select “VG Electric Edition” as the output 
for a MIDI track, and make sure this track can receive MIDI data from 
your MIDI keyboard. 
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Please note that when you activate Virtual Guitarist or change the currently 
selected player, the relevant data has to be loaded into the computer’s RAM 
 
(memory) before the instrument is ready to be played.
 
Latency
 
Although Virtual Guitarist is practically latency-free, high...

 
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First test
 
At this point, you’re probably itching to get your hands on Virtual 
Guitarist “Electric Edition”, so:
1. Activate Virtual Guitarist (as described in the previous section) and 
load a player. In the Virtual Guitarist window, click the “Latch” button 
to activate the parameter.
2. Play a chord or note on your MIDI keyboard, and Virtual Guitarist will 
start to play. Because we activated the “Latch” button, playback will 
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Multiple Virtual Guitarists
 
You can use as many Virtual Guitarists simultaneously as your host 
application and computer allow. There’s nothing wrong in using two 
rock guitar tracks at the same time with different phrasing, and then 
throwing in an additional riff from a third VG instance here and there. 
Players
 
In Virtual Guitarist terminology, a player is a guitarist with a unique style. 
However, more than just a style or rhythm, each Virtual...

 
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• You can also use the left and right arrows window to switch between 
players, but this isn’t recommended because of the long loading times. 
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The loading status in the sound hole” (as pictured above) is only visible if the 
Virtual Guitarist window is open.
 
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After loading, a picture of the original guitar used for the recording is visible in 
 
the “sound hole”.
 
Removing a player
 
To reload a player (for example, if you wish to...

 
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Parts
 
Each player offers up to eight different parts. A part is variation—vary-
ing 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 top left corner of the Virtual Guitarist window. 
Switching parts in...

 
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Chord recognition
 
Virtual  Guitarist contains an intelligent chord recognition system, which 
always plays the correct chord based on the MIDI input from a sequen-
cer or MIDI keyboard in real time. The MIDI input can consist of a com-
plete chord or simple one-finger notes—you don’t need to make any 
special settings because Virtual Guitarist will always know what to do. 
Playing chords
 
If you play a complete chord (for example, the notes...

 
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One-finger chords
 
For the chord types major, 7, minor, and m7, you don’t actually need to 
play all the notes in the chord. Although playing a single note always 
indicates a major chord, you can indicate a different chord type by 
playing an additional key. 
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For keyboard schemes see “Chord reference” section on page 55.
 
Chord display
 
The chord display shows the currently playing or pre-selected chord. If 
the chord you play can’t be found or...