Steinberg Virtual Guitarist 1 Manual

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Setting the Flanger:
1. Use the speed control to adjust the rotation speed. Higher settings 
make the flanger sound like a vibrato.
2. Now turn up the feedback control until the effect has the desired con-
tour (from subtle to glassy to sharp swirling).
Chorus
As the name suggests, the Chorus seemingly multiplies the signal. 
While this is probably an exaggeration, it definitely livens up the 
sound, makes it wider and thicker. The principle of the...

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Effect routing
The routing of the effect units has been optimally preset. All effects 
are connected in series in the following order:
Wah or AutoFilter → Phaser → Flanger → Chorus → Delay → Reverb 
→ Tremolo.
Plug-in version of the effect board
The multi-effect board of Virtual Guitarist “Electric Edition” is also 
available as a separate plug-in. You can use this plug-in outside of 
Virtual Guitarist in any mixer channel—for example for your bass, key-...

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❐The Load Bank button in the top right corner allows you to load banks even in 
VST host applications which don’t support *.fxb file handling.
Switching effects with program change
Thanks to the program change command not being occupied for 
selecting parts, you can use it to select effects programs in the plug-in 
version.
Default FX bank
Banks created with the plug-in can be loaded into Virtual Guitarist’s 
effect board using the Load Bank...

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MIDI controller assignments
In addition to VST automation, many of Virtual Guitarist’s parameters 
can be controlled by MIDI controllers. The following table shows the 
assignment of Virtual Guitarist parameters to MIDI controller numbers. 
Cc# Name Virtual Guitarist Parameter
1 Modwheel Assignable in the setup, if not assigned: Wah Pedal.
4 Foot Control Wah Pedal
7 Volume Volume
11 Expression Volume
64 Sustain Pedal Sustain Pedal
67 Soft Pedal Desync...

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❐Depending on the capabilities of your VST host application, you can automate 
the dials and switches in Virtual Guitarist with your sequencer’s automation 
features, instead of using MIDI Controller numbers. This type of automation is 
available in Steinberg’s own host applications, Cubase SX/SL and Nuendo, 
for example.
87 Autofilter on/off
88 Delay on/off
89 Delay Mix
90 Reverb on/off
91 Reverb Level Reverb Mix
92 Tremolo on/off
93 Chorus on/off...

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Global settings (setup)
Virtual Guitarist’s setup window provides access to the settings and 
parameters that are normally hidden
” from the regular playing controls.
❐The setup parameters are simultaneously applied to both the acoustic and 
electric guitar types, so changing the settings from the acoustic instrument 
type will also affect the electric instrument type.
1. To switch to the setup window, click on the “quarter inch” jack labelled 
“Setup”. 
2....

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Save Setup
Click the save setup button to save all the setup parameters. As previ-
ously mentioned, these apply globally to all instances.
❐Setups are stored within the host’s song file, meaning that each song can 
have a different setup configuration.
Key Remote Octave
The key remote octave selector lets you set which octave on your 
MIDI keyboard will be used to remote control the Virtual Guitarist 
functions, or disable the remote keys facility...

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Since most electric guitar styles get by with neutral chords (single 
notes, octaves, riffs) or major/minor combinations, the chord set set-
ting in Virtual Guitarist “Electric Edition” affects the following players 
only:
• Funk: Basic, Medium, Complex
Pop: Brit 1, Brit 2, Dream Chords
XXL
All available chords—up to 15 for each key, depending on the player.
• Major, maj7, 7, 6, +5, −5, dim, minor, mmaj7, m7, m6, m7-5, sus4, 7sus4, sus2
MID
Only the ten...

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Vibrato Control
Some electric players have a built-in” vibrato because this was played 
by the original guitarist. However, other players let you control the 
amount of vibrato by using a MIDI controller, which can be configured 
with this parameter. You can choose between controlling vibrato via 
aftertouch, the modulation wheel, or control change #77.
Fill Trigger
The fill trigger parameter sets the MIDI controller to be used for trig-
gering fills....

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Velocity Switch
The velocity switch sets the velocity value where Virtual Guitarist will 
play syncopations or accents. Normally, a value between 90 and 110 
will work best, but this depends on your playing style and MIDI key-
board.
Velocity Threshold
When you play the keyboard, there’s always the possibility of playing a 
wrong note. Although such a mistake will often go unnoticed in key-
board parts, when playing the Virtual Guitarist a wrong note could...