Steinberg Virtual Guitarist 2 User Manual

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The phaser effect—as the name suggests—is created by adding a 
phase shifted signal to the original. Modulating the phase shift amount 
creates the typical swirling. Unlike the flanger or chorus, the phaser 
just adds movement without making the sound thicker.
The quickest way to get the right phaser setting is to match the Speed 
and Depth controls to each other. The Depth control determines the 
sharpness of the effect. A slow phasing with a high Depth setting cre-...

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Detune
This effect is a relative of the chorus. The main difference is that it pro-
duces two steady pitches (lower on the left, higher on the right), 
whereas the chorus varies the pitch up and down. The Detune effect 
thickens like a chorus without any unwanted pitch-modulation, but by 
using extreme values, you can make the guitar sound very unnatural 
and out of tune.
Tremolo
Tremolo (also called amplitude vibrato) is commonly used to liven up 
clean or slightly...

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Proceed as follows to set up the Delay:
1.First select the effect type with the effect switch.
• Mono: The signal is repeated at the interval set with the time knob.
• 3 tap: A delay with 3 separate circuits, forming a complex rhythmic pattern.
• Multi: This is the typical tape echo effect simulating multiple playback heads. 
Within the time interval the signal is played back by four separate tape heads.
• Stereo: The echoes alternate between left and right in the...

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Set the reverb length with the Time knob and adjust the effect balance 
with the Mix control. You can equalize the reverb tail with the Tone 
knob. The sound gets duller turning it to the left and more bright and 
open turning it to the right.
The most interesting control is the Type switch. It selects between 
three totally different reverb characteristics:
Spring
The typical spring reverb found in guitar amps. The typical metallic 
shattering is characteristic for the...

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The Output Section
The Output Section of Virtual Guitarist 2 allows you to choose be-
tween several recording setups to polish the sound of your track. Our 
ultra realistic algorithms put you in the chair of the producer, creating 
recording conditions just like in a real studio situation.
When you switch off the On/Off switch in this section, Virtual Guitar-
ist 2 will sound “pure” and “unprocessed”.
Speaker Cabinets
Virtual Guitarist 2 has four types of speaker...

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The following cabinets are selectable from the drop down menu:
Microphone Type
The Virtual Guitarist 2 speaker cabinet is recorded using either a dy-
namic or a condenser microphone. The microphone can be placed on 
axis, meaning directly in front of the speaker cone, or off axis meaning 
that it is pointed more towards the speaker edge than the cone.
Click the blue triangle to bring up a menu from where you can select 
the following set-ups:
The above microphone descriptions...

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FX Management
Effect Programs
When you load a Style in Virtual Guitarist 2, all effects settings for the 
Style are automatically loaded. In addition to this, Virtual Guitarist 2 
can independently save and load Effects Programs which include only 
the settings for the FX Page. 
Virtual Guitarist 2 comes with 32 preset Effects Programs, displayed 
in the FX Page Browser on the right hand side of the FX Page. In ad-
dition to this, a virtually unlimited number of user...

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Saving Effects Programs 
Since a Style loads and saves its effects settings automatically it is 
not necessary to save Effects Programs for the Styles you create. Vir-
tual Guitarist 2 however allows you to load and save Effects Programs 
that you find particularly useful.
1.Edit the FX Page settings to your liking.
2.Click the Save button at the bottom of the Browser on the right hand 
side of the FX Page.
3.Set a name and location for the Effects Program using the standard...

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Plug-in Version of the Effect Board
The FX Page of Virtual Guitarist 2 is also available as a separate effect 
plug-in for the following formats: VST, 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 remote controlled using any MIDI con-
troller (see...

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MIDI Controller Default Assignments
In addition to parameter automation by your host sequencer, many of 
the parameters of Virtual Guitarist 2 can be controlled by MIDI control-
lers. The following table shows the assignment of Virtual Guitarist 2 
parameters to MIDI controller numbers. 
Cc# Name Virtual Guitarist Parameter
1 Modwheel Trigger Fill
4 Foot Control Wah Pedal
7 Volume Volume
11 Expression Expression
64 Sustain Pedal Sustain Pedal
67 Soft Pedal Fret Noise
70 Fill...