Virtual Bassist

Virtual Bassist
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The Pitch Range
The keyrange between C3 to B4 on your MIDI keyboard is called the
Pitch Range and controls the pitch of the played Parts, Fills or Single
Notes. In this range you can play notes or chords and Virtual Bassist
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
basslines in real-time.
The Remote Range
The keyrange 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 as-
signed in the Parts Browser which is explained below. By default the
Remote range is assigned as follows:
Note that you can swap the order of the Pitch and the Remote Range in
the Keyboard Layout section of the Settings page (see page 68).
Key Function Description
C1 Single Note Mode When active, any MIDI notes or chords played in the
Pitch Range will produce a single sustained bass note.
C#1 Stop Virtual Bassist 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 releasse 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.