Virtual Bassist

Virtual Bassist
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Virtual Bassist terminology
Styles
A Style is a set of grooves and phrases (called Parts and Fills) and in-
cludes bass selection, FX and Groove Match settings suitable for a
particular musical genre. Each Style consists of 13 Parts triggered by
the white keys between D1 and B2 and 6 Fills triggered by the black
keys F#, G#, Bb in the same key range.You can load a Style by dou-
ble-clicking it in the Style Browser. Virtual Bassist loads a showcase
Style when started.
Parts
A Part is a bass groove or phrase varying in rhythmic and melodic
structure triggered by the white keys (D1 to B2) in the Remote Range
of your MIDI keyboard. The Parts from D1 to B1, named Basic 1 to
Basic 6, tend to be simpler in their rhythmic and melodic nature. The
Parts from C2 to B2, called Complex 1 to Complex 7, are more com-
plex and more Style specific. When playing Parts, Virtual Bassist will
quantize the changes to the nearest 16th note by default. You can
change this quantize setting on Virtual Bassist’s Settings page.
Fills
A Fill is a special kind of Part that plays for a predefined time (for ex-
ample 1 bar). After that, Virtual Bassist will return to playing the Part
that was playing prior to the Fill. Fill Parts are found on the F#, G#, Bb
keys of the Remote Range (D1 to B2).
If you want Virtual Bassist to play a different Part after it has com-
pleted a Fill just hit the appropriate white key for that Part after the Fill
key has been played.
A Fill will repeat as many times as the Fill key has been played. So if
you want a Fill to play three times, hit the Fill key three times.
If a Fill key is the first key played after Virtual Bassist has been stopped,
the Fill will play repeatedly until another Fill or Part is played.