Virtual Bassist

Virtual Bassist
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Table of contents
4 On bass…
5 Congratulations!
6 What is Virtual Bassist?
7 How does Virtual Bassist work?
8 What you can and can’t do with Virtual Bassist
8 Register your software!
9 The Steinberg Key
11 System requirements (PC version)
11 Installing Virtual Bassist (PC version)
12 System requirements (Mac version)
12 Installing Virtual Bassist (Mac version)
13 Activating the Steinberg Key
14 Setting up Virtual Bassist as a VST Instrument in your host application
15 Setting up Virtual Bassist as a DXi2 instrument
16 Using Virtual Bassist in an AU compatible application
16 Virtual Bassist stand-alone and ReWire
17 Latency
17 Using a single button mouse (Mac)
18 The first test
19 Playing Virtual Bassist
19 Using a MIDI keyboard
21 Virtual Bassist terminology
23 The Play page
24 Loading and saving Styles
25 Auditioning styles
26 Play page controls
32 Guitar controls
34 Chord recognition
36 The Groove Match page
37 The Macro Groove display
40 Micro timing settings
42 The Part Browser
44 The Amp & FX page
45 The Amp section
47 FX section…
49 The effects
56 Effect routing
57 The output section
60 Effect management
62 Bonus feature: Creating your own phrasings
63 Plug-in version of the effect board
64 MIDI Controller assignments
65 Assigning MIDI controllers in Virtual Bassist
66 The Settings page
70 Credits