Virtual Guitarist 2

Virtual Guitarist
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Virtual Guitarist 2 Terminology
Style
In the terminology of Virtual Guitarist 2, a Style is a set of riffs and fills
(called Parts) suiting a unique musical style. However, it is more than
just a sound or rhythm, each Virtual Guitarist 2 Style refers to a parti-
cular guitar, sound (amp, speaker, etc.), and dedicated playing style.
Each Style consists of 16 preassigned Parts (basic Part + particular
Fill) triggered by the white Keys between C1 to B1. You can build
your own Parts and Fills and assign them to the white keys from C2 to
B2. You can load a Style by double-clicking it in the Style Browser.
When a Style is selected, up to 200 MB of sounds are loaded into your
computer’s RAM, which may take a while. You can use the Chord Set
option to decrease loading time and RAM usage, although this reduces
the number of chords available.
Parts
A Part is a riff, groove or phrase varying in rhythmic and melodic struc-
ture triggered by the white keys in the Remote Range of your MIDI
keyboard. The Parts from C1 to B1 are preassigned. You can edit
Parts on the Riff Page and assign them to the white keys from C2 to
B2. When playing Parts, Virtual Guitarist 2 will quantize the changes
to the nearest 16th note by default. You can change this quantize set-
ting on the Setup Page of Virtual Guitarist 2.
Each Style offers up to 16 different Parts. A Part is a riff varying in
rhythmic phrasing and note structure (e.g. single notes, chords, oc-
taves). You can either play the same Part all the time, or switch Parts
while playing to add variation to a track.
Fills
While Virtual Guitarist is playing, you can trigger a Fill (a little variation
of the current Part) by using the modulation wheel on your MIDI key-
board. Simply turn the modulation wheel forwards and back, and Vir-
tual Guitarist will play a fill before carrying on with the normal groove.