Virtual Guitarist

VIRTUAL GUITARIST
“ELECTRIC EDITION”
English 23
ENGLISH
Long chords
You can also use Virtual Guitarist to play long (sustained) chords.
• To play long chords, press the sustain pedal and play the chords as
normal on your MIDI keyboard.
There are two types of long chords, triggered by different MIDI note
velocities:
• A light key stroke produces a slowly strummed chord (not available in all
players).
• A stronger key stroke produces a heavy chord.
If you don’t have a sustain pedal, you can assign this function to the B-
key of your MIDI keyboard’s remote octave. For more information
about how to do this, look at the “Remote keys” section on page 23,
and the “Key Remote Octave” section on page 47.
Fills
While the Virtual Guitarist is playing, you can trigger a fill (a little varia-
tion of the current part) by using the modulation wheel on your MIDI
keyboard. Simply turn the modulation wheel forwards and back, and
Virtual Guitarist will play a fill before carrying on with the normal groove.
❐ If you don’t want to use the modulation wheel to trigger a fill, you can assign
this function to another MIDI controller in the setup window—see the “Fill
Trigger” section on page 49 for more information.
You can also trigger a fill by pressing the A# key on the remote octave
of your MIDI keyboard, and you can find out more about this in the
next section and in the “Key Remote Octave” section on page 47.
Remote keys
With Virtual Guitarist’s remote keys, you can use an octave of your
MIDI keyboard (the remote octave) as a remote control for the most
important playback variations. The remote keys are especially useful if
your MIDI keyboard doesn’t have program change buttons or a sus-
tain pedal, although it’s important to remember that Virtual Guitarist’s
remote keys and controllers can be active simultaneously.