Virtual Guitarist

VIRTUAL GUITARIST
“ELECTRIC EDITION”
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Bonus feature: creating your own phrasings
Although you can control Virtual Guitarist via any MIDI channel, the
most common channel to use will be MIDI channel 1. However, if you
send Virtual Guitarist MIDI data via MIDI channel 16, it will behave in
a totally different way.
When playing on MIDI channel 16, all the components making up a
part can be accessed individually, which allows you to create and
record your own parts. Handling this is not very easy, but your
patience will be rewarded if you invest a little research time.
Playing individual hits
On MIDI channel 16, the keyboard is split into two halves. The keys
below C4 (middle-C) are used to select the chord, as usual, while the
keys C4 to C6 trigger the individual hits that make up the parts of the
currently selected player. As an example:
1. Select a player (Rock: Pop, for example) and set the Virtual Guitarist
track to MIDI channel 16.
2. Hold down a chord in the lower half of the keyboard and play single
notes in the octave C4 to C6.
3. Release the chord key and play the C4 to C6 notes again.
Virtual Guitarist plays the sounds that are not transposed, like the
stop noise, for example.
❐ In this situation, the modulation wheel is divided into four sections—by turning
it up, you can access additional audio samples, depending on the currently
selected player.