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Realstrat User's Manual MusicLab RealStrat Version 3 User's Manual Copyright © 2000-2012 by MusicLab, Inc. Table of Contents About the program ...................................................................................... 6 Installing RealStrat ...................................................................................... 8 Installing RealStrat PC version ................................................................. 8 Installing RealStrat Mac version ............................................................... 8 Launching RealStrat .................................................................................... 9 Virtual Fretboard ........................................................................................ 10 Virtual Keyboard ........................................................................................ 10 RealStrat Global Modes............................................................................. 11 MIDI KEYBOARD Global Mode ................................................................. 11 User Keyboard Layout ............................................................................................. 11 Performance Modes ............................................................................... 12 Solo Mode .............................................................................................. 12 Controls ................................................................................................................... 13 Velocity Switch Effects ............................................................................................ 13 Permanent Effects ................................................................................................... 13 Pedal Switch Effects ................................................................................................ 14 Modulation Switch Effects ....................................................................................... 15 Key Switch Effects ................................................................................................... 16 MIDI Controller pane (Solo Mode) ........................................................................... 17 Hold button in Solo mode ........................................................................................ 17 Harmony Mode ....................................................................................... 18 Chords Mode .......................................................................................... 19 Controls ................................................................................................................... 20 Bass & Chord Mode ............................................................................... 20 Controls ................................................................................................................... 21 Bass & Pick Mode .................................................................................. 22 Controls ................................................................................................................... 23 Velocity Switch FXs (Harmony, Chords, Bass&Chord, Bass&Pick) ........ 24 MIDI Controllers pane (Chords, Bass&Chord, Bass&Pick) ..................... 25 Silent mode (Chords, Bass&Chord, Bass&Pick) ..................................... 25 Main Controls ............................................................................................. 26 2 Left Menu bar ......................................................................................... 26 Output panel ............................................................................................................ 26 Tune panel .............................................................................................................. 26 Setup panel ............................................................................................................. 27 Right Menu bar ....................................................................................... 28 Timing panel ............................................................................................................ 28 Mixer panel .............................................................................................................. 28 FX Mixer panel ........................................................................................................ 29 Wah-Wah panel....................................................................................................... 29 Common ................................................................................................ 29 RealStrat Effect Table and Description ................................................... 31 MIDI controller additional FXs ................................................................................. 34 Additional FXs found in Chords, Bass&Chords, Bass&Pick modes ........................ 35 Chord Map .................................................................................................. 36 User Chords ............................................................................................... 39 Chord Editor ........................................................................................... 39 PATTERN Global Mode ............................................................................. 41 Using MusicLab Rhythm Pattern Library and Pattern Manager .............. 41 Pattern Manager ..................................................................................... 41 Pattern Manager Window ......................................................................... 41 Finding Pattern in MusicLab Pattern Library ................................................. 42 Auditioning Pattern .................................................................................. 44 Controlling pattern playback ...................................................................... 45 Transferring Pattern to host's MIDI Track ..................................................... 45 Using Rhythm Patterns in a MIDI Track ................................................... 46 Controlling pattern playback ...................................................................... 47 Creating Custom Styles for Pattern Library .............................................. 48 Organizing Existing Patterns in Custom Styles ............................................. 48 Creating Custom Patterns ........................................................................ 48 RealStrat Stroke Map ............................................................................... 50 Parameter Automation MIDI CC and VST Map ........................................ 51 MIDI CC Automation, value -> parameter map ....................................................... 53 JOYSTICK Global Mode ............................................................................ 55 3 Overview .................................................................................................. 55 Which guitar controller?............................................................................ 55 Connecting Guitar Hero controller to RealStrat ........................................ 56 Guitar controller Layout ............................................................................ 57 Buttons functionality ................................................................................................ 57 Basic Techniques: ................................................................................................... 57 Advanced Techniques: ............................................................................................ 58 Joystick Performance Modes ................................................................... 59 ColorTabs mode (manual chord changes) ............................................... 59 Chord Tab ............................................................................................................... 59 ColorTabs Mode Playing Techniques ...................................................................... 60 Frets Function. Switching Chords............................................................................ 60 Strum Bar Function. Playing Rhythm ...................................................................... 60 Strum bar Playing Techniques ...................................................................................... 60 Strum ............................................................................................................................ 60 Bass&Strum .................................................................................................................. 60 Picking .......................................................................................................................... 60 String Sequence ........................................................................................................... 61 Creating String Sequence ............................................................................................. 61 Strum bar Function settings .......................................................................................... 62 Strum bar Function remote selection ............................................................................. 62 Chord Tab Editor. Creating Chord Tab .................................................................... 62 Assigning chords to Fret schemes ................................................................................ 62
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