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All Right Reserved © Ilya Efimov 2012 ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM and styleaccording toyourtaste. sound the adjust to settings other and simultaneously, playing guitars 2 imitate to your personalsettings forthoseeffects. esting options such as Reverb effects, Delay, EQ, Compressor and 20 presets to save for yourarrangementandcompilethem intosongs. chords canbesavedinsidetheinstrument orseparatelyonyourHDD. and patterns Styles, library. the use you time first the from even understand to easy and graphical is process editing whole The own. your create or style any edit easily can You access. easy and fast your for ready made have we which of 240 terns, random waytoavoidthemachine-guneffect. a in changed also are chord) the playing during string each of attacks between time (the time Strum and string each of velocity variation, noise Pick style, attack plex system that helps to prevent playing an exact replica of a strummed chord. The HDD. your on or library the inside use for saved and created be complicated,can how matter no chord, Any own. your create or TABs the of any edit can You TABs. 1584 with comes library our Out-of-the-box positions. playing 4 have instrument our by sions and chord extensions. Each of the 33 chord variations that can be recognized The library isn’t just restricted to root chords, it’s familiar with a great variety of inver- complicated chordsinanyarrangement,Strumwilldoeverythingbyitself. extremely to simple from anything play can You MIDI-keyboard. your on keys press venient touse. do onavirtualinstrument. fessional guitar player to record parts that would have previously been impossible to our library could save you a lot of time and money as you will not need to hire a pro- Using accompaniment. musical guitar imitate to Productions Efimov Ilya by signed Welcome toIlyaEfimovLPStrum! There are also Stereo Double track options that will give you the opportunity the you give will that options track Double Stereo also are There As well as the features listed above, our library also provides a variety of inter - For fast and easy switching between styles during use, you can chose patterns Strum has many styles. Altogether you have 320 cells available for storing pat- Our unique system – “Round Robin for Chords” is used in this library. It is a com- and style the choose to need just will you accompaniment guitar add To Strum will not impose any limitations on your creative work, it is easy and con- de- module formation new totally functional fully sample-based a is Strum All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012

About About ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM use 325MBofRAM. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Compressor, Cabinet,StereoWidth Sound effects:Reverb,Delay,Chorus,Flanger,Phaser,EQ, Different FXandNoises Double trackoptions No limitationsforchordtablatureEditing Pattern andChordExport\Importoptions Pattern editing 250 factoryand70custompatternsforautostrumming Manual strumming NEW Strummingalgorithm More than30techniquesforchordstrumming Chord recognitionfromaMIDIkeyboardorsequencer Volume controlandtoneforeachofpickips round-robin algorithm. 12 velocitylayersforeachnotes\23fretsonthestringwitha 3,7 Gb\3010samples44,1Hz-24bit,stereo If you use a typical size of the buffer preloading in Kontakt, this library will library this Kontakt, in preloading buffer the of size typical a use you If The libraryisprotectedbythewatermark !!! Each userreceivesauniquecopy ! All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Features Features ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM find andstorethelocationforfasterbrowsing andloading. that folder.YoucanusetheQuick-BuildDatabaseoptiontoallowKontakt earlier, anddoubleclickontheIlya_Efimov_LP_Strum.nkifilewhichshouldbein interface) andclickthe“Files”tab.Findlibraryfolder,whichyouextracted 5. OpentheKontakt4browser(lookonleft-handsideofuser library. ThefreeKontaktPlayerdoesNOTsupportthis 4. YouneedtohavethefullretailversionofKontakt4.2.4orlaterusethis copy. 3.1. UnpackthedownloadedIELPS*.rarfileintosamefolder.Itisyourunique http://rar-expander.en.softonic.com/mac (forMACusers) http://download.cnet.com/unRAR/3000-2072_4-26159.html (forPCusers) http://www.unrarx.com/ (forMACusers) http://www.rarlab.com/ (forPCusers) Expander fortheMac.They’reallfreeandyoucanfindthemhere: To extractyourfileswerecommendusingWinrarforPCusers,orUnrarXRar- file; youonlyneedtoextractthefirstfilethatcontains'part1'initsname. you downloadedareamulti-partarchive,sodonotneedtoextractevery 3. Unpackthedownloadedfilestoanyfolder.Pleasenotethatsample 2. Makesureyouputalldownloadedfilesintoasinglefolder. all ofthefiles. 1. Pleasegotothedownloadlinksyoureceivedafterpurchaseand That featureisonlyavailableforencoded &locked“Powered-By-Kontakt” You cannotusethe“Libraries”tabto“Add Library”forthisproduct. All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 libraries. Installation Installation

ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM these tabsatthebottomofGUI. Strum interfacehas3tabs:Strum,Pattern,andFXtabs.Youcanfind All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Graphic UserInterface Delay andStereoWidth. fects such as Reverb, Compressor, EQ, ef- sound set to provided is page This The FXTab you can load, edit page or create new patterns. this On Strumming. of Auto use the for designed is page This The PatternTab general settingsofourlibrary. of list the to access gives also Strum displayed. are settings Strumming ual Man- and positions chord tab, this On The Strumtab Getting started Getting start ed ILYAILYA EFIMOV EFIMOV Ac oustiLP STRUMc GUITAR STRUM visible bodyoftheguitar,youcanquicklyswitchbetweenpickups. the on located switch the With them. of each for control tone and control MIDI controllerCC78. the using switch the of position the control can You Middle positiion-Bothpickups. Down position-Neckpickup Up postition-Bridgepickup Les Paul guitars usually have two pickups, our library provides volume NECK TONE NECK VOLUME BRIDGE TONE BRIDGE VOLUME BRIDGE pickup NECK BOTH All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 pickup controller`s value 107 -127 controller`s 20 -106 0 -19 number CC 84 CC 83 CC 82 CC 81 Getting started Getting start ed ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM Am9 withthe bottomnoteC= C+7/13 Am -5/7with thebottomnote C =Cm6 Am7 withthebottom noteC=C6. Let’s havealookat the exceptionsusingtheseexamples: minor 5/7,wherethe rootnoteis6thofMinorwith6th. minor 6.Thebottomnoteisalwaystherootchord note.Otherinversionsare parallel Minor9. major +7.Thebottomnoteisalwaystherootchord note.Otherinversionsare dim7. Thebottomnoteisalwaystherootchord note. Minor 5/7,wheretherootis6thofminor chord with6th. minor 6.Thebottomnoteisalwaystherootchord note.Otherinversionsare parallel minorwith7th. major 6.Thebottomnoteisalwaystherootchordnote.Otherinversionsare minor -5 major +5.Thebottomnoteisalwaystherootchordnote. note: ever, there are some exceptions where the bass note has to be the root or tonic Strum recognizes33chordtypes If youplayacompletechordStrumwillautomaticallyrecognizeit. based ontheMIDIinputfromasequencerorkeyboardinrealtime. In most cases, it doesn’t matter what inversion of a chord you play. How- play. you chord a of inversion what matter doesn’t it cases, most In Strum hasachordrecognitionsystemthatchoosesthecorrect . Thebottomnoteisalwaystherootchordnote. major +7/13(major7/6) major add9(without7) major -5/7(major+11) major 13(major+7/6) major +5/7/+9 major triad+5 major +5/7/-9 major triad-5 major +5/+7 major triad major +7/9 major 7/+9 major +5/7 major 7/-9 major 6/9 major 7/9 major +7 major 6 major 7 All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Chord recognition minor triad-5 minor add9 minor -5/+7 minor triad minor +7/9 minor -5/7 minor 6/9 minor 7/9 minor +7 sus triad minor 6 minor 7 dim 7 sus 7 Getting started Getting start ed ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM The ChordZoneisthenamegiventorangeofkeysfrom Chord Zone The button[#\b]select betweensharpsorflatsforthechord names. There aretwowaystochangechordposition: Selecting Chordposition tab alittlebelowthefretboard. The Chordnamesofaplayedchordaredisplayedontheleftpartstrum E0 ressing allfourKSatthesametimewillenable theoctaveprinciple. 4 position–A4 3 position–G4 2 position–F4 1 position–E4 Four KSarecreatedtoselectpositions. 2. ChangeusingKeySwitches(KS). duplicate eachother,thelowestpositionwillbeused. chord the in notes the and hands both using chord the play you If 1,2,3,4 buttonsdisabletheuseofdifferentpositionsinthismode. “All” buttonenablesthatmode ognition zoneyouplayin. rec - chord the of octave which on depending change will Positions 1. Octaveprinciple. Chord Zone All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 D#4

Getting started Getting start 4 chordposition(A4) 3 chordposition(G4) 2 chordposition(F4) 1 chordposition(E4) all position\octaveprinciple E0 to D#4 . ed ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM keys andwillplayeitherthetop4stringsorbottomofachord. and A#4 each chordareatyourdisposal. performing of techniques 30 Thus, strings. top 4 the on or strings 4 bottom the on 10 basicchordarticulationsareavailable. slow upstroke slow downstroke fast upstroke fast downstroke mute downstroke mute upstroke 4 topstrings 4 bottomstrings You can choose between performing the chord using all the strings, only strings, the all using chord the performing between choose can You kkeyswithes are used in combination with other chord articulation chord other with combination in used are kkeyswithes H4 A#5 A5 G#5 G5 F#5 F5 E5 D#5 D5 C#5 C5 H4 A#4 All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 slide-up slow \2semitone slide-up fast \2semitone slide-up fast\1semitone stop slow upstroke slow downstroke mute upstroke slow downstroke mute downstroke fast downstroke s 4 topstring 4 bottomstrings C5 lide-up slow\1semitone Chord Articulations Getting started Getting start 2 semitone slide-up slow stop 1 semitone slide-up slow 2 semitone slide-up fast 1 semitone slide-up fast ed ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM sn te atr Md\ tu Md bto yu a sic it a Manual a into switch can Strumming Mode. you button Mode Strum Mode\ Pattern the Using the highlightedpicture. on displayed is used mode The chord. chosen the of positions possible 4 display and stroketypesaredisplayed. board with color markers. On the left-hand side of the Strum Tab the chord name fret the on shown is them of each chord the playing While interface. the of part mechanical repetition. the sound of eachchord will bedifferent from the previous one, helping to avoid articulations. companiment manually into your sequencer, changing chords and using chord are recordedintothesequencer. chords the only mode this In chords. pressing while accompaniment required and automaticmodes. On the right-hand side of the GUI you will see 4 tablatures. Those 4 pictures main the occupies board fret guitar the of image The tab. Strum to Go Round-Robin Chord System isusedinour library, whichguarantees that In the manual mode [Strum mode ] you can play and record the guitar - ac In the automatic mode [Pattern mode] simply select a pattern to hear the manual the using ways: two in accompaniment guitar imitate can You Strum mode.Manualstrumming All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Manual strumming Manual strumming ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM the chord. keyboard. Each note will correspond to respective guitar strings or a bass note of String Keys repeated itwillbeplayedasupstroke. can togglebetweenupanddownstrokes. hold the Now C key and retrigger theEkey to play a downstroke. As long as youplay legato you Play a a trigger and Eto C E keyhold the Now the andretrigger chord. C keyC play anupstroke. to you playthechordnotesinalegatostrummingfashion. keyboard. MIDI- the on zone articulation the in articulations chord of variants different and You can play arpeggios or fingered chords using String Keys on the MIDI- the on Keys String using chords fingered or arpeggios play can You is chord the If stroke. down a be will it time first the for played is chord a If when zone chord the within strokes up/down between toggle can You zone chord the in chords play can you activated is Mode Strum When G6 C6 D6 A6 E6 F6 C#6 D#6 G# A# H6 F# E string H string G string D string degree ofthechord) Bass 2(Alternativebass,usuallythe5th Bass 1(Rootnote) All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 low E A D G H Manual strumming Manual strumming high E Example: ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM hand play thechordusingChords Articulations. chord inthe ChordZonetoplay thebassnoteof chordandwiththe right you wanttoplaythe bassandchordseparately.Usetheleft handtopressthe Bass modesarevery convenientforplayingrealtimeaccompaniments where Bass &ChordandAlt. tive intheChordZone. Automatically alternates between Bass 1 and Bass 2 when the same chord is ac- Alt. Bass chord sounding.ToplaytheuseChord ArticulationKeysorStringKeys. the of note bass a in result will Zone Chord the in chord a choosing mode this In Bass &Chord To playthechorduseChordArticulationKeysorStringKeys. When this mode is active, the chord performed in the Chord Zone will not sound. Picking mode Disable Chord/Bass– Enable Chord/Bass–Gb4 You canoperateturningon\offthisoptionusingkeyswitches: G,A,C,F –Fmajor9 E,G,C – If theoption G,A,C,F –F/G(Fmajorchordover G bass) E,G,C – If theoption For example, can useanyderivativeofthechordandcomplicatedpolychords. recognition algorithm. It will be evaluated as a bass note of the chord. Thus, you chord the in included not is chord the of note bottom the On, option this With Chord/Bass disable optionsandnoises. The at the bottom of the Strum tab allows you to quickly enable or enable quickly to you allows tab Strum the of bottom the at panel Quick C majortriad, C majorchordwithsixth Chord\Bass isenabled: Chord\Bass isdisabled: Ab4 All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Quick panel Manual strumming Manual strumming ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM Edit achordanditsbassnote. Edit chord Opens thepageindetailedsettingsofcertainoptions. Option page Enables the guitar to play using the double-tracking recording technique mode. Double Switches intoaManualStrumMode Strum mode Enables\Disables thepicknoiseduringstrummingchord Pick Noise Activates thespeeddependencyofstrumonvelocity Velo/Time chord changewillnotresultinthenotesoverlapping. Any mode. strum Manual in Pedal Sustain the to substitute a as acts feature This keyboard. the from away taken is hand the when chord the sustains option This Hold There isaknobtocontrolthedelayof leftchannel. Time knob Enables theguitartoperformwithdouble-trackingrecordingtechnique. Double tracksection All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Options page Options Options ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM Sets themaximumtime delaybetweenthestringsforSlowStrum Articulation. Slow maxknob Sets theminimaltimedelaybetween stringsforSlowStrumArticulation. Slow minknob Sets themaximumtimedelaybetween stringsforFastStrumArticulation. Fast maxknob Sets theminimaltimedelaybetween stringsforFastStrumArticulation. Fast minknob ues resultinslowerStrumtimes. Activates thespeeddependencyofstrumonvelocity.Highervelocityval Velo\Time button Sets thetimedelaybetweenstringsforSlowStrumArticulation. Slow knob Sets thetimedelaybetweenstringsforFastStrumArticulation. Fast knob between thestrings. delay time the changing by performance Strum the control and adjust can You Strum timesection

All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Options Options - ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM Frequency ofrandom noisesappearances Freq knob Scratching soundvolume Vol. knob of thisnoiseandthefrequencyit’susedwithhelpcontrollingknobs. This FX is triggered when the chord is changed. You can also control the volume This is the noise caused by the scratching of the guitarist’s fingers along the strings. Fret Noise D#5 keys). Mute/Mute FXknobsetsthevolumeforMutechordarticulation(C#5and You canselectoneoftwovariationsthesoundandsetvolume. Pick noisebuttonenablesthisoption. Enables/Disables thepicknoisewhilststrummingchord. Pick NoiseandMuteChord All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Options Options ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM VALUE ASTHECHORD DETECTIONTIME(orhigher) THE NEGATIVE TRACK OFFSET AND HAVE TO SET THE VALUE TO AT LEAST THE SAME USE TO HAVE YOU ms). 30 – 1 (range time detection chord the adjust can You CD time/ChordDefinition time Ignore bass ON -Bassnote G (Elowstring)andB(A Ignore bass OFF -Bassnote G andD G majortriadinthe1stposition: For example: of achordinnormalposition. This option turns off Chord bass notes (root and alt bass notes) and allows the use Ignore bass This valueregulatesgeneralofvelocity Velocity offset You canusethemod-wheel(oranyotherCC)tolowervelocityinrealtime. CC \Velo Affects thereleasetimeofchordsinRGmode. Time knob Guitar youcanuseanypickingorstrummingpatternfromRG. Real Lab Music the of owner the are you If patterns. RG to react will patch The Real Guitarcompatibility All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Options Options ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM If velocity =< 64willturnthe If velocity > 64willturnthe You canalsoswitch between PatternModeandStrum usingthekey You can the stop you sequencer. when halt will Strum accompaniment. Strum the of change tem- the po to match will sequencer the in changes tempo Any start sequencer. or note the a play you as soon as start will Strum enabled, is Mode Pattern If This buttonturnsonthePatternMode. Pattern Mode\StrumMode offset andsetthevaluetoatleastsameas ChordDetectiontime (Option page) maketo want you useof sequencer,your in Quantization use thenegativetrack need to you Please note thatyoushould play thechord10-20 ms. earlytime. for ittoplayatthecorrectIf To startusingStruminthePatternModeyouneedto: separate sectionofthismanualisdevotedseparatelytoeditingpatterns. In this section we will examine fast use functions for prepared patterns. A patterns. prepared for functions use fast examine will we section this In STOP playingthepatternwithMIDI-keyboard keyswitch 3. 2. 1. Press anychordonMIDIkeyboard Select apattern Turn onthe Patternmode Pattern mode.Auto strumming All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 pattern modeON strum modeON Pattern mode Pattern mode H -1. C0. ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM ing keyswork tonavigateinthe steplist(upordown). In the active Song Mode (Song Mode detail in the following chapters) the scroll- During KSscrollingpatters areloadingautomatically. Velocity 1–20selects oneof20stepsthecurrentsong b) Songmodeon Velocity 1–16selectsoneofthepattern ofthecurrentstyle a) Songmodeoff D0. Selectpatternfromvelocity C#0. Scrollingpatterndown. D#0. Scrollingpatternup. There is an option for fast consecutive scrolling of the patterns using KeySwitches. Pattern Select click theLOADbuttoninpatternsection. then and table) the of corner left upper the in find can you that [X] button the (using window the close first to need you pattern the load to disabled is option this If automatically. loaded be will pattern selected the enabled is option this If Auto button. consists of16patterns. style Each from. select can you that patterns of list a see will you side right-hand lect thepattern. of 15styles). styles. You can load each of the 240 patterns that we created for you (16 patters On the left-hand side of the table you will see a list of styles and on the on and styles of list a see will you table the of side left-hand the On se- to (style\pattern) buttons two the of any Click tab. Pattern the to Go 20 the of each in patterns 16 patterns: store to slots 320 of consists Strum

Choosing thestyleandpattern Loadsnextpatternfromthelist. All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Loads apreviouspatternfromthelist. . ThevelocityofthisKSisusedlikethis: Pattern mode Pattern mode ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM by setting shuffle to50%. triplets exact play to Strum! get can You positions. note sixteenth or eighth the behind placed are off-beats the far how sets menu drop-down swing The swing. to want you that pattern the of duration the consider should You triplets. Basic 3 in is pattern the i.e. programmed, shuffle been already has pattern a if recognize not will Strum! tion. Clickthe and shuffle. The swing menu is situated in the Pattern Sec- straight between rhythm the change can You pattern. the to factor swing add to you allows option swing The Swing correct partofthepattern. the triggering are they ensure and sequence your in point any at patterns start to you allows This Offset. Bar the provide we problem this fix To too. pattern the of bar 3rd the at start will pattern the project, sequencer If you start playing a 4 bar pattern in the 3rd bar of your Bar offsetoption the patternmutemodewillbecancelledatbeginningofcycle. just mute the pattern (with the stop note key). If you play a section in cycle mode you to play Chord articulations and single notes while the pattern is still running or single and note notes) stop will mute the the current pattern (including as long as key one of strum these keys is any held. This running, allows is pattern a When Pattern MUTEmode values thataredisplayedingreenandredcolors. the along mouse the dragging and clicking by thresholds velocity of range the set also can You option. this enables This option randomly changes event velocity. The Rnd Velocity song, byclickingonthedropdownmenuinMeasuresection: current the of tempo the of regardless half-speed, at play to Strum set can You Half tempo release allchordkeys. you if even chord last the playing continue will pattern the active is option this If Latch OFF buttontoopenthedropdownmenu. All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 tempo ofthecurrentsong. the to proportion in halved is tempo Strum’s [H] the currentsong. [N] Normal tempo, is the same as the tempo of tempo the as same the is tempo, Normal ON button Pattern mode Pattern mode ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM song mode willbeturnedoff. If you are in song mode and click on either the normal style or pattern button the program. Inthiscases thecomputerkeyboardwillnotworkin thedialogboxes! well as on other pages of our program work solely with the virtual keyboard in our Save button. the pressing by changes the save and box dialog the in song the of name the write can you keyboard virtual the Using corner. left upper the in situated is ton Songs canberenamedinthesonglist. As mentionedabove,youcanleavesteps empty,thesewillbeignored. the dropdownlistandcontinuewith nextstepyouwanttochange. Close list. down drop the from pattern and style a Select change. to want you you # want to change or click directly on the style or pattern name (or an empty step) step the on song (by name). Click a select and button list song the on Click To modifyasonglist: Scrolls onestepdown C#0. Scrolls onestepup. D#0. the keyboardtostepupordown. on keys 2 the or list step the in navigate to buttons arrow small the use can You this song). of step empty non first the (or 1 step to reset be will it activated is mode song If b) Clickonthesonglistbuttonandselectafromdropdownlist. This willactivatethecurrentlyloadedsonglist. a) ClicktheON/OFFbutton Song modeisactivatedin2ways: steps canbeanypatternfromstyle.Emptyinasonglistareignored. these of Each steps. 20 to up have can song Each songs. 20 for space is There Please notice, that the dialog box, which may appear on this page, as page, this on appear may which box, dialog the that notice, Please To add the song name, press the button containing a pencil icon. The but- All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Song Mode Pattern mode Pattern mode ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM This allowsyoutowork onabarwhilethepatternisrunning. it is active the currently selected bar will stay in view when the pattern is running. Bar lock on thepatterntab. you are going to edit, clicking one of the buttons 1-2-3-4 at the top of the editor. the dropdownmenu. time the Set pattern. signature ofyourpatternusingtheMeasuremenuindropdownmenu. single a inside changed be not can signature time The Bars andtimesignature standard sequencer key editor. This table occupies the major part of the interface. patterns. Youcanarrangepatterns,exportandimportthem. On the right side of the 4 bar labels there is a button with a lock symbol. If symbol. lock a with button a is there labels bar 4 the of side right the On While playing the pattern, the bar which is playing at the moment is shown The displayed table represents one bar of a pattern. Choose the exact bar Choose the number of bars in your pattern, setting a number from 1 to 4 in signatures. time own its have can and bars 4 to 1 of consist can pattern A a to similar is which table graphic the use can you patterns create To Strum allows you to use available patterns, edit them and create your own All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Pattern editing Pattern editing Pattern editing ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM the ALT-keyandclick onanevent. You can toggle between up and down stroke (fast and slow slide-up) by holding To createanupstroke andslowslide-upholdtheALTkey. By defaultanewlycreatedeventis to save terns you are planning you will losethe pat- pattern!!! Otherwise a newlocationfor off BEFORE you select you turn this button is off!!!Makesurethat that thebuttonAUTO pattern. Make sure naming thestyleor tion Clickthebutton Before Pattern crea- Notice: To addanevent(articulationorstringnote) clicksomewhereinthegrid. 2. 1. a fastforslide-up a downstrokefor the list. a chosen note; selecting a necessary articulation from for articulations 8 of any use can you Strings Single For chord articulation. a to assignment strum top/bottom the add can You a listofevents:ChordArticulationsandSingleStrings. On the left-hand side of the Pattern Editor you can see All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Events Creation Pattern edition Pattern edition ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM tons aresituatedinthe BarSectionandPatternsectionrespectively. using patterns entire or bars copy can You ton. Ifyouwanttocancel theaction,press a is there pattern, a delete to want really you that sure the press pattern full a delete To To delete a chosen bar inside a pattern press the Deleting andCopying “<” and“>”buttonsbelowthe“Snapto”menuinEventsection. Events are created on 16th’s note boarders, but you can move an event with the 3. Deleting fullpattern. You cancontrolthelengthofaneventin3ways. 3. Addaneventatthesamelinewithaverylowvelocity. 2. Addastopevent 1. Selectthelengthfrommenu 2. If yousetthevalueto0eventwillbe removed. 1. position. note same the on events other all replace will event strumming A Deleting abarinsidepattern. Deleting asingleevent. All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 button in the Pattern Section. To make To Section. Pattern the in button Clear event willhappen. be played until the next will event an default By notes. 1/96 of resolution a has grid The move. event the for quantization a select to” can you “Snap menu the With Cancel button. and Copy Clear button in the Bar Section. buttons. These but- These buttons. Paste Pattern editing Pattern editing Confirmation but - Confirmation Clear ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM saved settingsareused(overwritethecurrentsetting)ornot. are saved with each pattern. On the option page you can select whether these return tothedefaultstyleyoushouldimportourstylesthatareavailableinDatafolder. Youre-saving. protected from are patterns the of None any slot. yourpatterninto can save To Notice button the Click Style Column and an empty preset in a Pattern Column. Close the Pattern table. save! to planning are you patterns the lose will you Otherwise pattern! a for location new a select you BEFORE button this off turn you that sure Make !!! AUTO is OFF Pattern Saving h stig o te N VLCT, TU SED n CODF setting CHORD_FX and SPEED STRUM VELOCITY, RND the of settings The Choose an empty preset where you want to store your new pattern in the button the that sure Make pattern. or style the naming button the Click Cancel ifyoudon’twanttosavethepattern. button. If you are sure press the press sure are you If button. Save All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 button again or press the press or again button Save oy hud e sd n the in song list. used be should copy this and pattern empty an to then the defaultitshouldbecopied setting swing or different tempo a with list song used a be in should pattern a If Pattern editing Pattern editing ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM with those dialogboxes! work not will keyboard computer your and keyboard virtual the with work only pages other and this on box dialog saving the that mind in keep again, Please, the style/patternanytime. Saving of the name does not correspond to saving style/pattern. You can name Save. button the click and keyboard virtual using name the of input can you front you, in appear will that window dialog the In name. pattern or style the of press the button containing a pencil icon. That button is situated on the right side Pattern name. used tosavethefile. can only import it into #1 regardless of which name you file into a different location i.e. if you export style #1 you ported/imported as complete. You can’t import a style import asinglepattern. export/ to option no currently is There exported. be will names to and from the HDD on your computer. Only the currently selected Style Import -ExportStyles To add the name of your new style (pattern) or re-name the existing one existing the re-name or (pattern) style new your of name the add To Each style is its own data file and can only be ex- You can export and import a style, containing all the patterns and pattern All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Pattern editing Pattern editing ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM Strings markedwitha mutednoteareignoredonslowstrums. “inside” noteswhichshouldn’tbeplayed. for used be to intended are notes muted These sound. mute the with played be will note muted a with string A played. be not will voicing a in string empty An Muted notesareshownas“X”onfret0. If youholdtheSHIFTkeyitwilltogglebetween thenoteandamutednote. To turnanoteonoroffclickthefretboard position. You canselectthevoicingyouwanttochangein2ways: To editavoicingclickontheEDITMODEbutton. assign can you where patch “project” complex chordstoasinglekey. a build to you enable to feature this You can change any chord to anything at all; there is no restriction. We intended 2. SelecttheROOT,CHORDandVARIATIONfrommenus. Make sure that the correct variation label is highlighted; if not click on it. 1. Playthechordonkeyboard All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Chord editing Chord editing Chord editing ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM will savetheentirelibrary ofchords. Saving yourchordlibrary. Pleasenoticethatthisdoesn’tjust save onechord,it Save button buttons toquicklycreatethesamevoicing fordifferentkeys. DOWN / UP SHIFT the with used be can and voicing a copy/paste to you Allows Copy/Paste buttons This willresetthevoicingtodefaultvalue fromthechordlibrary. Reset all This willresetthevoicingtodefaultvaluefromchordlibrary. Reset button note. TheAisnotpartofthechordbutassignedtobass2. 1 bass and chord the of part is D The chord. Dmajor the at look a Take Example: possible toassignbothbassnotesthesamenote. also is it but note bass alternating the 2 bass note, bass main the is 1 Bass chord. A bassnotecanbepartofthevoicingbutalsonotavoicing. For the BASS & CHORD feature it is necessary to assign 2 bass notes in each button All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 previously madecustomvoicing. a be also could it voicing; fault de- the necessarily not is This ing. voic- previous the to returns and changes the Discard button This Discard button changes willbelost. out clicking the apply button your If you select another voicing with- changes. these save to button apply on the your click to made need you changes have you Once Apply button Chord editing Chord editing ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM net FX. Cabi- and Compressor Equalizer, Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, Delay, Reverb, - fects Effects You canchangealltheaccessibleparametersofeacheffects. You cancontroleffectsonthe ef- integrated using Library this from sound the produce further can You All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 FX tab Effects Effects ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM Responses. To simulate realistic ambiences we use Convolution Reverb with our own Impulses Reverb signal frequencywill bediminishedforearlyreverberations. Low Pass(Late) signal frequencywill bediminishedforearlyreverberations. Low Pass(Early) signal frequencywillbediminishedforlate reverberations. High Pass(Late).Determinescutofffrequencybelowwhich thevalueof signal frequencywillbediminishedforearly reverberations. High Pass(Early) late reverberations. IR Size(Late) for earlyreverberations. IR Size(Early) reverbed signal. Pre Delay.Introducesasmalldelaybetweenthedirectsignaland Return. thelevelofsignalbeingreturnedfromreverb. reverb. Send. Controlsthelevelofsignalbeingsenttobeprocessed choose Drop-down menusituatedtotherightfromreverbbuttonallows . Artificiallysqueezesorwidenstheimpulse sampleintimefor . Artificiallysqueezesorwidenstheimpulsesampleintime . Determinescutofffrequency abovewhichthevalueof . Determinescutofffrequency abovewhichthevalueof . Determinescutofffrequencybelowwhich thevalueof All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Effects Effects ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM chorus. stereo base. stereo channel.Thiscanconsiderablyincrease thewidthofoutputsignal’s more pronouncedchorusingeffect. Chorus Delay Return. Controlsthelevelofsignalbeingreturnedfromdelay. delay. Send. Controlsthelevelofsignalbeingsenttobeprocessed line, whichcreatedrepeatingechoes Feedback. Sendsaportionoftheoutputbackintoinputdelay signal betweenleftandrightchannels. Pan. ЗIfmorethen0thereisapaneffect,whichping-pongsrepetition Damp. Dampshighfrequenciesofthedelayedsignal Time. Return. Controlsthelevelof the signalbeingreturnedfromchorus. Send. Controlsthelevelof the signalbeingsenttobeprocessed the Phase. ImpartsanLFOphasedifferencebetween theleftandright Speed Depth. Adjuststherangeofmodulateddetuning. Highervaluesgivea Delay timeinmilliseconds . AdjuststheLFOspeed. All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Effects Effects ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM that thecomb filtereffectimparts onthesignal. stereo base. stereo channel.This can considerablyincreasethewidthof outputsignal’s effect tosweepoverawiderfrequency range. Phaser flanger. module’s input,therebycreatingamorepronouncedeffect. making theFlangersoundmorelikeaphaser. times, delay modulated short in result values Small effect. flanging the of color stereo base. signal’s output the of width the increase considerably can This channel. stereo Flanger Feedback Phase. ImpartsanLFOphase differencebetweentheleftand right Speed Depth. TheamountofLFOmodulation.Higher values causethephaser Return. Controlsthelevelofsignalbeingreturnedfromflanger. Send. Feedback Colour. Adjusts the delay line’s range of operation and, consequently, the right the and left the between difference phase LFO an Imparts Phase. Speed Depth. TheamountofLFOmodulation. Controls the level of the signal being sent to be processed to the to processed be to sent being signal the of level the Controls . TheLFOmodulationspeed. . TheLFOspeed. . Thiscontrol adjuststheemphasis ofthepeaksand notches the into back signal delayed the of amount certain a Feeds . All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Effects Effects ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM Compressor Output. Release. Timeofthereleaseafter compression. Attack. Ratio. Intensityofthecompression Threshold. Levelatwichthecompressionstart. Three controlparametersareavailableforeachfrequencyband sound guitar the of range frequency the change can you equalizer 3-band a Using Equalizer Gain. Controlstheamountofboostorcutoff. Bandwith. Setsthebandwidthtobeboostedorcutoff. Frequency Band 1,Band2,Band3.Thisarethe3bandsavailableforbeingchanged. within18dB. Starttime ofthecompression. Volume ofthecompressed signal. . Choosesthefrequencytobechanged. All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Effects Effects ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM works exactlylikethePancontrolof Amplifier module. sense ofspacetothesound. and tinny. thin sound can cabinets smaller while response, bass pronounced more a have mode. mono. If you start turning the knob to the to knob the turning start you If mono. to summed will channels audio posi - your tion left far the to knob the turn you If turned off. Also youcan importandexport yoursettingstopresets onHDD. button. To save presets choose some preset on the drop-down menu and press the LOAD button. the press and menu drop-down the on Preset some choose presets the load To The drop-downmenu isvisibleontheFXtab. correlations. any without sound Nevertheless weofferyoutheopportunitytomanagesoundwidth. widest the create to striving been have We Stereo a through recorded cabinet guitar a of microphone. sound the simulates module This Cabinet Output. Adjuststhemodule’soutputlevel. It field. stereo the within signal your place to you allows control This Pan. Output. Bass. Boostsorcutstheleveloflowerfrequencies. Treble. Air. to tend cabinets Larger cabinet. simulated the of size the Adjusts Size. Type y eal See F is FX Stereo default By Spread. Controls the level of early reflections in the room response, adding a adding response, room the in reflections early of level the Controls dodw mn) Alw yu o hoe h smltd cabinet simulated the choose to you Allows menu). (dropdown Boosts orcutsthelevelofhigherfrequencies. Adjusts themodule’soutputlevel. All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Global presets Effects Effects SAVE ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM the pattern. at any point in your sequence and ensure they are triggering the correct part of patterns start to you allows This Offset. Bar the provide we problem this fix to But pattern willstartatthe3rdbaroftoo. the project, sequencer your of bar 3rd the in pattern bar 4 a playing start you If EXAMPLE: b)Usepatternswithdifferentbarlength bar intheproject. first the at start not does song the AND Bar 1 than more with patterns Use a) if you: occur will Issues synchronization. bad to lead might which case another is There · Onlyusepatternwiththesamelength · Donotusetimesignaturechanges · Startasongatthefirstbarinproject To avoidproblemswhenthesequencerisrunningyoushould: song. This timer is just like a clock but returns no information about where we are in the mode and is based on a beat timer which is derived from the current song tempo. 2. The second version is used when the sequencer is not running or in standalone change orifyoumixpatternswithdifferentbarlength song. There is no way to calculate the correct bar # if there was a time signature the throughout used are length pattern same the and signature time same the in. Based on this time information the script tries to calculate the bar # assuming the song was started. This protocol returns just the time and not which bar we are since time the representing counter a returns protocol) (MIDI position song This is usedinahostandthesequencerrunning. 1. The first version is based on the song position and is used when the instrument The newsyncprocedurecomprises2differentversions Sync issue 4-Bar pattern 3-Bar pattern 2-Bar pattern 1-Bar pattern SONGs BAR All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 4 2 3 2 1 5 Technical info Technical info 3 1 1 1 6 4 2 2 1 7 1 3 1 1 8 ILYA EFIMOV LP STRUM GUI designbyGünterHirscherandIlyaEfimov Patterns byMaxRybakov,IlyaEfimov Manual designbyIlyaEfimov All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2012 Script byGünterHirscher Producer byIlyaEfimov Guitar byAlexSmirnov Anatoly Machulenko Special thanksto: Vera Cheportuzova Alexey Tikhonov Maxim Rybakov Elena Moiseeva Günter Hirscher Anton Schwarz Igor Durachkin Alex Smirnov Stu Kennedy Credits Credits Credits