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ILYA EFIMOV ACOUSTIC GUITAR THE STRUM! User`s manual

All Right Reserved © Ilya Efimov 2011 ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM as lyn, n ohr etns o dut h sud n sye codn t your to according taste. style and sound the adjust to settings other and playing, tars personal settingsofthoseeffects; you save to presets 20 and Compressor EQ, Delay, effects, Reverb as such options chose patternsforyourarrangementand compilethemintosongs. inside theinstrumentorseparatelyonyour HDD. saved be can chords and patterns Styles, library. our to introduction first the from understandable easily and visualized is process editing whole The own. your ate we made ready for your fast and easy access. You can easily edit any style of cre- The Strum has many styles. Altogether you can use 320 sells for patterns, 240 of which tacks ofeachstringduringplayingthechord)arealsochangedinarandomway. at- between time (the time Strum and string each of velocity variation, noise Pick plex system that helps to exclude an exact replica of a strum chord. The attack style, the libraryoronyourHDD. inside use for saved and created be can fantastic or complicated most the even chord, Any own. your of one create or it edit can you TABs the of any like don’t you If TABs. 1584 of consists library our Altogether positions. 4 has instrument out by recognized be can that variations chord 33 of Each tones. added and ternating al- of variety great a with familiar it’s chords; easy only know not does library The any arrangementasconvenienttoyou.TheStrumwilldoeverythingitself. in chords complicated and simple play can You midi-keyboard. the on keys press convenient intermsofuse. sound. the record to player guitar professional a hire to need not will you as money and time of lot a save will you library out Using accompaniment. musical guitar imitate Stereo Double track options that will give you an opportunity to imitate 2 gui- 2 imitate to opportunity an you give will that options track Double Stereo interesting of variety a find can you library our in above, listed the from Apart can you process working during styles between switching fast and easy For com- a is It library. the in used is Chord for Robin Round – system unique Our and style the choose to need just will you accompaniment guitar add To and easy is work, creative your on limitations any impose not will Strum Out to module formation new totally functional fully sample-based a is Strum The All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 About About ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Y use 350MBofRAM. Acoustic Guitar'andloadpatchIlyaEfimov AcousticGuitarStrum.nki. window. ed and locked “Powered-By-Kontakt” libraries are loaded through the “Libraries” ou cannot use the “Libraries” tab to “Add Library” for this product. Only encod- Sound effects:Reverb,EQ,Compressor,Delay,StereoWidth Different FXandNoises Double trackoptions No limitationsforchordtablatureEditing Pattern andChordExport\Importoptions Pattern editing 250 factoryand70custompatternsforautostrumming Auto andManualstrumming More than30techniquesforchordstrumming Chord recognitionfromaMIDIkeyboardorsequencer round-robin algorithm. 14 velocitylayersforeachnotes\17fretsonthestringwitha 3000 samples,44,1Hz\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 Efimov 'Ilya installed you which in folder the enter browser KONTAKT NI In All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Features Features ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM new folder'IlyaEfimovAcousticGuitar'onyourHDDfordata). 1. Unpackfilesdownloadedtoanyfolder(forexampleyoucancreate Acoustic Guitar") 2. Unpackyouruniquefilesandputtheminthesamefolder(e.g."IlyaEfimov should downloadedfromhttp://www.unrarx.com/) (PC usersshoulddownloadUNRARfromhttp://www.win-rar.com/download.html.MAC The installationofIlyaEfimovAcousticGuitarStrumisdividedintotwosteps. The libraryisprotectedbythewatermark!!! Each userreceivesauniquecopy! All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Installation Installation

ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM find atthebottomofGUI. The Struminterfacehas3tabs:Strum,Pattern,andFXtabs.tabsyoucan All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Graphic UserInterface lay andStereoWidth. De- EQ, Compressor, Reverb, as such The page is aimed to set sound effects 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 list ofgeneralsettingsourlibrary. the to access an gives also Strum The displayed. are settings Strumming ual Man- and positions chord tab that On The Strumtab Getting started Getting start ed ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM Am9 withthe bottomnoteC= C+7/13 Am -5/7withthebottom noteC=Cm6 Am7 withthebottom noteC=C6. Let’s havealookat the exceptionsonexamples: minor 5/7,wheretherootnoteis6thofMinor with6th. 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. there are some exceptions where the bass note has to However, be the root or tonic note: play. you chord a of inversion what matter doesn’t it cases, most In The Strumrecognizes33chordtypes: If youplayacompletechordTheStrumwillautomaticallyrecognizeit. chord basedontheMIDIinputfromasequencerorkeyboardinrealtime. The Strumhasachordrecognitionsystemthatalwaysplayscorrect . 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 2011 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 Acoustic GUITAR STRUM The button[#\b]select betweensharpsorflatsforthechord names. There aretwowaystochangechordposition: Selecting Chordposition tab alittlebelowthefretboard. The Chordnamesofaplayedchordaredisplayedontheleftpartstrum The ChordZonewecalltherangeofchordrecognitionfrom Chord Zone E0 Pressing allfourKSatthesametimewillenable octaveprinciple. 4 position–A4 3 position–G4 2 position–F4 1 position–E4 Four KSarecreatedtoselectpositions. 2. ChangeusingKeySwitches(KS). chord duplicateeachother,thelowestpositionwillbeused. the in notes the and hands two using chord the playing are you If 1,2,3,4buttonsdisabletheuseofdifferentpositionsinthismode. “All” buttonenablesthatmode. range the of chord recognitionyouplayin. octave which on depending change will Positions 1. Octaveprinciple. Chord Zone All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 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 Acoustic GUITAR STRUM keys andwillplayeitherthetop4stringsorbottomofachord. and A#4 disposal. strings or 4 top strings. Thus, 30 techniques of performing each chord are at your 10 basicchordarticulationsareavailable. slow upstroke slow downstroke fast upstroke fast downstroke mute downstroke mute upstroke 4 topstrings 4 bottomstrings You can choose performing the chord using all the strings, or only 4 bottom keyswithes are used in combination with other chord articulation chord other with combination in used are keyswithes H4 A#5 A5 G#5 G5 F#5 F5 E5 D#5 D5 C#5 C5 H4 A#4 All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 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 Acoustic GUITAR STRUM Mode. Using Patter Mode\ Strum Mode button you can switch into a Manual Strumming picture. possible positions of the taken chord. The mode used is shown on the highlighted and name chord stroke typesaredisplayed. Tab Strum the of side left the On markers. color with board fret the on shown is them of each chord the playing While interface. the of part avoid mechanicalrepetition. to help will that one previous the from different be will chord each of sound the articulations. companiment manually into your sequencer, changing chords and using chord are recordedintothesequencer,likePad. the required accompaniment while pressing chords. In this case only the chords automatic modes. On the right side of GUI you will see 4 tablatures. Those 4 pictures display 4 main the occupies board fret guitar the of image The tab. Strum to Go is used in our library, which guarantees that guarantees which library, our in used Round-Robin Chord System is In the manual mode [Strum mode] you can play and record the guitar ac- hear to pattern the only choose [Pattern mode] mode automatic the In and manual the in ways: two in accompaniment guitar imitate can You Strum mode.Manualstrumming All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Manual strumming Manual strumming ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM board. Eachcorrespondstothisorthatguitarstringabassnoteofthechord. 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 playthechordnoteslegato. ent variantsofchordarticulationsinarticulationzoneontheMIDI-keyboard. You can play arpeggio or fingering chords using String Keys on MIDI key MIDI on Keys String using chords fingering or arpeggio 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 When is activated you can play chords in chord zone, differ- zone, chord in chords play can you activated is Strum Mode 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 2011 low E A D G H Manual strumming Manual strumming high E Example: ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM sound, with therighthandplay thechordusingChords Articulations. hand topressthechord intheChordZonethenbassof chordwill accompaniment, when youwanttochangefrombassand accord. Useleft Bass &ChordandAlt. Bassmodesareveryconvenienttoplay inrealtime is chord taken intheChordZone. same the when 2 Bass and 1 Bass between alternates Automatically Alt. Bass sound. ToplaythechorduseChordArticulation KeysorStringKeys. will chord the of note bass a Zone Chord in chord the taking during mode this In Bass &Chord play thechorduseChordArticulationKeysorStringKeys. To sound. not will Zone Chord in performed chord the active is mode this When Picking mode Turn OffChord/Bass– Turn OnChord/Bass– 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, any derivativeofthechordandcomplicatedpolychords. use can you Thus, chord. the of note bass a as evaluated be will It recognition. chord the into included not is chord the of note bottom the On option this With Chord/Bass off optionsandnoises. The Quick panel at the bottom of the Strum tab allows you quickly turning on and C majortriad, C majorchordwithsixth Chord\Bass isenabled: Chord\Bass isdisabled: Gb4 Ab4 All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Quick panel Manual strumming Manual strumming ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM Editing achordandbassnotes. Edit chord Opens thepageindetailedsettingsofcertainoptions. Option page Enables the guitar sounding with the double-tracking recording technique mode. Double Switches intoaManualStrumMode Strum mode Enables\Disables thepicknoiseduringstrummingchord Pick Noise Activates thespeeddependencyofstrumonvelocity Velo/Time will notresultinthenoteoverlapping. chord change Any mode. strum Manual in Pedal Sustain the substitutes Actually board. key the from away taken is hand the when chord the sustains option This Hold There isaknobtocontrolthedelayof leftchannel. Time knob Setting the guitar sounding with the double-tracking recording technique mode. Double tracksection All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Options page Options Options ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM Sets themaximumtime delaybetweenthestringsforSlowStrum Articulation. Slow maxknob Sets theminimaltimedelaybetween stringsforSlowStrumArticulation. Slow minknob Sets themaximumtimedelaybetween stringsforFastStrumArticulation. Fast maxknob Sets theminimaltimedelaybetween stringsforFastStrumArticulation. Fast minknob of thevelocitylowerisStrumtime. Activates thespeeddependencyofstrumonvelocity.Thehigherisvalue Velo\Time button Sets timedelaybetweenthestringsforSlowStrumArticulation. Slow knob Sets timedelaybetweenthestringsforFastStrumArticulation. Fast knob changing thetimedelaybetweenstrings. when chord Strum using performing of speed the control and adjust can You Strum timesection

All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Options Options ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM Frequency ofrandom noisesappearances Freq knob Scratching soundvolume Vol. knob frequency ofitsappearancewiththehelpcontrollingknobs. the and noise this of volume the control also can You changed. is chord when Scratching of the left hand fingers of the guitarists along strings. This FX come out Fret Noise name willcorrespondtheselectedFX. Pick 1/Pick2buttons You canselectoneoftwovariationsthesoundandsetvolume. Pick noisebuttonenablesthisoption. Enables\Disables thepicknoiseduringstrummingchord. Pick Noise switchbetweenPicknoise1and2.Thebutton All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Options Options ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM VALUE AS THE CHORDDETECTION TIME(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 bassON-BassnoteG(Elowstring) andB(Astring) Ignore bassOFF-BassnoteGandD For example:Gmajortriadinthe1stposition: position. normal a in chord a use allows and notes) bass alt and (root note bass Chord of using off turn option This (Chord/Bass). note bass chord ignore to button The 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 2011 Options Options ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM If velocity =< 64willturnthe If velocity > 64willturnthe You canalsoswitch between PatternModeandStrum usingthekey You canstopplaying thepatternwithMIDI-keyboardkeyswitch quencer. se- the stop you when halt will Strum The accompaniment. Strum the of change speed the to match will sequencer the in changes speed Any sequencer. the start or note a play you as soon as start will Strum the enables is Mode Pattern If This buttonturnsonthePatternMode. Pattern Mode\StrumMode the as value same Chord Detectiontime(Optionpage) the least at to value the set to have and tive track offset ing. If you want to make Quantize in your sequencer, Please, notice that you should play the chord 10-20 ms. prior for its correct sound- To startusingTheStruminthePatternModeyouneed: A separatesectionofthismanualisdevotedseparatelytoeditingpatterns. In this section we will examine fast usage functions for prepared patterns. prepared for functions usage fast examine will we section this In 3. 2. 1. Press anychordonMIDIkeyboard Select apattern Turn onthe Patternmode Pattern mode.Auto strumming All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 pattern modeON strum modeON you have to usethenega have you Pattern mode Pattern mode H -1. C0. - ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR 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. Key- Switches. using patterns the of scrolling consecutive fast of opportunity an is There Pattern Select should clicktheLOADbuttoninpatternsection. you Then table. the of corner left upper the in find can you that [X] button the using window the close to need you pattern the load to disabled is option this If matically. auto- loaded be will pattern selected the enabled is option this If button. Auto list selectthestyleinrightsideoftablepattern. a list of patterns. Each style consists of 16 patterns. On the left side of the pattern On the left side of the table you will see a list of styles in the right side you will see Go to Pattern tab. Clickanyof two buttons (style\pattern) to select the pattern. 15 styles). styles. You can load each for 240 patterns that we created for you (16 patters of The Strum consists of 320 slots to store patterns: 16 patterns in each of 20 of each in patterns 16 patterns: store to slots 320 of consists Strum The Choosing thestyleandpattern Loadsnextpatternfromthelist. All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Loads apreviouspatternfromthelist. . ThevelocityofthisKSisusedlikethis: Pattern mode Pattern mode ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM setting shuffleto50%. positions. You can get The Strum! to play exact triplets by the note sixteenth or eighth the behind placed are off-beats far how sets menu down drop swing The swing. to should consider the duration of the pattern that you want shuffle programmed, i.e. the pattern in 3 Basic triplet. You The Strum! will not recognize if a pattern has already been tion. ClickOFFbuttontoopenthedropdownmenu. 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 allow option swing The Swing pattern mutemodewillbecancelledatthebeginningofcycle. mute the pattern (with the stop note key). If you play a section in cycle mode the to play Chord articulations and single notes while the pattern is still running or just you allows This held. is keys these of one as long as pattern current the mute will When a pattern is running any strum key (including the stop note and single notes) Pattern MUTEmode along mousethe values that are the displayed in green dragging and red colors. and clicking by change velocity of range the set also can You option. this enables button ON This optionrandomlychangeseventvelocity. Rnd Velocity rent song,byclickingonthedropdownmenuinMeasuresection: cur- the of tempo the of regardless half-speed, at play to Strum The set can You Half tempo release allchordkeys. you if even chord last the playing continue will pattern the active is option this If Latch All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 the tempoofcurrentsong. to proportion in halved is tempo Strum’s The [H] current song. [N] Normal tempo, is the same as the tempo of the Pattern mode Pattern mode ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM song mode willbeturnedoff. If you are in song mode and click on either the normal style or pattern button the In thiscasecomputer keyboardwillnotworkinthisdialogbox! other pages of our program work solely with the virtual key board of our program. on as well as page, this on appear may that box, dialog the that notice, Please name ofthesongindialogboxand save pressingSavebutton. the write can you board key virtual you Using corner. left upper the in situated is To add the song name press the button with a picture of a pencil on it. The button As saidabove,youcanleavestepsempty, thewillbeignored. Close thedropdownlistandcontinuewith thenextstepyouwanttochange. to want you step) change. Selectastyleandpatternfromthedropdownlist. empty an (or name pattern or style the on directly click or change to want you # step the on name). Click (by song select a 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 Songs canberenamedinthesonglist. All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Song Mode Pattern mode Pattern mode ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM allows you toworkonabarwhile thepatternisrunning. is active it the currently If selected bar will symbol. stay in view lock when the pattern a is running. with This button a is there labels bar 4 the of side right the On Bar lock the patterntab. on shown is moment the at playing is which bar the pattern, the playing While are goingtoedit,clickingoneofthebuttons 1-2-3-4atthetopofeditor. you bar exact the Choose pattern. a of bar one represents table displayed The drop downmenu.Youcanchangethatmeasureanytimeyouwouldwant. the in 4 to 1 from number a setting pattern, your in bars of number the Choose your patternusingtheMeasuremenuindropdownmenu. of signature time the Set pattern. single a inside changed be not can signature time The signature. time different have and bars 4 to 1 of consist can pattern A Bars andtimesignature editor inyoursequencer.Thistableoccupiesthemajorpartofinterface. own patterns.Youcanarrangepatterns,exportandimportthem. To create patterns you can use the graphic table resembling to the key the to resembling table graphic the use can you patterns create To The Strum allows you to use available patterns, edit them and create your All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Pattern editing Pattern editing Pattern editing ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR 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 planning tosave the patters you are Otherwise you will lose tion for a pattern!!! selected a new loca- ton BEFOREyouhave you turned off thisbut- is off !!! Makesure that 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 events: ChordArticulationsandSingleStrings. In the left side of the Pattern Editor you can see a list of All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Events Creation Pattern edition Pattern edition ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM consecutively. Bar SectionandPattern section and Pastebuttons.Thesebuttonsare situatedin using ones another to them move to patterns entire or bars copy can You you wanttocanceltheaction,press a is there pattern, a delete to want really you that press pattern full a delete To A strummingeventwillreplaceallothereventsonthesamenoteposition. Deleting andCopying You cancontrolthelengthofaneventin3ways. “<” and“>”buttonsbelowthe“Snapto”menuinEventsection. Events are created on 16th’s note boarders, but you can move an event with the 3. Addaneventatthesamelinewithaverylowvelocity. 2. Addastopevent 1. Selectthelengthfrommenu 3. Bar Section. press pattern a inside bar chosen a delete To 2. If yousetthevalueto0eventwillberemoved. 1. Deleting fullpattern. Deleting abarinsidepattern. Deleting asingleevent. All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 button in the Pattern Section. To make sure 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. Confirmation button. If button. Confirmation Clear Pattern editing Pattern editing button in the in button Clear Copy ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM ih ah atr. n h oto pg yu a slc wehr hs saved these whether select can you page option the On pattern. each with The settings of the RND VELOCITY, STRUM SPEED and CHORD_FX setting are saved available intheDatafolder. re-saving. Toreturnthatare to thedefaultstyleyoushouldimportourstyles You cansaveyourpatternintoanyslot.None ofthepattersareprotected from Notice button the Click Style Column and an empty preset in a Pattern Column. Close the Pattern table. planning tosave. have you BEFORE button this off selected a new location for turned a pattern! Otherwise you will lose you the patters you are that sure Make !!! AUTO isOFF Pattern Saving 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 2011 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 current setting)ornot. settings are used (overwrite the Pattern editing Pattern editing ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM work inthat dialogbox! not does computer your of keys the but buttons, board key virtual the with only works pages other and this on box dialog saving the that mind in keep Please, pattern anytime. style/ name can You style/pattern. saving to correspond not does name the of you can input the name using virtual keyboard and click the button Save. Saving of the style or pattern name. In the dialog window that will appear in front of you, the button with a picture of a pencil on it. That button is situated on the right side press one existing the re-name or (pattern) style new your of name the add To Pattern name. used tosavethefile. have you name which regardless #1 into import only different location. I.e. if you export the style #1 you can a into file style a import can’t You complete. imported exported/ only can and file data own its is style Each a singlepattern. export/import to option no currently is There exported. be will Style selected currently the computer. Only your on HDD your into names Import -ExportStyles You can export and import a style, containing all the patterns and pattern All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Pattern editing Pattern editing ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR 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 complexchordstoasinglekey. can you where patch “project” a build to you allow will it because intentional is This restriction. no is There like. you whatever to chord any change can You 2. SelecttheROOT,CHORDandVARIATIONfrommenus. Make sure that the correct variation label is highlighted; if not click on it. 1. Playthechordonkeyboard All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Chord editing Chord editing Chord editing ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM не одинаккорд,авсю библиотекуаккордов. сохраняете you that notice Please аккордов. библиотеки своей Сохранение 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 will reset ALL voicing’s to the default values. A warning message will pop up. 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 2011 Don’t forget tohitAPPLY!!! custom voicing. made previously a be also could it voicing; default the necessarily not is This voicing. previous the to Discards the changes and returns Discard button changes arelost. 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 Acoustic GUITAR STRUM

situated totheleftfrombuttonsthatswitchamongeffects. Compressor andStereobuttons. You cancontroleffectsonthe fects -Reverb,Delay,EqualizerandCompressor. You canchangealltheaccessibleparameters ofeachtheeffects. Effects To turn on the effect you need on the EQ, Delay, Reverb, by done is them set to effects among switch To ef- 4 using taste, your to according Strum The of sound a control can You All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 FX tab. FX tab press one of the round buttons Effects Effects ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM You see10reverberationcontrolknobs. Impulses. own our created We Reverb. Convolution use we ambiences the simulate To Reverb signal frequencywill bediminishedforearlyreverberations.частоты сиг 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 2011 Effects Effects - ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM Three controlparametersareavailablefor eachfrequencyband sound guitar the of range frequency the change can you equalizer 3-band a Using Equalizer Delay effecthas6meansofcontrol. Delay Return. Controlsthelevelofsignalbeingreturned fromthereverb. delay. Send. Controlsthelevelofsignalbeingsenttobeprocessed line, whichcreatedrepeatingechoes Feedback. Sendsaportionoftheoutputbackintoinputdelay signal betweenleftandrightchannels. Pan. ЗIfmorethen0thereisapaneffect,whichping-pongsrepetition Damp. Dampshighfrequenciesofthedelayedsignal Time. within18dB. Delay timeinmilliseconds All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Effects Effects ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM Delay effecthas5meansofcontrol. Compressor Gain. Controlstheamountofboostorcutoff. Bandwith. Setsthebandwidthtobeboostedorcutoff. Frequency Band 1,Band2,Band3.Thisarethe3bandsavailableforbeingchanged. Output. Release. Timeofthereleaseafter compression. Attack. Ratio. Intensityofthecompression Threshold. Levelatwichthecompressionstart. Starttime ofthecompression. Volume of thecompressedsignal. . Choosesthefrequencytobechanged. All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Effects Effects ILYA EFIMOV Acoustic GUITAR STRUM

Output. Adjuststhemodule’soutputlevel. exactly likethePancontrolofAmplifiermodule. works It field. stereo the within signal your place to you allows control This Pan. right position you will get artificial widen- artificial get will you position right 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 Spread. BydefaultStereoFXisturnedoff. 10 emptypresets. The drop-down menu is visible on the FX tab. It consists of 10 factory presets and correlations. any without sound Nevertheless weofferyoutheopportunitytomanagesoundwidth. widest the create to striving been have We Stereo Also youcanimportandexportyoursettings topresetsonHDD. All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Global presets SAVE button. on the drop-down menu and pressthe press theLOADbutton. and menu drop-down the on Preset To save presets choose some preset some choose presets save To some choose presets the load To Effects Effects ILYA EFIMOV ACOUSTIC GUITAR Mix andPresets:IlyaEfimovAnatolyMachulenko GUI DesignbyVeraCheportuzovaandIlyaEfimov Recorded atAlexandrRusanovStudio Recording engineerbyIlyaEfimov Manual designbyIlyaEfimov All Right Reserved © IlyaEfimov 2011 Sergey Pervov(akaVosk) Script byGünterHirscher Producer byIlyaEfimov Anatoly Machulenko Special thanksto: Vera Cheportuzova Evgenia Cherobim Eugeny Kondakov Alexandr Rusanov Maxim Rybakov Elena Moiseeva Dmitry Kalyabin Gunter Hirscher Anton Schwarz Olga Filippova Igor Durachkin Credits Credits Credits