REALGUITAR 5 USER'S MANUAL COPYRIGHT © 2004-2021 BY MUSICLAB, INC. TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THE PROGRAM .................................................................................................................................................. 3 WHAT’S NEW IN REALGUITAR 5 ............................................................................................................................. 5 INSTALLING REALGUITAR ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Installing RealGuitar PC version ..................................................................................................................... 6 Installing RealGuitar Mac version .................................................................................................................. 6 Launching RealGuitar .............................................................................................................................................. 6 Managing Sound Bank ........................................................................................................................................... 7 REALGUITAR STEEL STRING ....................................................................................................................................... 8 Virtual Fretboard .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Virtual Keyboard ........................................................................................................................................................... 9 Loading Guitar Patches........................................................................................................................................ 10 Guitar Tunings .............................................................................................................................................................. 10 Audio Outputs .............................................................................................................................................................. 12 Performance Modes ................................................................................................................................................ 13 User Keyboard Layout ............................................................................................................................................ 13 Solo Mode ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Multi Mode ....................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Main Controls ............................................................................................................................................................... 38 RealGuitar Effect Table and Description ............................................................................................. 44 Chord Map ...................................................................................................................................................................... 51 Song Mode ..................................................................................................................................................................... 53 Humanize........................................................................................................................................................................ 65 Importing/Exporting Global Settings ..................................................................................................... 67 REALGUITAR CLASSIC ................................................................................................................................................... 68 Loading Guitar Patches....................................................................................................................................... 68 Virtual Fretboard ....................................................................................................................................................... 69 Virtual Keyboard ........................................................................................................................................................ 70 RealGuitar Classic Global Modes ................................................................................................................ 70 MIDI Keyboard Global Mode .......................................................................................................................... 70 Multi Global Mode .................................................................................................................................................... 81 Main Controls ............................................................................................................................................................... 82 Chord Map ..................................................................................................................................................................... 88 User Chords ................................................................................................................................................................... 88 Pattern Global Mode ............................................................................................................................................. 89 Song Global Mode ................................................................................................................................................... 97 Humanize........................................................................................................................................................................ 97 MIDI Guitar Mode ..................................................................................................................................................... 98 Direct Global Mode ................................................................................................................................................ 98 Importing/Exporting Global Settings ..................................................................................................... 99 APPENDIX A. NRPN MAP ........................................................................................................................................ 100 APPENDIX B. PARAMETER AUTOMATION MAP ................................................................................. 104 MIDI CC Automation, value to parameter map ......................................................................... 106 CONTACTING MUSICLAB ........................................................................................................................................ 108 2 ABOUT THE PROGRAM If you are serious about creating truly realistic sounding solo and accompaniment guitar stuff for your songs, our product called RealGuitar is just what you need. RealGuitar is a sample-based virtual instrument with an innovative approach to guitar sound modelling and guitar part performing on keyboard. The true power of RealGuitar lies in brand new technologies incorporated in this innovative guitar performance tool: • Multi-channel layering technology, incorporating a custom library of specially recorded samples taken from every fret of all strings of a real guitar. • Floating Fret Position technology, which imitates change of fret position of a guitarist's hand on the neck. This gives you the possibility of playing on up to 122 guitar frets using just 50 keys of a standard keyboard. • Our original Guitar Touch technology letting you easily imitate basic guitar techniques (strumming, plucking, sliding, bending, muting, etc..), using standard MIDI keyboard and MIDI controllers, such as Pitch Bender, Modulation Wheel, Sustain Pedal, Aftertouch. • Guitar Rhythm Pattern technology providing huge MusicLab Guitar Pattern Library for easily creating guitar accompaniment tracks. All you have to do is 3 to find the appropriate rhythm pattern(s), copy it to the needed number of measures, start your sequencer and use MIDI keyboard to play chord changes, or alternatively add chords to a MIDI track via sequencer's editor. • Song Mode turning RealGuitar into a powerful and easy-to-use song writing tool allowing you in no time create perfect guitar backing tracks for your songs. Simply insert chord symbols and rhythm patterns into the built-in Song Track - and your guitar part is ready! • Advanced Humanize section allowing to easily add realism to the performance, both live and step-recorded in a MIDI track, or automatic. These technologies allow to closely emulate live guitar sound and techniques, letting you perform guitar parts with a whole new level of realistic expression. 4 WHAT’S NEW IN REALGUITAR 5 TWO INSTRUMENT COMBO PACK • RealGuitar Classic – includes all of our original guitar models with loads of new playability features. • RealGuitar Steel String – features the debut of our new Steel String guitar sample set with five patches and three tuning selections for each. NEW STEEL STRING GUITAR SAMPLE SET • New high quality 24-bit stereo samples. • 6-string, 7-string, Baritone guitar