REALEIGHT 5 USER'S MANUAL COPYRIGHT © 2015-2021 BY MUSICLAB, INC. TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THE PROGRAM .................................................................................................................................................. 4 WHAT’S NEW IN REALEIGHT 5 ................................................................................................................................. 6 New Multi Performance mode ....................................................................................................................... 6 New Usability Features ........................................................................................................................................... 6 And more… ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6 INSTALLING REALEIGHT .................................................................................................................................................. 7 Installing RealEight PC version ........................................................................................................................ 7 Installing RealEight Mac version ..................................................................................................................... 7 Managing Sound Bank .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Launching RealEight ................................................................................................................................................ 8 RealEight Guitar Patches ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Standard, Baritone, and Bass tunings ..................................................................................................... 10 Virtual Fretboard .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Virtual Keyboard .......................................................................................................................................................... 12 REALEIGHT GLOBAL MODES .................................................................................................................................... 13 MIDI KEYBOARD GLOBAL MODE .........................................................................................................................14 User Keyboard Layout ............................................................................................................................................14 Performance Modes ............................................................................................................................................... 15 Solo Mode ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Harmony Mode .......................................................................................................................................................... 23 Chords Mode ................................................................................................................................................................ 24 Bass & Chord Mode ................................................................................................................................................ 25 Bass & Pick Mode ...................................................................................................................................................... 27 Chord Map ..................................................................................................................................................................... 30 User Chords ..................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Velocity Switch FXs (Harmony, Chords, Bass&Chord, Bass&Pick) .................................. 34 MIDI Controllers pane (Chords, Bass&Chord, Bass&Pick) ...................................................... 34 Silent mode (Chords, Bass&Chord, Bass&Pick) ............................................................................... 35 MULTI GLOBAL MODE ................................................................................................................................................... 36 Performance Presets ............................................................................................................................................. 36 Layout Section..............................................................................................................................................................37 Chord Section ................................................................................................................................................................41 Velocity FX Section ................................................................................................................................................. 43 Key Switch FX ..............................................................................................................................................................50 MAIN CONTROLS ............................................................................................................................................................... 52 Left Menu bar............................................................................................................................................................... 52 Right Menu bar .......................................................................................................................................................... 55 Common .......................................................................................................................................................................... 57 Double- and Quad-Tracking .......................................................................................................................... 57 RealEight Effect Table and Description ............................................................................................... 59 PATTERN GLOBAL MODE .......................................................................................................................................... 66 Using MusicLab Rhythm Pattern Library and Pattern Manager .................................... 66 Using Rhythm Patterns in a MIDI Track ................................................................................................. 71 2 Creating Custom Styles for Pattern Library ........................................................................................ 72 RealEight Stroke Map .......................................................................................................................................... 74 SONG GLOBAL MODE ................................................................................................................................................... 75 Working with Patterns ......................................................................................................................................... 76 Working with Chords ............................................................................................................................................ 78 Time Line ......................................................................................................................................................................... 83 Controls ............................................................................................................................................................................. 84 Settings Panel ............................................................................................................................................................. 86 Keyboard Shortcuts ................................................................................................................................................ 87 HUMANIZE .............................................................................................................................................................................. 89 Sound ................................................................................................................................................................................. 89 Timing ............................................................................................................................................................................... 90 Velocity ............................................................................................................................................................................. 90 Pitch .................................................................................................................................................................................... 90 Master section ...........................................................................................................................................................