Music Lab RealGuitar Virtual Instrument Plug In
If you are serious about creating truly realistic sounding solo and accompaniment guitar stuff for your songs, RealGuitar is just what you need. RealGuitar is a sample-based virtual instrument with an innovative approach to guitar sound modeling and guitar part performing on keyboard. Also works great as a Standalone module! The true power of RealGuitar lies in 3 brand new technologies incorporated in this innovative guitar performance tool:
New Multi-Channel Layering Technology:
Incorporating a custom library of specially recorded samples taken from every fret of all 6 strings of a real guitar.
The unique 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 104 guitar frets using just 43 keys of a standard keyboard! The 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.
These technologies allow to closely emulate live guitar sound and techniques, letting you perform guitar parts with a whole new level of realistic expression. Furthermore, they made it possible to get that special recognizable sound of a real 12-string guitar using samples taken from an ordinary 6 string guitar, as well as to achieve true Doubling (double track) effect.
RealGuitar 2L version is equipped with powerful Pattern Manager allowing to use MusicLab Guitar Pattern Library for easily creating guitar accompaniment tracks. All you have to do is to find the appropriate rhythm pattern[s] in the Pattern Manager tree view, 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.
Features:
Sound:
World famous guitars
High quality guitar samples
Every fret of all 6 strings including up/down/muted strokes sampled
New multi-channel sample layering technology
InFace sound concept
True Doubling (double track) effect
Built-in EQ and FX (Stereo Tremolo, 2-way Chorus)
Custom 32-bit sound engine
Guitars:
RealGuitar includes 555 MB sample set featuring 8 Acoustic guitar patches:
Steel Picked
Steel Fingered
Nylon Picked
Nylon Fingered
Steel 2 Picked
Steel 2 (Doubling)
12-string
Steel Stereo 290MB
Performance:
Solo, Harmony, Bass&Chord, Bass&Pick, and Chords modes
About 2000 instant guitar chords + up strum, down strum, up/down muted strum, slow strum chords
1-4 note chords to 6-voice guitar strums real-time translation
26 chord types recognition, including 7th, 9th and altered chords, in any inversion and voicing
Slash Bass Chords option - allows to perform major/minor triads with any note in the bass (including its own III, V (and Root of course))
Legato Chords option - allows to sustain note(s) on chord change if the same note(s)/string/fret is being triggered in the previous chord
Automatic Fret position change
Strum speed adjustable
Repeat Key zone (for performing repetitions, tremolo, up/down/muted strums)
Velocity Switch articulations (slow strum, slide up/down, bend, reverse bend,)
Key/Pedal Switch guitar effects (harmonics, mute, palm mute, body smacks, tremolo)
Hammer-on, Pull-off
Hammer-on with automatic Pull-off on key release
Legato Slide (up and down) - automatic slide between any two pressed notes
Tremolo - automatically repeating the released note(s) to easily perform tremolo technique
4 Key Switch FX keys (C1, C#1, D1, D#1) let you assign and use up to 4 various guitar effects in the same performance
Polyphonic controllers (applying Pitch Bender, Modulation Wheel, AfterTouch to individual voices)
Automatic Fret Noise and Release Noise
Complete RG MIDI Pattern Library (1250 rhythm patterns)
Pattern Tree view, allowing to find/select rhythm patterns right from RealGuitar
Pattern view, graphically presenting guitar 'Strokes' contained in the current rhythm pattern (differently colored 'Piano Roll' type bars allow to easily visualize Up/Down, Up/Down Muted, Slow Strums, individual string Strokes, etc...)
Auditioning selected pattern by simply pressing chord on the external keyboard without starting your host sequencer, even with RealGuitar standalone run
Total synchronization with host's tempo, start/stop, beats, loop, time signature...
Drag'n'Drop selected pattern from Pattern window right to your host's MIDI track (pattern is automatically multiplied by the assigned number of measures)
Real time pattern arranging (dramatic changing pattern performance on the fly):
Add/reduce dynamics (velo+)
Randomize dynamics
Apply velocity of trigger chord to pattern dynamics
Continuous dynamics changes (+/- velocity assigned to Pitch Bender controller)
Compatibility:
Operates as a virtual instrument software plug-in in all major hosts like Logic, Cubase SX, Digital Performer, Sonar, FruityLoops
RealGuitar upgrade options available:
RealGuitar 1.5 without Pattern Library -> RealGuitar 2 ($49 USD)
RealGuitar 1.5 without Pattern Library -> RealGuitar 2L ($99 USD)
RealGuitar 1.5 with one part of Pattern Library -> RealGuitar 2L ($75 USD)
RealGuitar 1.5 with complete Pattern Library -> RealGuitar 2L ($49 USD)
Interested in upgrade? Please contact supportbox@musiclab.com for upgrade instructions.
