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Musiclab Reallpc 5 User Manual

REALLPC 5
USER'S MANUAL
COPYRIGHT © 2009-2019 BY MUSICLAB, INC.
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Table of Contents
New RealLPC 5 guitar sample set.................................................................................................. 7
New Multi Performance mode ..................................................................................................... 7
New Usability Features ................................................................................................................. 7
And more… .................................................................................................................................... 7
Installing RealLPC PC version ........................................................................................................ 8
Installing RealLPC Mac version ..................................................................................................... 8
Launching RealLPC ........................................................................................................................ 8
Managing Sound Bank .................................................................................................................. 9
Virtual Fretboard ......................................................................................................................... 10
Virtual Keyboard ......................................................................................................................... 10
RealLPC Guitar Patches ............................................................................................................... 11
Guitar Tunings ............................................................................................................................. 11
Pickup Selections ........................................................................................................................ 12
User Keyboard Layout ................................................................................................................. 14
Performance Modes ................................................................................................................... 15
Solo Mode ................................................................................................................................... 16
Controls ................................................................................................................................ 16
Velocity Switch Effects ......................................................................................................... 16
Permanent Effects ............................................................................................................... 17
Pedal Switch Effects ............................................................................................................. 18
Modulation Switch Effects ................................................................................................... 19
Key Switch Effects ................................................................................................................ 20
MIDI Controller pane (Solo Mode) ...................................................................................... 21
Hold button in Solo mode .................................................................................................... 21
MIDI Guitar mode ................................................................................................................ 22
Harmony Mode ........................................................................................................................... 23
Chords Mode ............................................................................................................................... 24
Controls ................................................................................................................................ 25
Bass & Chord Mode .................................................................................................................... 26
Controls ................................................................................................................................ 26
Bass & Pick Mode ........................................................................................................................ 27
Controls ................................................................................................................................ 29
Velocity Switch FX (Harmony, Chords, Bass&Chord, Bass&Pick) ............................................... 30
MIDI Controllers pane (Chords, Bass&Chord, Bass&Pick) .......................................................... 30
Silent mode (Chords, Bass&Chord, Bass&Pick) .......................................................................... 31
Performance Presets ............................................................................................................ 32
Layout Section ...................................................................................................................... 32
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Chord Section ....................................................................................................................... 36
Velocity FX Section ............................................................................................................... 39
Key Switch FX .............................................................................................................................. 45
Left Menu bar ............................................................................................................................. 47
Output panel ........................................................................................................................ 47
Tune panel ........................................................................................................................... 47
Setup panel .......................................................................................................................... 48
Velo panel ............................................................................................................................ 49
Right Menu bar ........................................................................................................................... 50
Timing panel ......................................................................................................................... 50
Mixer 1 panel ....................................................................................................................... 50
Mixer 2 panel ....................................................................................................................... 51
Wah-Wah panel ................................................................................................................... 51
Common controls ........................................................................................................................ 52
RealLPC Effect Table and Description ......................................................................................... 53
MIDI controller additional FX ............................................................................................... 58
Additional FX found in Chordal modes ................................................................................ 58
Chord Editor ................................................................................................................................ 61
Editing chords ............................................................................................................................. 61
Auditioning chords ...................................................................................................................... 62
Saving User Chord Bank .............................................................................................................. 62
User Chords view ........................................................................................................................ 62
Exporting/Importing User Chord Banks ...................................................................................... 62
Using MusicLab Rhythm Pattern Library and Pattern Manager ................................................. 63
Pattern Manager ......................................................................................................................... 63
Pattern Manager Window ................................................................................................... 63
Finding Pattern in MusicLab Pattern Library ....................................................................... 64
Selecting Category and Style ............................................................................................... 65
Selecting pattern .................................................................................................................. 65
Auditioning Pattern .............................................................................................................. 66
Controlling pattern playback ............................................................................................... 66
Transferring Pattern to host's MIDI Track ........................................................................... 67
Using Rhythm Patterns in a MIDI Track ...................................................................................... 68
Non real-time method ......................................................................................................... 68
Real-time method ................................................................................................................ 68
Controlling pattern playback ............................................................................................... 69
Creating Custom Styles for Pattern Library ................................................................................ 69
Organizing Existing Patterns in Custom Styles ..................................................................... 69
Creating Custom Patterns .................................................................................................... 70
RealLPC Stroke Map .................................................................................................................... 71
MIDI CC Automation, value to parameter map .......................................................................... 74
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Working with Patterns ................................................................................................................ 77
Pattern Library Browser ....................................................................................................... 77
Style Filter ............................................................................................................................ 77
Pattern Track ........................................................................................................................ 78
Inserting Single Strum .......................................................................................................... 79
Working with Chords .................................................................................................................. 79
Chord Selector ..................................................................................................................... 79
Editing Chords ...................................................................................................................... 80
‘Favorites’ Section ................................................................................................................ 81
Importing chords from the WEB page ................................................................................. 81
Importing the chord set from a Text Document.................................................................. 83
Time Line ..................................................................................................................................... 84
Moving Song events to MIDI track.............................................................................................. 85
Controls ....................................................................................................................................... 85
Settings Panel .............................................................................................................................. 87
Keyboard Shortcuts ..................................................................................................................... 88
Sound .......................................................................................................................................... 89
Timing .......................................................................................................................................... 90
Velocity ....................................................................................................................................... 90
Pitch ............................................................................................................................................ 90
Master section ............................................................................................................................ 90
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Gibson's Les Paul® Custom, a higher end variation of the Gibson Les Paul guitar has been used by the majority of world famous musicians, spanning generations and genres, such as Wes Montgomery, Al Di Meola, Pat Metheny, Chuck Berry, Jeff Beck, Peter Frampton, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, B.B. King, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Gary Moore, Eddie Van Halen, Lenny Kravitz, and many others.
RealLPC is a sample-based virtual instrument with an innovative approach to guitar sound modeling and guitar part performing on keyboard.
RealLPC provides incredible playability based on the unique performance modes and easy-to-use keyboard layout as well as the advanced key/pedal/velocity switch system allowing a keyboardist to perform guitar parts with a whole new level of realistic expression.
RealLPC covers practically all sounds, articulations, and techniques a professional guitarist can produce on his Les Paul, including mute, bridge mute, harmonics, pinch harmonics, unison bend, strumming, picking, chord choking, scraping, etc...
High quality dry samples recorded directly from Les Paul Custom pick-ups let you easily create any desired guitar sound using your favorite amplifier simulator.
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The true power of RealLPC 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 6 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 140 guitar frets using just 46 keys of a standard keyboard!
• Ready-to-use Double Tracking configuration with a single MIDI input.
• 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.
• Advanced Humanize section allowing to easily add realism to the performance, both live
and step-recorded in a MIDI track, or automatic.
• Guitar Rhythm Pattern technology providing powerful Pattern Manager completed with huge 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.
• Song Mode turning RealLPC 5 into a powerful and easy-to-use songwriting 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!
These technologies allow to closely emulate live guitar sound and techniques, letting you perform guitar parts with a whole new level of realistic expression.
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WHAT’S NEW IN REALLPC 5

NEW REALLPC 5 GUITAR SAMPLE SET

• High quality 24-bit samples, recorded directly from Neck and Bridge pickups individually.
• 3 realtime pickup selections (Key Switch FX) giving you the exiting tonal options.
• Standard and Baritone guitar tunings.
• Backward compatible with previous versions of RealLPC.

NEW MULTI PERFORMANCE MODE

• Combining various guitar techniques (strumming, soloing, string picking, etc.) in a single performance layout.
• 25 new Key Switch FX.
• Velocity controllable number of strings in strummed chords.
• Live control of solo and strum techniques.
• Live control of chord inversions/positions.
• Free voices leading in strummed chords.
• Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs in chords.
• Slider (Bottleneck) guitar technique emulation.
• Numerous performance options, effects, and their combinations.

NEW USABILITY FEATURES

• Advanced Velocity Curve control.
• Resizable GUI.
• Internal Loop in Song mode.
• Drag and Drop Song events (chords and patterns) to DAW MIDI track.
• Use of DAW MIDI track to edit and playback Song events directly to Song mode window.
• Hold Pedal on virtual keyboard.
• Pitch Wheel and Mod. Wheel MIDI activity indicators.

AND MORE…

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INSTALLING REALLPC

INSTALLING REALLPC PC VERSION

Double-click RealLPC Installer file and follow the on-screen instructions.
In case your VST/VST3 plugins folder is not registered correctly RealLPC installer will not automatically install RealLPC.dll’s in the correct folder. There for, to let your VST host ‘find’ RealLPC you have to manually copy RealLPC.dll, RealLPC (2 mono).dll, RealLPC (2 stereo).dll, and RealLPC.vst3 files from RealLPC installation folder to your VSTplugins/VST3 directory.
RealLPC default installation folders:
32bit: C:\Program Files (X86)\MusicLab\RealLPC 5
64bit: C:\Program Files\MusicLab\RealLPC 5

INSTALLING REALLPC MAC VERSION

Double-click RealLPC Installer icon and follow the on-screen instructions.

LAUNCHING REALLPC

Launching RealLPC as a VST/AU instrument:
1. Open your DAW (host application).
2. Create Software Instrument track.
3. Add RealLPC to the track.
4. Open the RealLPC window by double-clicking the RealLPC button/icon.
Launching RealLPC as a standalone version:
PC: In Start Menu go to Programs/MusicLab RealLPC 5 folder and click the RealLPC icon.
MAC: Run HD/Applications/RealLPC 5.
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MANAGING SOUND BANK

Note, that the installer will create 44.1 kHz sample rate sound bank. In case your audio settings have other than 44.1 kHz sample rate, RealLPC on launching will ask if you want to optimize the sound bank to match your audio settings.
Selecting ‘Create Optimized Bank’ button will bring up RealLPC Bank Manager, which will automatically create the needed sample rate sound bank.
You can as well manually run Bank Manager to create sound bank(s) optimized for sample rate(s) you normally use in your audio work.
To run Bank Manager: PC: Go to Start menu->All Programs->MusicLab RealLPC 5->RealLPC Bank Manager, or alternatively double-click the StgMan.exe icon found in RealLPC installation folder (by default: C:\Program Files\MusicLab\RealLPC 5). Mac: Run RealLPC standalone version and select Sound Bank Manager in RealLPC Application menu.
PC/Mac: Click MusicLab logo and select Open Bank Manager in popup menu.
In the opened Bank Manager window check the appropriate sample rate box(es) and click Apply button to start sound bank creating.
Close Bank Manager when sound bank installation is completed. Note, that higher sample rate value will install larger target sound bank.
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VIRTUAL FRETBOARD

In RealLPC we have realized the Floating Fret Position principle, which imitates change of fret position of a guitarist's hand on the neck. This gives a unique possibility of playing on up to 140 guitar frets using just 46 keys of a standard keyboard! This, along with the fact that we have sampled 22 frets of all six strings for all of our RealLPC sounds, allows you to emulate a guitar performance with maximum sonic accuracy.
In the center of the RealLPC window is the virtual Fretboard, one of the important elements of the plug-in, which allows you to visualize and control the Floating Fret Position while playing the guitar part.
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Fretboard has a number of functions:
1. Preview - allows audio previewing the loaded guitar patch by simply clicking on strings.
2. Display notes - shows the performed notes (with names) in accordance with visual representation on the fretboard and real sound (you see the notes displayed on string and fret of exactly the same sound samples currently playing).
3. Fret Position Auto control (the Auto button is pressed) - realizes automatic fret position change in Solo and Harmony modes, which moves the ‘Capo’ strip along the Fretboard depending on the sequence of performed notes.
4. Fret Position Manual control (the Auto button is released) - allows manually changing fret position by right clicking on any fret. A ‘Capo’ strip will appear on the fretboard, which will prevent playing samples from any fret lower on the neck than the ‘Capo’ position (except for the 6th string).

VIRTUAL KEYBOARD

In the lower part of RealLPC window you see a virtual keyboard that visualizes RealLPC keyboard layout (Main and Repeat zones), indicates activated Key Switches in Solo mode, and shows all MIDI notes incoming to RealLPC or played on virtual fretboard with a mouse:
Additionally, virtual keyboard duplicates the external MIDI keyboard input, so everything you can play by MIDI can be produced on virtual keyboard with a mouse. Shift-clicking will hold down the pressed key allowing to preview chords/Key Switch FX.
Hold Pedal button at the right visualizes Hold Pedal controller (CC#64) MIDI activity, as well as serves as toggle for switching Hold Pedal on/off Hold Pedal.
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Pitch Wheel and Modulation Wheel indicators at the left visualize Pitch Bender and Modulation controllers MIDI activity.

REALLPC GUITAR PATCHES

RealLPC installs three versions of RealLPC soft instrument: RealLPC, RealLPC (2 mono), RealLPC (2 stereo). RealLPC is normal plugin with single stereo output, RealLPC (2 mono) provides 2 mono outputs in your DAW, while RealLPC (2 stereo) provides 2 stereo outputs respectively. Choosing between them depends on what guitar patch you are going to use.
RealLPC has two guitar patches: RealLPC and RealLPC Double-track.
Click the black screen combo box in the upper part of RealLPC window to load the guitar patch:
On launching RealLPC will automatically load RealLPC guitar patch, which is mono guitar sample set and can be used in any version of RealLPC plugin.
RealLPC Double-track when loaded in RealLPC single output plugin or in the standalone version is actually a stereo guitar patch, panned hard left and hard right.
If you want to emulate double-tracking technique you must run RealLPC (2 mono) or RealLPC (2 stereo) plugin in your DAW, and load RealLPC Double-track patch into it. In the DAW’s mixer, pan each output being used hard left and hard right, then add the amps + FX of your choice. For best results, we recommend different amps/settings for each output. Play or sequence notes on the single MIDI track assigned to RealLPC, and enjoy a wide, double-tracked sound!
Please refer to Double-Tracking section for more details.

GUITAR TUNINGS

RealLPC has two tuning selections: Standard and Baritone, available by clicking the appropriate Tuning button.
STD - 6-string standard tuning: E-A-D-G-B-e, with 6th string expandable to C (Drop C).
BARI - 6-string Baritone guitar tuning: B-E-A-D-F#-b.
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Baritone tuning will change Main zone range to A0 - A4.
Standard and Baritone tunings are available with both RealLPC guitar patches, so loading guitar patch and selecting this or that tuning for any of them allow you to gain up to four differently sounding guitars at a mouse click.

PICKUP SELECTIONS

RealLPC samples were recorded directly from each of two pickups of Les Paul Custom guitar, providing you three tonal selections by simply switching between individual pickups and their combination: Neck alone, Bridge alone, and Neck + Bridge (Both).
To switch between pickups simply click the appropriate pickup button.
Selecting Both activates slider below letting you control volume balance between pickups.
Also, you can assign Pickup FX on any key/note you want in Key Switches panel, and use it for selecting the needed
pickup or pickup combination from MIDI keyboard or MIDI track.
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REALLPC GLOBAL MODES

RealLPC 5 provides 4 Global Modes, each of which is a separate performance tool meant for imitating special guitar performance style:
1. MIDI Keyboard - MIDI keyboard/MIDI track input
2. Multi - a universal mode allowing you to perform various guitar accompaniment techniques that use chords, such as Strumming, Bass and Strum, Bass and String picking, and much more.
3. Pattern - automatic accompaniment using rhythm patterns from MusicLab Guitar Pattern Library
4. Song - songwriting tool featuring the built-in Song track where you can insert chords and patterns to construct the complete guitar accompaniment part
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MIDI KEYBOARD GLOBAL MODE

Repeat zone
Main zone

USER KEYBOARD LAYOUT

When connected to RealLPC MIDI input the external keyboard is divided into 3 zones: Main zone (E1 - B4), left (C0 - D#1) and right (C5 – C7) Repeat zones.
In Solo mode Main zone extends to C1-D5.
Main zone serves for playing melodic parts (Solo and Harmony modes) and entering chords (Multi, Chords, Bass & Chord, Bass & Pick modes).
Any key of the Repeat zone repeats notes and chords played in the Main zone.
This way of keyboard mapping allows you to play guitar parts with 2 hands – you play various notes or chords in the Main zone with one hand and repeat them by pressing the pre-mapped keys in Repeat zone with the other hand without changing its position. This is very important for carefully preserving rhythm pattern accuracy and groove feel.
Using such a performance technique you can easily imitate the most characteristic details of guitar performance, such as tremolo, strumming, bass and strum, picking on your keyboard making them sound naturally as if they were played on a real guitar.
Repeat Key zone functions:
• In Solo, Multi, Harmony, Chords, and Bass & Chord modes you can repeat notes and
chords played in the Main zone (any white key repeats the full sound, while black key repeats the muted sound). Also with the keys of Repeat zone you can alternate up/down/muted strokes to produce strumming and tremolo techniques (C, E, G – trigger up stroke; D, F, A - down stroke; C#, F#, A# - muted up stroke; D#, G# - muted down stroke) with both single notes and intervals/chords.
• In Bass & Chord and Multi/Bass modes you can trigger Bass I (Root) and Bass II (alternative bass) notes as well as upper strings strums
• In Bass & Pick and Multi/Strings modes Repeat keys trigger individual voices (strings) of a chord taken in the Main zone.
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• In Solo and Multi modes Repeat keys, when activated in Key Switch panel, can also be used as Key Switches to switch on various FX.

PERFORMANCE MODES

RealLPC MIDI Keyboard Global Mode includes 5 separate guitar performance modes, each of which is a separate performance tool meant for imitating special guitar performance style:
1. Solo - polyphonic mode for performing melodic parts.
2. Harmony - monophonic mode for performing parallel interval melodic parts.
3. Chords - chord mode for performing accompaniment strumming parts.
4. Bass & Chord - chord mode for performing bass and strum parts.
5. Bass & Pick - chord mode for performing picking/plucking parts.
The performance modes are selected by clicking on a respective tab:
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SOLO MODE

Muted sound
Full sound
Repeat keys
Melody zone
Muted sound
Full sound
C1
Click Solo tab to switch on the Solo performance mode.
Solo mode window
In this mode the Main zone (E1 – D5) of the keyboard works as a normal polyphonic keyboard, while both Repeat Key zones (left (C0 - D#1) and right (D#5 – C7)) allow you to repeat notes taken on the Main zone (white keys repeat full sound; black keys repeat muted sound of the same notes).

CONTROLS

RealLPC Solo mode provides you with multiple permanent and switchable controls allowing you to easily add various specific guitar articulations and effects to your performance.

VELOCITY SWITCH EFFECTS

On the left lower part of Solo window, you see Velocity Switch FX section including two FX boxes:
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Using the Velocity Switch FX controls, two FX can be dynamically engaged depending on the velocity of the MIDI notes played. For low velocity notes, set the numeric box on the left side to the threshold at which notes played at a lower velocity will trigger the FX selected in the lower FX selector. For high velocity notes, set the numeric box on the right side to the threshold at which notes played at a higher velocity will trigger the FX selected in the upper FX selector. As notes are played below or above the two thresholds, the two FX selector boxes will change to a light grey color to indicate they are being engaged. As with all FX selectors, each of the two Velocity Switch FX selector boxes have a FX Enable LED button so you can enable one, both or neither.

PERMANENT EFFECTS

Permanent FX Box - allows selection of Effect in the pull-down menu and activate it by clicking on FX Enable LED button in the upper left corner.
Slide > Capo - controls the movement of the capo along the fretboard while performing either a
Slide or Hammer-On effect. You can select any of 3 modes in a Slide>Capo combo box:
• Fixed - Capo is not affected. All notes will be played to the right of Capo position moving from string to string (except for the notes on the 6th string which the capo does not affect).
• Ignore - Capo is not affected. Slides ignore Capo position; notes will be performed along the string moving to another string only in case of reaching first or last fret.
• Move - Capo moves with Slide or H.O. (Hammer-on) notes along the fretboard.
Legato - enables producing notes played legato within semi-tone or whole-tone from each other
without triggering attacks and being in mono mode (next will mute previous). The effect is as if the notes were played on the same guitar string when only the first note is picked and the following notes are played by the left hand alone.
H.O. - enables Hammer-On Effect with automatic Pull-Off on key release, affected note range is specified (in semi-tones) in numeric box.
Bass Zone - splits the Main Zone of keyboard into two parts to allow individual performance techniques for each part. The Bass Zone button is toggled on and off. There are two additional combo boxes to set the lower note (E1, D1 or C1) and the upper note (ranging from E1 to E4) of the zone. Bass zone notes have a stronger velocity curve and are NOT affected by:
• Mute keys - this allows performing mutes and repetitions on the notes played outside Bass zone without cutting bass notes.
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• Velocity Switch FX - this allows applying velocity switches only to notes played outside Bass zone while playing bass notes without the velocity switch.
Left combo box works independently of Bass zone button and allows Drop D and Drop C tuning in Solo mode by selecting the D1 or C1 as the lower note for the 6th string.

PEDAL SWITCH EFFECTS

You can trigger various RealLPC Effects selected in Pedal Switch FX box by pressing normal Sustain Pedal controller.
Pedal Switch FX box has five different controls:
• 1-2 Mono LED (On/Off)
• FX Enable LED (On/Off)
• FX Selection pull-down menu
• Toggle LED (On/Off)
• Sustain LED (On/Off)
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1-2 Mono:
On - sustains all notes except for the notes played at a semi-tone or whole-tone interval (step-wise melodic run): the next note 1-2 steps apart mutes the previous one as if played on the same guitar string, while the thirds and larger intervals are being sustained.
Off - pedal sustains all notes played non-legato, and legato (in the case Hammer-On and Legato FX are off).
FX Enable LED indicates if the Pedal FX is enabled or not. When LED is On, the FX is enabled when the Sustain Pedal is pressed.
FX Selection pull-down menu selects which FX is controlled by the Sustain Pedal.
Toggle:
On - indicates that the FX is toggled on and off each time the Sustain Pedal is pressed.
Off - indicates that the FX is only enabled when the Sustain Pedal is kept pressed. When the Sustain Pedal is not pressed, the FX is not enabled.
Sustain:
On - indicates that the Sustain Pedal both turns on the FX as well as sustains notes.
Off - indicates that the Sustain Pedal controls only the FX, and no notes are sustained.

MODULATION SWITCH EFFECTS

You can switch on various RealLPC Effects selected in Modulation Switch FX box by simply moving normal Modulation Wheel of your MIDI keyboard. Releasing Modulation Wheel to ‘0’ position turns the Effect off.
Note, when Modulation FX box is activated effect assigned in M.W. box at the right will not work.
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KEY SWITCH EFFECTS

RealLPC numerous guitar Effects can be triggered in Solo mode using the advanced Key Switch system allowing to assign various FX on Repeat Zone keys as well as easily create and use custom presets in RealLPC Key Switch panel.
To open Key Switch panel, click on Key Switches button on the left lower part of Solo mode window:
Key Switch panel
You see two columns of FX boxes corresponding to Left and Right Repeat Zone keys (C0-D#1 for the Left zone, D#5-G6 for the Right zone).
Select Effect for a key in pull-down menu and click FX Enable LED button in the left part of FX box to activate it. Now pressing the correspondent key of Repeat zone will turn on selected FX, and change the box color to a light grey to indicate that FX is turned on.
Note, that activating FX Enable LED of any key switch will also be displayed on the RealLPC virtual keyboard. Moreover, triggering FX will also change color of a virtual keyboard key to a light blue, giving you full visual control.
Three small buttons (clickable on/off) at the left of each FX box allow additional control of the Key Switch and FX:
‘T’ button (‘toggle’):
On - indicates that the FX is toggled on and off each time the key switch is pressed (releasing the key is ignored).
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Off - indicates that the FX is only enabled while the key is kept pressed (releasing the key turns the FX off).
‘K’ button (‘key through’) - when activated allows to switch FX and let the key switch simultaneously function as normal Repeat key (white for Full sound, black for Muted sound).
‘S’ button (‘sustain’) adds sustain function to FX, similar using the Sustain Pedal.
Note, Right Key Switches (Right Repeat zone) are ‘toggles’ by default, while Left Key Switches (Left Repeat zone) are not.
You can save all settings made in Key Switch panel as user presets for future use.
To create a preset, click on Preset combo box to activate Edit mode, type in the preset name, and press Enter on computer keyboard. Preset will be saved within RealLPC and added to Preset list.
To delete preset simply click on Delete icon at the right.

MIDI CONTROLLER PANE (SOLO MODE)

You can assign various guitar effects to standard MIDI controllers:
• P.B. Up (Pitch Bender, upper combo box) - Off, Pitch, Slide, VeloAdd, MonoBend, Sustainer (triggers Sustainer FX simultaneously with pitch shifting).
• P.B. Down (Pitch Bender, lower combo box) - ‘same as Up’, Pitch, Slide, VeloAdd, MonoBend, Sustainer (triggers Sustainer FX simultaneously with pitch shifting).
• M.W. (Modulation Wheel) - Pitch, Slide, Modulation.
• A.T. (After Touch) - Pitch, Modulation, Sustainer, FeedBacker.
In the combo box to the right adjust the maximum range of pitch shifting/sliding (in semi-tones). Modulation envelope is adjusted in Tune panel (Left Menu bar in the upper left corner of RealLPC window).

HOLD BUTTON IN SOLO MODE

In Solo mode the Hold button works differently from the other modes, where it actually sustains the sound while holding down Repeat zone keys. In Solo mode when Hold button is on, any pressed and held key can be used for sustaining the following notes.
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MIDI GUITAR MODE

If you prefer to use normal guitar via MIDI interface instead of MIDI keyboard you can switch to MIDI Guitar mode by activating Guitar button in Solo performance mode.
MIDI Guitar mode has multi-channel MIDI input: 1-6 MIDI channels for 1-6 guitar strings accordingly, with each string/channel having independent pitch bend control, though Modulation, Aftertouch MIDI controllers, and all other FX are common for all strings.
MIDI Guitar mode allows you to step record the guitar part with a pencil tool in your DAW on individual track/MIDI channel for each string. Note, that notes in a track going out of the appropriate string range will be played on the nearest string.
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HARMONY MODE

Muted sound
Full sound
Repeat keys
Melody zone
Muted sound
Full sound
C1
Harmony mode window
In this monophonic mode any key of the Main zone triggers an interval/chord based on the played note, previously chosen from following options: 4th down, 5th up, Octave (up), Power Chord 1 (5th + 4th up), Power Chord 2 (4th + 5th up), 2 octaves (up).
The keys of both Repeat zones (left and right) allow you to repeat the interval taken in the Main zone (white keys repeat full sound, while black keys repeat muted sound of the same notes).
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CHORDS MODE

Muted strum
Repeat keys
Chord detect (down
Muted strum
Strum
Strum
C1
Chords mode window
In this mode RealLPC detects the chord played in the Main zone of the keyboard (the root note and the name of the chord appear on the black info screen), builds a guitar version of the chord considering the selected Chord position and current position of a ‘Capo’ strip on the Fretboard, and finally plays it using a down strum technique.
Any key of Repeat zone repeats the whole chord played in the Main zone: black keys play muted strums, while white keys play strums when the chord is still held and muted strums when the keys in the Main zone are released. Up and down strums are triggered by neighboring keys for both white and black keys of the Repeat zones, like C1 - up strum, D1 - down strum, C6 – down strum, B5 - up strum and so on.
strum play)
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CONTROLS

Chord position - selects the melodic position range for the built chords.
I - the highest note is between E3 and G#3
II - the highest note is between G3 and B3
III - the highest note is between A#3 and D4
IV - the highest note is between C#4 and F4
Kbd - the melodic position range of the built chord depends on the octave position of the chord taken in the Main zone of the keyboard (with borders between E and E of the next octave).
User Chords - opens Chord Editor.
Upper/Lower Strings - allow disabling upper and/or lower strings in chords, so you can pare your
strums down to any five, four, three, two or just a single string by selecting the first available string# in upper/lower numeric boxes (e.g. selecting 2/5 will disable the 1st and 6th strings in the strums).
Chord/Bass - switches on the X/Y chord detect mode letting you construct major/minor triad chords with any desirable note in the Bass, e.g. A/G (A major chord over G bass) for G-A-C#-E voicing, D/F# (D major chord inversion with F# bass note) for F#-A-D voicing, F/G (F major chord over G bass) for G-A-C-F voicing, etc…
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BASS & CHORD MODE

Muted strum
Strum
Repeat keys
Chord detect
Muted strum
Strum
Bass
I
II
C1
Bass & Chord mode window
In this mode RealLPC detects the chord taken in the Main zone of the keyboard, builds its guitar version and plays its Root note (Bass I) only. The Repeat zone keys now have the following functions:
• C5 triggers Bass I (Root note).
• D5 triggers Bass II (Alternative bass, usually the 5th degree of the chord).
The rest of the keys in both right and left Repeat zones trigger up and down strums of the upper strings of the chord, black keys perform muted strums of the same strings).
(bass play)

CONTROLS

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Chord position - selects the melodic position range for the built chords.
User Chords - opens Chord Editor.
Number of Strings - specifies the number of sounding strings in chords triggered by Repeat zone
keys.
Chord/Bass - switches on the X/Y chord detect mode letting you construct major/minor triad chords with any desirable note in the Bass.
Alter Bass - automatically alternates between Bass I and Bass II when the same chord is taken in the Main zone.
Bass Mono - mutes Bass I note when the next Bass II is played.

BASS & PICK MODE

Bass & Pick mode window
In this mode RealLPC identifies the chord taken in the Main zone, builds its guitar version and plays only its Root note (Bass I).
The Repeat zone keys trigger each voice of the chord separately, just as if you'd play it string-by­string on real guitar in the following way:
• C5 triggers Bass I (Root note)
• D5 triggers Bass II (alternative bass)
• E5 triggers 4th string
• F5 triggers 3rd string
• G5 triggers 2nd string
• A5 triggers 1st string
The other keys function as chosen in the Add-on string keys combo box.
The keys of the left Repeat zone strum 4 upper voices of the chord (black keys perform muted strums).
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Add-on keys
String keys
Chord detect
(bass play)
Muted strum
Strum
Bass
I
II
4
3
2
1
C1
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CONTROLS
Chord position - selects the melodic position range for the built chords.
User Chords - opens Chord Editor.
Add-on string keys:
• Unison - doubles some strings for making single-string tremolo performance easy: C#5 ­Bass II, D# 5 - 4th string, F#5 - 2nd string, G#5, A#5, B5, C6 - 1st string.
• Chromatic - sets the Add-on string keys to play notes one semi-tone down from their respective string voices: C#5 - a semi-tone down from Bass II, D#5 – a semi-tone down from 4th string, F#5 - a semi-tone down from 2nd string, G#5 - a semi-tone down from 1st string; however A#5 - C6 add a semi-tone each to the sound of 1st string.
• Mute - all add-on keys trigger Muted chord.
• Harmonics - Add-on black keys (C#5 through A#5) trigger Harmonics for current chord
notes.
• Pinch Harm - Add-on black keys (C#5 through A#5) trigger Pinch Harmonics for current chord notes.
Chord/Bass - switches on the X/Y chord detect mode letting you construct major/minor triad chords with any desirable note in the Bass.
Alter Bass - automatically alternates between Bass I and Bass II when the same chord is taken in the Main zone.
Bass Mono - mutes Bass I note when the next Bass II is played.
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VELOCITY SWITCH FX (HARMONY, CHORDS, BASS&CHORD, BASS&PICK)

There are a number of guitar effects automatically triggered by note velocity values employed in RealLPC:
• Slow Strum on Higher Velo - in all chordal modes you can set a velocity value, after which the program will perform slow strum when playing a chord in the Main zone.
• Slow Strum on Lower Velo - in the same way you can set a velocity value below which the program will perform slow strum when playing a chord in the Main zone.
• Slide up - slides up to taken note(s).
• Slide down (Fall) - slides down from taken note(s).
You can set the following independent parameters for each effect:
• Velo (input velocity threshold).
• Time (effect duration).
• Steps (range in semi-tones).

MIDI CONTROLLERS PANE (CHORDS, BASS&CHORD, BASS&PICK)

You can assign various guitar effects to standard MIDI controllers:
• P.B. (Pitch Bender) - Pitch, Slide, VeloAdd.
• M.W. (Modulation Wheel) - Pitch, Slide, Modulation.
• A.T. (After Touch) - Pitch, Modulation.
In the combo box to the right adjust the range of the effect (in semi-tones).
Modulation envelope is adjusted in Tune panel (Left Menu bar in the upper left corner of RealLPC window).
• Pedal - you can use Sustain Pedal to switch various effects on:
o Sustain - normal sustain mode.
o ChuckaFull - switches on ChuckaFull FX.
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