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Musiclab Realrick 4 User Manual

RealRick 4 User's Manual
Copyright © 2000-2016 by MusicLab, Inc.
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Table of Contents
Installing RealRick PC version .................................................................................................... 6!
Installing RealRick Mac version ................................................................................................. 6!
User Keyboard Layout ............................................................................................................... 14!
Performance Modes .................................................................................................................... 15!
Solo Mode .................................................................................................................................... 15!
Harmony Mode ........................................................................................................................... 21!
Chords Mode ............................................................................................................................... 22!
Bass & Chord Mode .................................................................................................................... 23!
Bass & Pick Mode ....................................................................................................................... 25!
Velocity Switch FXs (Harmony, Chords, Bass&Chord, Bass&Pick) ................................... 27!
MIDI Controllers pane (Chords, Bass&Chord, Bass&Pick) .................................................. 27!
Silent mode (Chords, Bass&Chord, Bass&Pick) ..................................................................... 28!
Left Menu bar .............................................................................................................................. 29!
Right Menu bar ........................................................................................................................... 31!
Common ....................................................................................................................................... 33!
RealRick Effect Table and Description .................................................................................... 34!
User Chords ................................................................................................................................. 41!
Using MusicLab Rhythm Pattern Library and Pattern Manager ........................................ 43!
Using Rhythm Patterns in a MIDI Track ................................................................................. 48!
Creating Custom Styles for Pattern Library ........................................................................... 49!
RealRick Stroke Map .................................................................................................................. 51!
Parameter Automation MIDI CC and VST Map .................................................................... 52!
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Working with Patterns ............................................................................................................... 57!
Working with Chords ................................................................................................................ 59!
Time Line ..................................................................................................................................... 64!
Controls ........................................................................................................................................ 65!
Settings Panel .............................................................................................................................. 66!
Keyboard Shortcuts .................................................................................................................... 67!
Sound ............................................................................................................................................ 68!
Timing .......................................................................................................................................... 69!
Velocity ......................................................................................................................................... 69!
Pitch .............................................................................................................................................. 69!
Master section .............................................................................................................................. 69!
Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 71!
Which guitar controller? ............................................................................................................ 71!
Connecting Guitar Hero controller to RealRick ..................................................................... 72!
Guitar controller Layout ............................................................................................................ 73!
Joystick Performance Modes ..................................................................................................... 74!
ColorTabs mode (manual chord changes) .............................................................................. 75!
ColorTabs Mode Playing Techniques ...................................................................................... 75!
SmartStrums mode (automatic chord changes) ..................................................................... 81!
SmartStrums mode (automatic chord changes) ..................................................................... 83!
Additional Techniques/Effects/Sounds ................................................................................. 86!
Joystick Global Mode Settings panel ....................................................................................... 89!
Guitar Strokes and Effects available in Joystick mode .......................................................... 90!
Joystick Button Map ................................................................................................................... 92!
Concept ......................................................................................................................................... 97!
Universal Chord Tab .................................................................................................................. 98!
Editing Universal Chord Tab .................................................................................................. 103!
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About the program
RealRick virtual instrument captures the unmistakable sound of a legendary Rickenbacker® electric guitar, which became permanently intertwined with the sound of The Beatles.
RealRick is a sample-based virtual instrument with an innovative approach to guitar sound modeling and guitar techniques emulated on a standard MIDI keyboard.
RealRick 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.
RealRick covers practically all sounds, articulations, and techniques a professional guitarist can produce on his Rickenbacker®, including mute, bridge mute, harmonics, pinch harmonics, unison bend, strumming, picking, chord choking, scraping, etc...
24-bit 96kHz high quality dry samples recorded directly from pick-ups let you easily create any desired guitar sound using your favorite amplifier simulator.
The true power of RealRick lies in 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.
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• 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 140 guitar frets using just 46 keys of a standard keyboard!
• Ready-to-use Double Tracking configuration with a single MIDI input.
• Advanced Humanize section allowing to easily add realism to the performance,
both live and step-recorded in a MIDI track, or automatic.
• Song Mode turning RealRick 4 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!
• 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.
• 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.
• The unique Struminator technology letting you use alternative MIDI controller (standard Guitar Hero game controller by Activision Inc.) for creating authentic guitar accompaniment parts with ease and fun.
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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Installing RealRick
Installing RealRick PC version
Double-click RealRick Installer file and follow the on-screen instructions.
In case your VST/VST3 plugins folder is not registered correctly RealRick installer will not automatically install RealRick.dll’s in the correct folder. So to let your VST host ‘find’ RealRick you have to manually copy RealRick.dll, RealRick (2 mono).dll, RealRick (2 stereo).dll, and RealRick.vst3 files from RealRick installation folder to your VSTplugins/VST3 directory.
If your Windows is 64bit, please note of installation folders:
32bit: C:\Program Files (X86)\MusicLab\RealRick 4
64bit: C:\Program Files\MusicLab\RealRick 4
Installing RealRick Mac version
Double-click RealRick Installer icon and follow the on-screen instructions.
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Managing Sound Bank
Note, the default 44-48 KHz sound bank will be installed.
If you change sample rate for your audio work to 88.2 KHz and higher RealRick will open dialog letting you download/install 96 KHz-native sound bank.
Click ‘Yes’ and bank will be automatically installed to the sound bank installation directory. To load new sound bank simply re-run RealRick.
You can manually download and install 96 KHz sound bank from Start menu->All Programs->MusicLab RealRick
If you don’t install the bank RealRick will use the default sound bank optimized to your audio system sample rate.
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Launching RealRick
Launching RealRick as a VST/AU instrument:
1. Open your DAW (host application).
2. Create Software Instrument track.
3. Add RealRick to the track.
4. Open the RealRick window by double-clicking the RealRick button/icon.
5. Launching RealRick multi output version: One of the most powerful RealRick features is the ability to simulate ‘double­tracked’ guitar part. To use this feature you must run RealRick two output version, RealRick (2 mono) or RealRick (2 stereo), depending on mono or stereo amps/FXs you are going to use. These plugins provide 2 outs in your DAW’s mixer. In the DAW’s mixer pan each output hard left and hard right, then add the amps/FXs of your choice on each channel.
6. Launching RealRick as a standalone version:
PC: In Start Menu go to Programs/MusicLab RealRick 4 folder and click the RealRick icon.
MAC: Run HD/Applications/RealRick 4.
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RealRick Guitar Patches
RealRick installs three versions of RealRick soft instrument: RealRick, RealRick (2 mono), RealRick (2 stereo). RealRick is normal plugin with single stereo output, RealRick (2 mono) provides 2 mono outputs in your DAW, while RealRick (2 stereo) provides 2
stereo outputs respectively. Choosing between them depends on what guitar patch you are going to use.
Click the black screen combo box in the upper part of RealRick window to select the guitar patch from the list of available ones installed to RealRick Sound Bank.
RealRick features 8 guitar patches:
6-string - Mono
12-string A - Mono, 3rd string pair tuned in OCTAVE
12-string B - Mono, 3rd string pair tuned in UNISON
6-string (Stereo/Double-track):
- when loaded in RealRick single output version is a stereo guitar patch panned hard left and hard right (emulates ‘Rick-O-Sound’ stereo output)
- when used in RealRick two output version gives you the ability to produce double­tracked guitar parts (refer to Double-Tracking section of the Manual for details)
12-string A and B (Stereo/Mono):
- Main (sustain) sound is Stereo (6/6 strings split), additional sounds/noises are Mono
12-string A and B (Stereo/Double-track):
- when loaded in RealRick single output version are stereo guitar patches panned hard left and hard right (emulating ‘Rick-O-Sound’ stereo output)
- when used in RealRick two output version give you the ability to produce double­tracked guitar parts (refer to Double-Tracking section of the Manual for details)
Note, Stereo patches must be used with amp. simulator presets having Stereo input.
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About 12-string electric guitar
The 12-string electric guitar has been around for well over 50 years, with the first commercially produced instrument appearing in 1954 courtesy of Stratosphere, a small company based in Springfield, Missouri, but the concept really took off in 1963 when Rickenbacker® introduced a multi-strung equivalent of its 360 semi.
12-string success was soon guaranteed via high-profile use by bands such as The Beatles (heard on almost every song of Hard Day’s Night album) and The Byrds, heralding an era in the late sixties when virtually every electric guitar maker offered at least one 12­stringer. Some models prove to be more short-lived than others, but Rickenbacker’s benchmark status has ensured consistent popularity and constant production that now spans five decades.
The twelve-string guitar has twelve strings in six courses (pairs). The courses are most often tuned E-A-D-G-B-E similarly to a six-string guitar. The lowest three courses (E-A-D) are normally tuned at octaves, while the upper two courses (B-E) are tuned to unison. The G course is either unison or at octaves.
RealRick 12-string guitar patches present either types of tuning, that is indicated with A or B symbol in the patch name.
12-string A and B tuning:
A B
1 (e) unison unison
2 (B) unison unison
3 (G) octave unison
4 (D) octave octave
5 (A) octave octave
6 (E) octave octave
(6 is the lowest in pitch)
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Virtual Fretboard
In RealRick 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 RealRick sounds, allows you to emulate a guitar performance with maximum sonic accuracy.
In the center of the RealRick 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.
The 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).
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Virtual Keyboard
In the lower part of RealRick window you see a virtual keyboard that visualizes RealRick keyboard layout (Main and Repeat zones), indicates activated Key Switches in Solo mode, and shows all MIDI notes incoming to RealRick 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 FXs.
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RealRick Global Modes
RealRick 3 provides 6 Global Modes implementing different working methods:
1. MIDI Keyboard - MIDI keyboard/MIDI track input
2. Pattern - automatic accompaniment using rhythm patterns from MusicLab Guitar Pattern Library
3. Song - songwriting tool featuring the built-in Song track where you can insert chords and patterns to construct the complete guitar accompaniment part
4. Joystick - Guitar Hero game controller input (Struminator technology)
5. MIDI Guitar - normal guitar input via guitar MIDI interface (6 strings to 6 MIDI channels)
6. Direct - works as plain sampler with multi-channel MIDI access to all internal sounds/noises individually with all intelligent features turned off.
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MIDI Keyboard Global Mode
User Keyboard Layout
When connected to RealRick 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 (Chords, Bass & Chord, Bass & Pick modes; Joystick SmartStrums, SmartStrings 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, 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 mode you can trigger Bass I (Root) and Bass II (alternative bass) notes as well as upper string strums
• In Bass & Pick mode Repeat keys trigger individual voices (strings) of a chord taken in the Main zone.
Repeat zone
Main zone
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• In Solo mode Repeat keys, when activated in Key Switch panel, can also be used as Key Switches to switch on various FXs.
Performance Modes
RealRick 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:
Solo Mode
Click Solo tab to switch on the Solo performance mode.
Solo mode window
Muted sound
Full sound
Repeat keys
Melody zone
Muted sound
Full sound
C1
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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
RealRick 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 panel you see Velocity Switch FX section including two FX boxes:
Using the Velocity Switch FX controls, two FXs 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).
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• 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.
• 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 RealRick 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)
1-2 Mono:
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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 FXs 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 RealRick 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
RealRick numerous guitar Effects can be triggered in Solo mode using the advanced Key Switch system allowing to assign various FXs on Repeat Zone keys as well as easily create and use custom presets in RealRick 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 (C0­D#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 RealRick 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).
Off - indicates that the FX is only enabled while the key is kept pressed (releasing the key turns the FX off).
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‘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 RealRick and added to Preset list.
To delete preset simply click on Delete icon at the right.
MIDI Controller pane (Solo Mode)
Velo curve - select the output velocity curve for your performance by pressing one of 4 buttons.
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 semi­tones). Modulation envelope is adjusted in Tune panel (Left Menu bar in the upper left corner of RealRick window).
Hold button in Solo mode
In Solo mode the Hold button works differently from the other modes, where it actually substitutes the Sustain Pedal. 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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Harmony Mode
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).
Muted sound
Full sound
Repeat keys
Melody zone
Muted sound
Full sound
C1
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Chords Mode
Chords mode window
In this mode RealRick 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.
Muted strum
Repeat keys
Chord detect (down
strum play)
Muted strum
Strum
Strum
C1
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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…
Bass & Chord Mode
Bass & Chord mode window
In this mode RealRick 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).
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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).
Controls
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.
Muted strum
Strum
Repeat keys
Chord detect
(bass play)
Muted strum
Strum Bass
I
II
C1
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Bass & Pick Mode
Bass & Pick mode window
In this mode RealRick 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-by-string 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).
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 semi­tone down from 4th string, F#5 - a semi-tone down from 2nd string, G#5 - a semi­tone 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 FXs (Harmony, Chords, Bass&Chord, Bass&Pick)
There are a number of guitar effects automatically triggered by note velocity values employed in RealRick:
• 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)
Velo curve – select the output velocity curve for your performance by pressing one of 4 buttons
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 RealRick window).
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• Pedal - you can use Sustain Pedal to switch various effects on:
o Sustain - normal sustain mode.
o ChuckaFull - switches on ChuckaFull FX.
o ChuckaMutes - switches on ChuckaMutes FX.
o ChuckaMute Sust - switches on ChuckaMutes FX, simultaneously sustains
the sound.
o Open Strings Lock - switches on Open Strings Lock FX (open strings used in
the current chord will stay in voicings of the next chords, until the FX is Off).
Silent mode (Chords, Bass&Chord, Bass&Pick)
All chordal modes allow to use ‘silent’ mode by activating Silent mode button. When Silent mode is on, the keys in the Main zone don’t make any sound, they just define the chords; all strumming and picking is done with keys in the Repeat and Pattern zones. You can use this option any time you want to control chord definition and strumming/picking independently.
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Main Controls
Left Menu bar
In the Left Menu bar you can get access to 3 panels to make global settings: Output panel, Tune panel, and Setup panel.
Output panel
Volume (+10/-30db) - adjust output volume. EQ - adjust internal equalizer parameters:
• High (+/- 10db).
• Low (+/- 10db).
Tune panel
Pitch - adjust the master pitch:
• Coarse (+/-12 semitones).
• Fine (+/-100 cents).
Modulation - adjust the modulation envelope affected by Modulation controller (MIDI CC#1):
• Depth (0-100%).
• Freq (0.2 - 8.0 Hz).
• Sync LED button (on/off) - when activated the modulation rate will be synched
with host’s tempo.
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• Duration combo box - select note duration value in pull-down menu to match modulation rate you need.
Setup panel
Keyboard range (C0- C7) - set the range of your keyboard.
Chord Detect time (0-50ms) - set the suitable delay for detecting chords taken in chord
modes.
Display chords (#/b) - select sharps or flats for the chord names.
P.B. and M.W. on pressed keys - when activated allows to polyphonically use Pitch Bend,
Modulation Wheel, and Aftertouch controllers with Sustain Pedal, i.e. the controllers will affect only on actually pressed note(s), while other note(s) being sustained with a Pedal but physically released will stay untouched. When turned off all controllers work normally.
Q.Load - pressing Quick Load button allows to quickly load samples and drastically save RAM.
Reset - resets all modified parameters in all modes to their factory values.
Output mode – select between Audio, MIDI, Both options.
Using MIDI Out functionality, the actual MIDI output, including arpeggios, patterns, and strums generated by notes you play in the "Repeat Zones", can be played back through any other synth or sampler. Most (but not all) DAWs that support MIDI input from a virtual synth support recording its MIDI output as well.
Here are a few reasons you might want to take advantage of MIDI Output functionality:
1. To double the RealRick sound with another synth/sampler
2. To replace your guitar part with another sound altogether
3. To generate a MIDI file that's readable by your notation program
The "Audio/MIDI/Both" options are important, and as follows:
• Audio: You'll hear the RealRick samples only, just as you would if you weren't sending MIDI Out to your synth.
• MIDI: You'll hear only the synth being driven by the MIDI output from RealRick. The RealRick samples will not sound.
• Both: You'll hear both the RealRick samples and the synth being driven by the MIDI output from RealRick.
Select "MIDI" or "Both" to take advantage of MIDI Out functionality.
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