RealEight User`s Manual
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1. Audio Plug Ins Installing RealEight Mac version Double click RealEight Installer icon and follow the on screen instructions At the end of installation process RealEight Bank Manager will open and extract sound bank optimized for particular sample rate which allows using Quick Load mode realized in RealEight In RealEight Bank Manager dialog check the appropriate sample rate box you normally use in your audio work Click Apply button to start sound bank extracting Close Bank Manager when sound bank installation is completed Note that higher sample rate value will install larger target sound bank Important If Bank Manager window doesn t open automatically during installation process you have to run it manually open RealEight installation folder by default Macintosh HD Applications RealEight and double click RealEight icon main menu RealEight Sound Bank Manager Note that if you want to change sample rate for your audio work you have to run RealEight Bank Manager and create sound bank optimized for the new sample rate value Please note of RealEight installation folders Application Macintosh HD Applications RealEight 32bit 64bit AU Macintosh HD Library Audio Plug ins Components RealEight component 32bit VST2 Macintosh HD Library Audio Plug ins VST Real Eight vst 64bit VST3 Macintosh HD Library Audio Plug ins VST3 RealEight vst3 32bit 64bit AAX Macintosh HD Library Application Support Avid Audio Plug ins RealEight2. a A a Oo On EI a E Q D S x OO EI b E JE CH E es ER kem CC VER gt n a a x E C 1 RER E T meN a R a a Key Switches Key Switch panel You see two columns of FX boxes corresponding to Left and Right Repeat Zone keys C 1 through D 0 for the Left zone F5 through A6 for the Right zone 14 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 RealEight 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 C 1 00 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 K button key through when activated allows to switch FX and let the key switch simultaneously function as normal Repeat k
3. 110 121 11 48 51 F 2 77 82 3 122 127 12 52 54 G2 83 87 4 CC 46 WahMode 55 58 G 2 88 92 5 0 22 MidiCC 59 61 A2 93 97 6 23 63 Auto Pos 62 65 A 2 98 103 7 64 86 Auto Neg 66 68 B2 104 108 8 87 127 Modulation 69 72 C3 109 113 9 CC 52 AltSmple 73 75 C 3 114 119 10 0 15 1 76 79 D3 120 124 11 16 47 2 80 82 D 3 125 127 12 48 79 3 83 86 E3 CC 48 PBdnMode 80 111 4 87 89 F3 0 10 As up 112 127 5 90 93 F 3 11 31 Off CC 57 PBupMode 94 97 G3 32 52 Slide 0 12 Off 98 100 G 3 53 74 Pitch 13 38 Slide 101 104 A3 75 95 VeloAdd 39 63 Pitch 105 107 A 96 116 MonoBend 64 88 VeloAdd 108 111 B3 117 127 Sustainer 89 114 MonoBend 112 114 C4 CC 50 PickPos 115 127 Sustainer 115 118 C 4 0 4 7 CC 58 PBSIdRng 119 121 D4 5 13 6 0 5 1 122 125 D 4 14 22 5 6 17 2 126 127 E4 23 31 4 18 28 3 CC 60 WhMode 32 40 3 29 40 4 0 15 Off 41 49 2 41 51 5 16 47 Slide 50 58 1 52 63 6 48 79 Pitch 59 68 0 64 75 7 80111 Modulation 69 77 1 76 86 8 112 127 MonoBend 78 86 2 87 98 9 CC 75 AtchMode 87 95 3 99 109 10 0 15 Off 96 104 4 110 121 11 16 47 Pitch 105 113 5 122 127 12 48 79 Modulation 114 122 6 80 111 Sustainer 32 123 127 7 112 127 Feedbacker CC 59 PBPtcRng CC 61 WhSIdRng CC 62 WhPtcRng 0 4 12 0 5 1 0 4 12 5 13 11 6 17 2 5 13 11 14 22 10 18 28 3 14 22 10 23 31 9 29 40 4 23 31 9 32 40 8 41 51 5 32 40 8 41 49 7 52 63 6 41 49 7 50 58 6 64 75 7 5
4. 30 150 range time 9 duration id see Duration Map 9 duration id see Duration Map 12 0 9 interval duration id see Duration Map 12 0 9 interval duration id see Duration Map 12 40 500 range time ms 12 40 500 range time ms 12 40 500 range time ms 12 40 500 range time ms 2 100 800 interval time ms 2 100 800 interval time ms 2 100 800 interval time ms GA Eh kh ki PHP kA CO 200 2000 time ms 0 8 interval id see Interval Map 1 20 fret position id see Fret Position Map 7 7 pickup position 0 3 wah wah mode id see Wah Wah Mode Map 0 5 feedback interval id see Feedback Interval Map 1 127 velocity 0 8 0 7 string 1 8 8 auto Fret Noise Duration Map Format lt duration id gt lt description gt 35 9 64T Interval Map Format lt interval id gt lt description gt 0 mono 1 4th down 2 5th up 3 Octave 4 Power 5 Power2 6 2 Octaves 7 Pwr Oct 8 Pwr 2 Oct Fret Position Map Format lt fret position id gt lt description gt 1 D 5 C6 0 Open 1 Fret 1 2 Fret 2 3 Fret3 4 Fret 4 5 Fret5 6 Fret 6 7 Fret 7 8 Fret 8 9 Fret9 10 Fret 10 11 Fret 11 12 Fret 12 13 Fret 13 14 Fret 14 15 Fret 15 16 Fret 16 17 Fret 17 18 Fret 18 19 Fret 19 20 Fret 20 Wah Wah Mode Map Format lt wah wah mode id gt lt description gt 0 MIDI Contr
5. SlideUp trigger FX triggers automatic slide up FROM the sustaining note s Velocity of trigger key affects slide dynamics SlideDown FX articulates automatic slide down FROM the note s played The SlideDown FX numeric box specifies in semi tones the destination interval for the slide The SlideDown FX slider controls the speed of the slide SlideDown trigger FX triggers automatic slide down FROM the sustaining note s Velocity of trigger key affects slide dynamics Bend FX articulates automatic bend up TO the note s played The Bend FX numeric box specifies in either 1 or 2 semi tones the interval to start the bend from The Bend FX slider controls the speed of the bend ReverseBend FX articulates automatic pre bend and release down to the note s played The ReverseBend FX numeric box specifies in either 1 or 2 semi tones the interval to start reverse bend from The ReverseBend FX slider controls the speed of the bend UnisonBend FX articulates two notes played one being the played on the Main zone and the second one starting from one or two semi tones below is bent up to the note played The UnisonBend FX numeric box controls if the second bent note starts from one or two semi tones below The UnisonBend FX slider controls the speed of the bend Hold FX provides sustain effect similar to the Sustain Pedal Interval FX plays additional note s to the one played in the Main zone Interval FX pull down menu options are
6. aaxplugin Launching RealEight Launching RealEight as a VST AU AAX instrument Gl HAr Ze UDE HE Open your DAW host application Create stereo Software Instrument track Add RealEight to the track Open the RealEight window by double clicking the RealEight button icon Launching RealEight multi output version One of the most powerful RealEight features is the ability to simulate double tracked or even quad tracked guitar part To use this feature you must run RealEight multi output version RealEight 4 mono or RealEight 4 stereo depending on mono or stereo amps FXs you are going to use These plugins provide 4 outs in your DAW s mixer Ina DAW s mixer pan each output being used then add the amps FXs of your choice on each channel Launching RealEight as a standalone version PC In Start Menu go to Programs MusicLab RealEight folder and click on the RealEight icon Mac Run Applications RealEight Real Eight Virtual Fretboard In RealEight 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 200 guitar frets using just 60 keys of a standard keyboard This along with the fact that we have sampled 24 frets of all eight strings for all of our RealEight sounds allows you to emulate a guitar performance with maximum sonic accuracy In the center of the RealEight window is the virt
7. amp Musiclab RealEight User s Manual Copyright 2000 2015 by MusicLab Inc Table of Contents About the Program seein vantsddeosdesainssmouddevsatens E Eege Seege Eegen 4 tte eelere eebe 5 Installing RealEight PC version E 5 Installing RealEight Mac 6191011 1 0 5 Launching EE 7 Virtual Fretboard WE 8 Virtual e 8 RealEight Guitar Patches sceiawsnslaninssiaenseat aatnaeahvaneetesnscnareshaatieeredsatanal nas 9 Eeer 9 Eeer 9 EE 9 Lee 10 Performance Keyboard Layout and Controls 100 10 ser Key board eege 10 Performance Controls g t oser ses E E EEEE EERE 11 Velocity Switch Effects nar niii pridi alan astute iE AAA AG 11 Permanent e E 12 Pedal Switch Effects oninia Ai 13 e 14 Key SUCHE Cis TE 14 MIDI Controller DANG sensed sariini aana EEA A a 15 Setup and Sound Eet 16 Ee 16 Eege 16 RE 16 SE 17 Right Menu DAP siccssnsisinscaiseiaiereieinsedniedesseeisnovedeietessvetednnedesedossabiearsndesndessenivaone 18 Timing PANEL Eeer 18 Mixer panel E 18 FEX Mizer E 19 ENEE 19 ele E 21 HEEN 27 ke 22 EE 22 L 22 EE Eed 22 Double and Quad Tracking 23
8. and Manual mode of Floating Fret Position Manual mode allows changing the fret position by right clicking on the Fretboard Accent High 0 127 adjusts the velocity threshold between hard and hardest performance dynamics Accent Low 0 127 adjusts the velocity threshold between soft and hard performance dynamics Alter samples 1 5 provides 5 positions of randomly alternating samples while performing repetitive notes position 1 provides up to 3 different samples while position 5 provides up to 10 different samples which eliminates the unnatural machine gun effect Velocity Switch Effects On the left lower part of RealEight window you see Velocity Switch FX section including two FX boxes 11 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
9. 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 gt 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 gt Capo combo box e 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 e 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 e Move Capo moves with Slide or H O Hammer on notes along the fretboard Legato Bass Zone 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 t
10. in the Wah Wah panel accessible from Right Menu bar in the upper right corner of the RealEight window Violining FX provides a volume swell with a smooth attack The Violining FX slider controls the swell time Sustainer trigger FX triggers a sustainer effect for any notes currently being played in the Main zone The sound swells with every key press and can sustain as long as you trigger the effect FeedBacker trigger FX triggers a harmonic feedback for the note s being played in the Main zone for the last in time pressed note in case of a chord The FeedBacker FX pull down menu provides the following harmonic selections 8 octave 5 octave and a fifth 8 two octaves 5 2 two octaves and a fifth 8 three octaves and 5 three octaves and a fifth ChuckaFull FX provides muted chords in 4ths so called chucks played in the Main zone which emulates chucka chucka guitar technique Main zone is in mono mode with each key triggering individual chord fret With notes played from E3 and higher ChuckaFull FX chords will move higher with each increased semi tone along the fretboard Right Repeat zone keys repeat the chords played in Main zone and can alternate between two string groups F 5 triggers lower strings 5 4 3 strings and G5 and higher trigger upper strings 3 2 1 strings Left Repeat keys D 1 and lower repeat the last layer produced in Right Repeat zone ChuckaMuteKeys FX provides muted ch
11. 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 RealEight 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 17 The Audio MIDI Both options are important and as follows e Audio You ll hear the RealEight samples only just as you would if you weren t sending MIDI Out to your synth e MIDI You ll hear only the synth being driven by the MIDI output from RealEight The RealEight samples will not sound e Both You ll hear both the RealEight samples and the synth being driven by the MIDI output from RealEight Select MIDI or Both to take advantage of MIDI Out functionality Right Menu bar Timing Mixer FX Mixer Wah In the R
12. 0 58 6 59 68 5 76 86 8 59 68 5 69 77 4 87 98 9 69 77 4 78 86 3 99 109 10 78 86 3 87 95 2 110 121 11 87 95 2 96 104 1 122 127 12 96 104 1 105 113 1 2 CC 78 FretPos 105 113 1 2 114 122 1 4 0 3 0 114 122 1 4 123 127 1 8 4 10 1 123 127 1 8 CC 63 PBdnSIRn 11 17 2 CC 77 VelCurve 0 5 1 18 24 3 0 21 1 6 17 2 25 31 4 22 63 2 18 28 3 32 38 5 64 105 3 29 40 4 39 45 6 106 127 4 41 51 5 46 52 7 CC 76 AtchRng 52 63 6 53 59 8 0 15 2 64 75 7 60 67 9 16 47 1 76 86 8 68 74 10 48 79 1 2 87 98 9 75 81 11 80 11 1 4 99 109 10 82 88 12 112 127 1 8 110 121 11 89 95 13 122 127 12 96 102 14 103 109 15 110 116 16 117 123 17 124 127 18 33 NRPN map Format lt NRPN MSB gt lt NRPN LSB gt Data Entry MSB gt lt DataEntry LSB gt lt Description gt lt Comment gt 0 key msb Isb Set Pitch Bend for the key to msb lt lt 7 Isb 8192 1 key fx Select FX for the key sustain pedal or velocity of a stroke key key id see Key Map below fx 5 fx id see FX Map below 2 key on Switch the key fx key key id see Key Map below on 0 1 for Off On 3 key opt Set options of the key fx key key id see Key Map below opt bit field lt toggle gt lt do sustain gt lt lt 1 lt play stroke gt lt lt 2 4 key msb 190 Set first parameter of the key fx if any ignored otherwise key key id see Key Map below msb lt lt 7 Isb 8192 value of the parameter 1 For
13. IVT FCT tr IO E 24 Importing Exporting Global Settings E 24 RealEight Effect Table and Description sis isccsseccssnsccniscsascosssostesvessasescaosvseasacvss 25 MIDI controller additional FXS sissssacesssssousonderunrcndedrennseiyiecosedeeinsevatsandededeongetsh 28 Parameter Automation MIDI CC and VST Map 30 MIDI CC Automation value to parameter map 32 NREN MAP E 34 Contacting EE 38 About the program RealEight is a sample based 8 string electric guitar virtual instrument ideal for lead and rhythm and even bass tracks in rock amp metal style compositions RealEight provides incredible playability based on 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 RealEight covers practically all sounds articulations and techniques a professional guitarist can produce on his 8 string electric guitar including mute bridge mute harmonics pinch harmonics sliding scraping etc 24 bit high quality dry samples recorded directly from pick ups let you easily create any desired guitar sound using your favorite amplifier simulator E No Preset 15 m fy Setup am sr w m une d e BEE HESS SS a EE SE SS ES SS SS SS EE SS EE B00 e 2 E EE E E Era e EE E E E a E EIER E BEER BER EE E EE EE EELER RER a BER G E EER IEE E ER d D witch 11001111111111111 RealEight fe
14. RealEight multi output version RealEight 4 mono or RealEight 4 stereo these plugins provide 4 outs in your DAW s mixer loading Double or Quad guitar patch and then panning channels in your DAW s mixer and adding amps FXs on each channel Double patch will use first two audio output channels z d With RealEight multi output version you don t need to create copies of MIDI tracks and tweak them but simply use the single track for MIDI data played or step recorded and RealEight sampler engine will process it to true double or quad tracked guitar parts with no identical samples playing simultaneously in different channels For wider sound you can add some delay between channels with Multi Trk Delay slider found in Right menu bar gt Timing panel To correctly configure RealEight multi outputs in your DAW please refer to the DAW s User Manual for details 23 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 selecting Guitar in Setup panel Input device combo box Output Tune vd Keyboard Guita MIDI Guitar mode has multi channel MIDI input 1 8 MIDI channels for 1 8 guitar strings accordingly with each string channel having independent pitch bend control though Modulation Aftertouch MIDI controllers and all other FXs are common for all strings MIDI Guitar mode allows you to step record the guitar part with a penci
15. VST name Output Volume EQ High EQ Low Tune PtchCrse PtchFine ModDepth ModFreq Mixer MxMuted MxKeyFx MxFrtN_ MxFrtNse MxRelN_ MxRelNse MxPckN__ MxPckNse Wah Wah WahOnOff WahMode Controls AltSmple VelTrshH VelTrshL RiseTime AtckTime StrmTime PickPos FretPos AutoFret Hold HOFx_ HOSteps Legato BassZone BasRngUp 30 Pitch_BenderUp Mode Pitch_BenderDown Mode PBenderUp_to_Slide Range PBenderDown_to_Slide Range PBender_to_Pitch Range Modulation_Wheel Mode ModWheel_to_Slide Range ModWheel_to_Pitch Range Aftertouch Mode Aftertouch_to_Pitch Range Velocity_Curve select Controllers C1 amp 021 m W 00 o N QI NO AYININIONION N N PBupMode PBdnMode PBSIdRng PBdnSIRn PBPtcRng WhMode WhSIdRng WhPtcRng AtchMode AtchRng VelCurve 31 MIDI CC Automation value to parameter map CC 12 PtchCrse CC 13 PtchFine CC 41 BassRang 0 2 12 64 127 0 100c 0 1 El 3 7 11 64 0 2 5 F1 8 13 10 0 64 0 100c 6 8 F 1 14 18 9 CC 36 HOSteps 9 12 G1 19 23 8 0 5 1 13 15 G 1 24 29 7 6 17 2 16 19 A1 30 34 6 18 28 3 20 22 A 1 35 39 5 29 40 4 23 26 B1 40 44 4 41 51 5 27 29 C2 45 50 3 52 63 6 30 33 C 2 51 55 2 64 75 7 34 37 D2 56 60 1 76 86 8 38 40 D 2 61 66 0 87 98 9 41 44 E2 67 71 1 99 109 10 45 47 F2 72 76 2
16. atures Incredibly deep sound covering huge 5 octave note range 8 strings 24 frets drop E tuning expandable to drop B tuning Ready to use Double Track and Quad Track patches with a single MIDI input Bass mode drops pitch to 8 string bass guitar tuning letting you produce bass parts as well Advanced Humanize section allowing to add realism to the performance both live and step recorded in a MIDI track Multi channel layering technology incorporating a custom library of specially recorded samples taken from every fret of all 8 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 200 guitar frets using just 60 keys of a standard keyboard Installing RealEight Installing RealEight PC version Double click RealEight Installer file and follow the on screen instructions At the end of installation process RealEight Bank Manager will open and extract sound bank optimized for particular sample rate which allows using Quick Load mode realized in RealEight In RealEight Bank Manager dialog check the appropriate sample rate box you normally use in your audio work Click Apply button to start sound bank extracting Close Bank Manager when sound bank installation is completed Note that higher sample rate value will install larger target sound bank Important If Bank Manager window doesn t
17. e double tracked sound Quad Quad patch can only be used in RealEight multi out version Quad patch gives you ready to use quad track output with single MIDI In keyboard or track allowing you to easily create quad tracked guitar parts For quad tracking the process is the same as for double tracking but with FOUR audio outputs You can try panning these outputs differently in your host mixer too e g 100 Left 80 Left 80 Right 100 Right The loaded patch name will be displayed on the central Info screen Electric RealEight Double track y 0 58 MB Bass mode We ve implemented special Bass mode allowing to use RealEight for bass parts as well Pressing Bass button will drop pitch to 8 string bass guitar tuning F B E A D G C F Notes played by MIDI will now trigger lower by octave sounds thus keeping the whole keyboard layout unchanged and letting you use the same key switch presets in both modes Performance Keyboard Layout and Controls User Keyboard Layout When connected to RealEight MIDI input the external keyboard is divided into 3 zones Main zone E0 E5 left C 1 D 0 and right F5 A6 Repeat zones Muted sound Muted sound ki S 3 S E Full sound ees Main zone 2 Repeat keys With Drop B tuning selectable in Bass zone left combo box the left part of Main zone expands to B 1 Main zone serves for playing polyphonic melodic parts while any key of the R
18. epeat 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 keys in Repeat zone with the other hand easily emulating guitar up down stroke technique Repeat Key zone functions e 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 10 e Also with the keys of Repeat zone you can alternate up down muted strokes to produce strumming and tremolo techniques Up and down strokes are triggered by neighboring keys for both white and black keys of the Repeat zones like C up stroke D down stroke C muted up stroke D muted down stroke and so on e Repeat keys when activated in Key Switch panel can also be used as Key Switches to switch on various FXs Performance Controls RealEight provides you with multiple permanent and switchable controls allowing you to easily add various specific guitar articulations and effects to your performance j Musiclab Electric RealEight On the upper part of RealEight window above the fretboard you see a number of buttons and slider controls Hold on off actually Smart Sustain option When Hold button is on any pressed and held key in the Main zone can be used for sustaining the following notes Auto on off toggles between Auto
19. ey 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 setting 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 RealEight and added to preset list To delete preset simply click on Delete icon at the right MIDI Controller pane 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 15 e P B Up Pitch Bender upper combo box Off Pitch Slide VeloAdd MonoBend Sustainer triggers Sustainer FX simultaneously with pitch shifting e P B Down Pitch Bender lower combo box same as Up Pitch Slide VeloAdd MonoBend Sustainer triggers Sustainer FX simultaneously with pitch shifting e M W Modulation Wheel Pitch Slide Modulation e 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 RealEight window Se
20. f 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 13 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 RealEight 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 Key Switch Effects RealEight numerous guitar Effects can be triggered 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 RealEight Key Switch panel To open Key Switch panel click on Key Switches button on the left lower part RealEight window gt D m P a E E F F g O E i E Wi ch a EI EI cad F CH D E E
21. h mode Press FX Enable LED in the upper left corner to switch on the Wah Wah Effect Select Wah Wah mode in a combo box Z A AUTO NEG MODULATION MIDI CC Wah frequency center is controlled by MIDI CC set the needed CC in numeric box adjust Filter quality Qual lowest frequency Freq highest frequency Freq max 19 Auto Positive Automatic Wah effect with positive filter envelope adjust effect Depth Frequency and filter Quality Auto Negative Automatic Wah effect with negative filter envelope adjust effect Depth Frequency and filter Quality Modulation you can adjust filter Quality dB lower Frequency Hz modulation Depth modulation Phase modulation Rate Hz as well as sync the rate to host s tempo and select note duration in pull down menu select Trigger mode with on off clickable LED 20 Humanize You can easily add more realism to the performance both live played or step recorded using RealEight advanced Humanize option Humanize Mute Humanize Humanize panel Click on Humanize button in the lower right corner of RealEight window to open the Humanize panel Activate the option by clicking on LED in the upper left corner the LED is duplicated at the left of Humanize button so you can switch it on off even when Humanize panel is closed Humanize Panel has 10 parameters grouped under functional headings Sound Timing Velocity and Pitch Each parameter has ind
22. heel Velocity Switch Slide Legato Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Repetition NoteOff Key Pedal Velocity Switch Tremolo Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Tremolo 1 beat Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Trill Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Trill 1 shot Effect Key Pedal Velocity Switch Slide Up Key Pedal Mod Wheel Velocity Switch D Bender SlideUp trigger Key Switch Slide Down Fall Key Pedal Mod Wheel Velocity Switch P Bender SlideDown trigger Key Switch Bend Key Pedal Velocity Switch Reverse Bend Key Pedal Velocity Switch Unison Bend Key Pedal Mod Wheel Velocity Switch Hold 1 2 Steps Mono Effect Key Switch Interval Effect Key Pedal Mod Wheel Velocity Switch Fret Position Mouse Key Pedal Switch PickPosition Mouse Key Pedal Switch String select Key Switch Wah Wah Effect Key Pedal Mod Wheel Switch Violining Effect Key Pedal Mod Wheel Switch Sustainer trigger Key Pedal Switch P Bender FeedBacker trigger Key Pedal Mod Wheel Switch P Bender AftTouch Chucka FullRange Effect Key Pedal Switch Chucka MuteKeys Effect Key Pedal Switch Chucka VeloLayers Effect Key Pedal Mod Wheel Velocity Switch FretNoise trigger Key Pedal Switch velo gt Key Pedal Velocity Switch velo lt Key Pedal Velocity Switch MonoBend Lower note bend P Bender Mod Wheel Ve
23. ight Menu bar you can get access to Timing panel 2 Mixer panels and Wah Wah Effect setting Timing panel Mixer FX Mixer Wah Strum time 20 200ms adjusts delay for more than one note played simultaneously in Main zone as well as the strum time between chord notes played as Interval FX Attack time 0 100 allows shortening lengthening the attack of a sound The shortest 0 gives smaller latency but sounds less natural Release time 50 200 adjusts how long the note sounds after releasing the key MIDI note end Multi Trk Delay 0 400 controls proportional delay between tracks in Double and Quad patches for wider panning Mixer panel Timing st EN Mixer Wah 2 Mixer sections allow adjusting the volume of various noise effects and additional sounds that form the modeled guitar sound 18 Noises e Fret volume and on off of a fret noise e Release volume and on off of a release noise e Pick volume and on off of additional pick noise Sounds e Mute volume of muted sound triggered by Repeat zone keys and used as FX e Switch FX volume of all additional sounds Key Pedal switch FXs FX Mixer panel Timing i Wah FX Mixer panel lets you adjust volume for all FX sounds noises individually Wah Wah panel Timing Mixer FX Mixer R Wah Wah panel allows switching on Wah Wah Effect as well as selecting any of 4 Wah Wah modes available in RealEight and adjust parameters for eac
24. ill notes timing e Set maximum value with ms slider 0 100 msec range Velocity All Strokes changes velocity values of all playing notes Pitch All Sounds sharpens the pitch of all sounds e Set maximum value with cents slider 0 50 cents range Mute and Bridge Mute sharpens the pitch of Mute Bridge Mute sounds e Set maximum value with cents slider 0 50 cents range Master section Big LED switch on or off the Humanize option Strength Master add reduce sensitivity for all parameters proportionally Preset save all setting made in Humanize window 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 RealEight and added to preset list To delete preset simply click on Delete icon at the right Reset click to reset all settings to factory default values 22 Double and Quad Tracking Double and Quad Tracking are techniques that are frequently used in recording guitar tracks The guitarist plays the same part twice one for Left channel and one for Right channel and even fourfold two for Left channel and two for Right channel That gives the guitar track a nice wide spread stereo images and a thickness RealEight RealEight 4 mono RealEight 4 stereo RealGuitar RealLPC RealRick RealStrat You can easily reproduce these techniques by just running
25. ividual switch LED and two sliders The upper slider controls the maximum range of parameter being applied steps milliseconds velocity cents while the lower one controls the sensitivity of randomization in percentage at 100 all playing notes will be affected Sound Pick Position randomly changes Pick Position parameter value e Set maximum range with the steps slider Resonance randomly triggers open string adjacent to the current played works for 5 upper strings This simulates the effect of a guitarist accidentally striking or resonating strings e Click on Harm or Pinch name to select Harmonics or Pinch Harmonics sound for resonance e Reduce the volume of resonance sound with velo slider Random Mutes randomly changes Sustain sound to Mute or Bridge Mute This simulates the effect of a guitarist accidentally not pressing the string hard enough 21 e Click on Mute or Bridge Mute name to select the sound e Reduce the volume of mute sound with velo slider Timing Attack Time randomly changes the Attack Time parameter value e Set maximum value with ms slider 0 50 msec range Stroke Time randomly delays the note on time of all playing notes e Set maximum value with ms slider 0 100 msec range Strum Time changes the time window between simultaneously played notes interval chord e Set maximum value with ms slider 0 200 msec range Tremolo Trill randomizes automatic tremolo or tr
26. l 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 Importing Exporting Global Settings You can save all modifications vou ve made to Global Preset external rgsong file containing overall settings which allows to easily export all changed data as a single file and import it when needed Click on RealEight name MusicLab logo to save load the Global Settings REALEISHT Musiclab About RealEight Load Settings Save Settings Save As Default RealEight Manual User Data Folder EE E ES Et N Note all current settings are saved within a project doc of your DAW as well If you want the current settings load every time you run RealEFight select Save As Default item in the popup menu To return factory default settings press Reset button in SetUp panel and select Save As Default 24 RealEight Effect Table and Description Tapping Effect Key Pedal Mod Wheel switch Mute Effect Key Pedal Mod Wheel Velocity Switch Bridge Mute Effect Key Pedal Mod Wheel Velocity Switch Harmonics Effect Key Pedal Mod Wheel Velocity Switch Pinch Harmonics Effect Key Pedal Mod Wheel Velocity Switch Scrapes Effect Key Pedal Mod Wheel Velocity Switch Legato 1 2 Steps Effect Key Pedal Mod Wheel Switch HammerOn Legato Effect Key Pedal Mod W
27. loAdd Velocity control P Bender Tapping FX reduces initial sound attack and allows to produce legato Hammer Ons Pull Offs both lower and higher the held note within 24 semitone range Works in monophonic mode with initial note and Hammer Ons Pull Offs played on the same string Mute FX left hand muted sound for notes in the Main zone Note that the volume of the Mute FX is controlled by Mixer gt Sounds gt Mute slider 25 BridgeMute FX sound muted near the guitar bridge for notes in the Main zone Itis a similar effect to Mute FX however produces different in timbre and more sustained sound The tightness of Bridge Mute sound is controlled manually with the slider or by velocity value of playing notes in case 1 3 position is selected in the numeric box With off selection velocity of playing notes will not change the length of Bridge Mute sound Note that the volume of the BridgeMute FX is controlled by FxMixer gt Bridge Mute slider Harmonics FX chromatic Artificial Harmonic sound for notes in the Main zone Note that the volume of the Harmonics FX is controlled by FxMixer gt Hrmnx slider PinchHarmonics FX non chromatic Pinch Harmonic sound for notes in the Main zone Note that the volume of the PinchHarmonics FX is controlled by FxMixer gt Pinch Hrmnx slider Scrapes FX 60 different string scrapes each controlled by the different notes in the Main zone ranging from E0 to E5 Note that the vo
28. lume of the Scrapes FX is controlled by FxMixer gt Scrapes slider HammerOn Legato FX produces Hammer On Pull Off articulation Hammer On and Pull Off guitar effects enable the playing of grace notes mordents trills with a single pick and single initial attack With Hammer On enabled press and hold a single key Whena second key is played it plays without the initial attack and stops the first note While continuing to hold the first key release the second key and the first note is played again without the initial attack When the second key is played higher than the second key this is typically called a hammer on If the second key is lower than the first key this is typically called a pull off The Hammer On effect has a numeric box allowing the user to select in semi tones the greatest distance between the first and second note played to be triggered with the Hammer On Pull Off effect Slide Legato FX produces sliding articulation between two notes played legato glissando with initial attack on the first note only The Slide FX numeric box controls the maximum number of semi tones between two notes that the slide FX will occur The Slide FX slider controls the speed of the slide Repetition NoteOff FX automatically plays additional same note s on key s release allowing to produce semi automatic tremolo with easy dynamics control Tremolo FX plays the note s repeatedly with the base speed provided by the Tempo setting is sy
29. mono 4th down 5th up Octave up Power 5th 4th up Power 5th 4th up 2 Octaves up Power Oct two power chords in octave and Power 2 Oct two power chords 2 in octave Note that when Interval FX is enabled the keyboard is in monophonic mode and only a single key can be played at a time FretPosition FX controls the Capo along the fretboard The FretPosition FX pull down menu option of F5 C6 allows the Capo to be controlled by the 8 Right Repeat keys starting from F5 up to C6 selecting the 17th fret The FretPosition FX pull down menu option of Open forces the Capo to remain open The remaining pull down menu options select one of the 20 frets frets numbers marked with or correspond to the frets marked on the RealEight fretboard PickPosition FX controls the position of the pick on the strings to provide different sound farther or closer to the bridge The PickPosition numeric box ranges from 7 to 7 The Pick Position can also be changed via the main RealEight window by clicking and dragging the pick between the pickups on the high E string String Select Fx allows to manually select the needed string which lets you play as many notes on the selected string as possible for the string range Wah Wah EX provides a traditional guitar wah wah pedal effect The Wah Wah FX pull down menu options for control are MIDI Control Auto Positive Auto Negative and 27 Modulation Wah Wah FX parameters can be modified
30. nched with host s tempo Multiples above the Tempo setting are controlled by the Tremolo FX pull down menu with choices of 4th 4T triplet 8th 8T 16th 16T 32nd 32T 64th and 64T note durations Note that while Tremolo FX is enabled any secondary notes played are sustained for as long as the first note is played Tremolo 1 beat FX works similar Tremolo FX but plays number of notes fitting in one beat of a measure before sustaining The speed is controlled by the Tempo setting is synched with host s tempo Trill FX plays a continuous trill for as long as the note s is held The Trill FX numeric box specifies in semi tones above the note s played the interval of the trill The speed of the trill is controlled by the Tempo setting and the Trill FX pull down menu with choices of 4th 4T triplet 8th 8T 16th 16T 32nd 32T 64th and 64T note durations Trill 1 shot FX plays a mordent ahead of the note s played The Trill 1 shot FX numeric box specifies in semi tones above the note s played the interval of the mordent The speed of the mordent is controlled by the Tempo setting and the Trill 1 shot FX pull down 26 menu with choices of 4th 4T triplet 8th 81 16th 161 32nd 32T 64th and 64T note durations SlideUp FX articulates automatic slide up TO the note s played The SlideUp FX numeric box specifies in semi tones the interval to start the slide from The SlideUp FX slider controls the speed of the slide
31. nd hold 2 3 notes in Main zone then move P Bender only the lower note will be bent if you then move P Bender back while holding all played notes only the first note will be affected 28 Example 2 assign MonoBend to P Bender play a note move P Bender to bend the note then holding the first note bent play the second note higher or lower the first one next note s will play their real pitch if you then move P Bender back while holding all played notes only the first previously bent note will be affected VeloAdd FX Pitch Bender allows continuous adding reducing velocity value to the played notes Slide FX Pitch Bender and Modulation Wheel allows manual articulation of Up Down slides from to played note s 29 Parameter Automation MIDI CC and VST Map RealEight Volume EQ High EQ Low Pitch Coarse Pitch Fine Tune Modulation Depth Modulation Freq Mixer_Muted_sound Volume Mixer_Switch_FX Volume Mixer_FretNoise on off Mixer_FretNoise Volume Mixer_ReleaseNoise on off Mixer_ReleaseNoise Volume Mixer_Pick Noise on off Mixer_Pick Noise Volume Wah Wah On Off Wah Wah_mode select Alter_sample mode Accent_High_Threshold Accent_Low Threshold Release_Time Attack_Time Strum_Time Pick_Position select Fret_Position select Auto Fret Position on off Hold on off FX_HammerOn select FX Hammer im Steps Legato on off Bass Zone on off BassZone rangeHigh MIDI CC
32. oggled on and off There are two additional combo boxes to set the lower note 80 or B 1 and the upper note ranging from 81 to E4 of the zone Bass zone notes have a stronger velocity curve and are NOT affected by e Mute keys this allows performing mutes and repetitions on the notes played outside Bass zone without cutting bass notes 12 e 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 to expand the guitar range to Drop B tuning by selecting B 1 as the lower note for the 8th string Bass Zone In Bass mode this selection is disabled Pedal Switch Effects You can trigger various RealEight Effects selected in Pedal Switch FX box by pressing normal Sustain Pedal controller Pedal Switch FX box has five different controls e 1 2 Mono LED On Off e FX Enable LED On Off e FX Selection pull down menu e Toggle LED On Off e Sustain LED On Off 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 FXs are off FX Enable LED indicates i
33. ol 36 1 Auto Positive 2 Auto Negative 3 Modulation Feedback Interval Map Format lt feedback interval id gt lt description gt x S 8 5 8 5 N PON RO 8 5 5m 37 Contacting MusicLab Web site http www musiclab com Technical support mailto supportbox musiclab com 38
34. open automatically during installation process you have to run it manually from Start menu Program Files MusicLab RealEight or alternatively go to RealEight installation folder by default C Program Files MusicLab RealEight and double click StgMan exe file Note that if you want to change sample rate for your audio work you have to run RealEight Bank Manager and create sound bank optimized for the new sample rate value In case your VST2 plugins folder is not registered correctly RealEight installer will not automatically install RealEight dll in the correct folder So to let your VST host find RealEight you have to set your VST host to scan MusicLab VST2 folder below Please note of RealEight installation folders Windows 64 bit 64bit C Program Files MusicLab RealEight 32bit C Program Files x86 MusicLab RealEight 64bit VST2 C Program Files Common Files MusicLab VST2 64bit VST3 C Program Files Common Files VST3 32bit VST2 C Program Files x86 Common Files MusicLab VST2 32bit VST3 C Program Files x86 Common Files VST3 64bit AAX C Program Files Common Files Avid Audio Plug Ins 32bit AAX C Program Files x86 Common Files Avid Audio Plug Ins Windows 32 bit 32bit C Program Files MusicLab RealEight 32bit VST2 C Program Files Common Files MusicLab VST2 32bit VST3 C Program Files Common Files VST3 32bit AAX C Program Files Common Files Avid
35. ords in 4ths with Black Repeat Mute keys Main zone and white keys of Repeat zone continue to work normally Right Repeat zone Mute keys can alternate between two string groups F 5 triggers lower strings 5 4 3 strings G 5 and higher trigger upper strings 3 2 1 strings and Left Mute keys D 1 C 1 etc repeat the last layer produced in Right Repeat zone ChuckaVeloLayers FX provides muted chords in 4ths played in the Main zone similar to ChuckaFull FX however can produce 3 velocity controlled string groups by any key of the whole range Low velocity strokes trigger 5 4 3 string layer middle velocity strokes trigger 4 3 2 strings layer while high velocity strokes trigger 3 2 1 string layer the higher velocity value the higher string group is triggered FretNoise trigger FX triggers FretNoise sound Enabling the FX will switch off the automatic FretNoise generating on note offs Velo gt FX activates higher Velocity Switch FX selected in Higher Velocity Switch box Velo lt FX activates lower Velocity Switch FX selected in Lower Velocity Switch box MIDI controller additional FXs MonoBend FX Pitch Bender and Modulation Wheel applies pitch bending a only to the lowest of simultaneously played notes b only to the first bent and held note allowing to emulate guitar specific single string bending techniques Unison Bend Bend Release combined with sustained note s etc Example 1 assign MonoBend to P Bender press a
36. specific parameter ranges and meanings see FX Map below 5 key msb Isb Set second parameter of the key fx if any ignored otherwise key key id see Key Map below msb lt lt 7 Isb 8192 value of the parameter 2 For specific parameter ranges and meanings see FX Map below Key Map Format lt key id gt lt Description gt lt Comment gt 0 Sustain Pedal Available fxes 5 34 1 Upper velocity zone Available fxes 0 34 2 Lower velocity zone Available fxes 0 34 3 18 C0 D 1 Key switches Available fxes 2 34 19 35 D 5 G6 Key Switches Available Ges 2 34 36 Modulation Available fxes 2 34 FX Map Format lt fx id gt lt name gt lt par1 rng gt lt par2 rng gt lt parameters names gt 2 velo upper 1 velo lower 0 Tapping 1 Mute 34 2 BridgeMute 3 Harmonics 4 PinchHarmonics 5 Slap 6 Scrapes 7 HammerOn Legato 8 Slide Legato 10 Repeat NoteOff 11 ChuckaFull 12 ChuckaMuteKeys 13 Tremolo 14 Tremolo 1 beat 15 Trill 16 Trill 1 shot 17 SlideUp 18 SlideUpTrig 19 SlideDown 20 SlideDownTrig 21 Bend 22 ReverseBend 23 UnisonBend 25 Hold 27 Sustainer trigger 28 Violining 29 Interval 30 FretPosition 31 PickPosition 32 Wah Wah 33 FeedBack trigger 34 ChuckaVeloLayer 35 VeloMute 36 Legato 37 String 39 FretNoise 128 0 3 ctrl val velo sensitivity range 0 48
37. tup and Sound Controls Left Menu bar Output Tune 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 Tune Setup T Volume 10 30db adjust output volume EQ adjust internal equalizer parameters e High 10db e Low 10db Tune panel Output Pitch adjust the master pitch e Coarse 12 semitones 16 e Fine 100 cents Modulation adjust the modulation envelope affected by Modulation controller MIDI CC 1 e Depth 0 100 e Freq 0 2 8 0 Hz e Sync LED button on off when activated the modulation rate will be synched with host s tempo e Duration combo box select note duration value in pull down menu to match modulation rate you need Setup panel Output Tune Keyboard range C 1 C7 set the range of your keyboard Input device select between Keyboard and Guitar MIDI input mode Keyboard normal Omni Channel MIDI input Guitar multi channel MIDI Input channels 1 8 are mapped to guitar strings 1 8 Octave shift MIDI Input notes by octaves up or down in case your keyboard controller doesn t have transpose option 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
38. ual 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 8th string Virtual Keyboard In the lower part of RealEight window you see a virtual keyboard that visualizes RealEight keyboard layout Main and Repeat zones indicates activated Key Switches and shows all MIDI notes incoming to RealEight 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 prod
39. uced on virtual keyboard with a mouse Shift clicking will hold down the pressed key allowing to preview Key Switch FXs RealEight Guitar Patches RealEight installs three versions of RealEight soft instrument RealEight RealEight 4 mono RealEight 4 stereo RealEight is normal plugin with single stereo output RealEight 4 mono provides 4 mono outputs in your DAW while RealEight 4 stereo provides 4 stereo outputs respectively Choosing between them depends on what guitar patch you are going to use RealEight has three guitar patches loadable by clicking on the appropriate button Single Double and Quad Single On launching RealEight will automatically load Single guitar patch which is mono guitar sample set and can be used in any version of RealEight plugin Double Double when loaded in RealEight single output version is a stereo guitar patch panned hard left and hard right When used in multi output versions Double patch gives you the ability to easily simulate double tracked guitar parts To use this feature you must run RealEight 4 mono or RealEight 4 stereo version these plugins provide 4 outs in your host s mixer Double patch will use first two of them In host 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 MIDI track assigned to RealEight and enjoy a wid
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