Ease of use
After loading the Authentic Guitar player just make your 'basic sound choice' by setting the appropriate channel and keyswitch. Within all instruments you can keyswitch between the different available patches you need.
So this player has been setup with two parameters (channel & keyswitch). Generally you will need two or three layers: staves, voices or channels for high quality emulation.
With one instance of Authentic Guitar Basic you can use all instruments simultaneously in an appropriate number of channels.
Instrument per channel
Instrument per channel
The full version (Authentic Guitar Basic & Authentic Guitar Basic) offers you 14 well thought-out instruments. Every instrument can contain up to 12 different patches.
For example instrument 1 on channel 1 is called normal techniques & string release noise.
12 Different patches are at stake here: normal sound, espressivo, molto espressivo, first position (without nail, no vibrato), first position (with nail, no vibrato), dolce tasto, metallico ponticello, slurs up: hammering, slurs down: pulling, staccato (short), staccatissimo (very short) and vertical vibrato * (as used in jazz, pop, flamenco).
String release sounds are availble in most patches (C#5-D#5), a region just above the highest notes of the guitar.
Patches are accessible with keyswitch commands between C1 and B1 (Midi note numbers 24-35). So changing patches is just a breeze.
The "normal sound" has in this instrument four velocity layers, with quite some difference between them. If this is to much for you: all other instruments contain the second "normal" version with some more modest changes between layers.
Other instruments in a nutshell
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open strings (in many possible qualities: single string, all strings simultaneously, harmonics, different tone colouring etc.) |
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easy espressivo: patches from instrument 1 combined with very user friendly "easy gliss", this time with the "softer" normal instrument |
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easy molto espressivo: : as above, but with more vibrato and equally user friendly |
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slurs and pizzicato: hammering, pulling ,trills, normal pizzicato, snap pizzicato |
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harmonics: open strings combined with many possible harmonics on XII, IX, VII and V |
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FX: a huge library full of possible effects on a guitar, tapping sounds, crossed strings, tambora and many more release sounds |
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Strokes on one up to three nylon strings, E, Em, A, Am and C in up down direction over three strings, combined with a unique one string 'punteado' you are able to construct any chord you want. In the first position. |
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major chords on the full fretboard, intelligently combined with single string stroke and in down up version, also here: construct your chords up to six strings! |
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minor chords, as above but in minor version. |
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flamenco with rasgueado, golpe, fast damped chords |
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rasgueado followed by chords: a usual kind of playing: rasgueado, upstroke, downstroke and again upstroke intelligently spread out over two octaves. |
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mixed: some left overs, like 'soft tremolando' on one and two strings, also looped versions |
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natural damp sound: release sounds by putting the RH fingers back on the strings |
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