Real Guitar 3

MusicLab RealGuitar v3.1.0 [PC / MAC Versions]

If you are serious about creating truly realistic sounding solo and accompaniment guitar stuff for your songs, our product called RealGuitar is just what you need. RealGuitar is a sample-based virtual instrument with an innovative approach to guitar sound modeling and guitar part performing on keyboard.

The true power of RealGuitar 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.
• The unique Floating Fret Position technology, which imitates change of fret position of a guitarist's hand on the neck. This gives you the possibility of playing on up to 104 guitar frets using just 43 keys of a standard keyboard!
• 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.
• 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.
• The unique Struminator technology letting you use alternative MIDI controller (standard Guitar Hero game controller for Sony Playstation 3 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. Furthermore they made it possible to get that special recognizable sound of a real 12-string guitar using samples taken from an ordinary 6 string guitar, as well as to achieve true Doubling (double track) effect.

What's New in Version 3 and 3.1:

Version 3.1

• 32/64-bit AAX support on Windows/Mac
• 32/64-bit VST3 support on Windows/Mac
• Minor bug fixes

Version 3.0.1

• Resolves an issue that may cause a host application (e.g. Logic Pro, Cubase) to freeze or crash (Mac OS X)
• Improves compatibility with Studio One (AU, VST3, Mac OS X)
• Addresses an issue that prevents performing of first chords in MIDI track recorded in Joystick mode
• Addresses Joystick mode MIDI record playback issue of not playing some chords after the rewind
• Improves compatibility of Joystick mode recorded track performance
• Adds support of Guitar Hero for Mac/PC guitar controllers
• Changes RealGuitar Chorus Level automation from MIDI Controller 48 to MIDI Controller 93
• Changes MIDI Controller 48 function in RealGuitar from Chorus Level to Pitch Bend Down mode automation which is compatible with two other instruments
• Adds Pitch Bend Down mode automation with MIDI Controller 48 to RealGuitar, same as in RealStrat and RealLPC
• Improves compatibility with ProTools using VST to RTAS wrapper

Version 3.0

• New GUI
• Playable keys on virtual keyboard (mouse click)
• Note names display on virtual fretboard
• Strokes, FXs, Articulations display in the Info bar
• New MODES:

Joystick mode

• Our unique Struminator technology, including Smart Strum, Smart Strings, Color Tab modes letting you create guitar accompaniment parts with unbelievable realism and expression using alternative MIDI controller (standard Guitar Hero game controller by Activision Inc.)

MIDI Guitar mode

• MIDI access to individual strings (6 channels->6 strings) with independent pitch bend control, and FXs
• Guitar MIDI interface multi-channel support letting you use normal guitar via MIDI converter with RealGuitar/Strat/LPC

• Added chords: Sus2, Maj7/9, 6/9, m7/11
• User Chord Banks for chordal modes (edit/change factory chord fingerings)
• Added switchable FXs/Articulations:
• Tapping
• Legato
• String Select
• SlideUp (trigger) - triggers slide up FROM the playing note(s)
• SlideDown (trigger) - triggers slide down FROM the playing note(s)

• Modulation Wheel FX Switch
• Drop C (6th string lowest note)
• MIDI CC11 Expression control support
• Full automation control for KeySwitch FXs via NRPN
• Added to RealGuitar:

1. Virtual keyboard
2. Expanded Repeat Key zones (left and right)
3. Expanded Key Switch range (similar Strat/LPC)
4. Key Switch Panel (similar Strat/LPC)
5. Pedal Switch between performance modes (Solo->Chords/Bass&Chord/Bass&Pick)
6. Lower and Higher Velocity FX individual boxes
7. PitchBender Up and Down - individual settings and FXs
8. Added Key/Pedal/Velocity switch FXs (up to 24)

• 64-bit VST3 support on Mac
• A lot of smaller improvements