Band Collection

Solo: Switches the Instrument to monophonic mode, and enables automatic triggering of samples for realistic legato performances.

Legato Type: Switches between different types of legato behaviour. When Off is selected, no legato will occur. You can open the drop-down menu by clicking on the name and select an entry from the list. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next entry, respectively.

Mode: Switches between three different modes for the lower keyboard section. When Normal is selected, regular guitar samples are available in the range from C1 to C4. When Muted is selected, muted guitar samples are available in the range from C1 to G#2. When Manual Bass is selected, individual bass note samples are available in the range from C1 to E2, even if Pattern is activated. You can open the drop-down menu by clicking on the name and select an entry from the list. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next entry, respectively.

Pattern/Stroke Mode: Switches between two basic modes for playing the instrument. In Pattern mode, you can play chords in the range from C1 to B3, and select patterns in the range from C4 to B5. In Stroke mode, you can select chords in the range from C1 to B3, and play different types of strokes in the range from C4 to B5.

Spread: Activates a subtle stereo effect that distributes voices across the left and right stereo channels.

Percussion: Activates the percussive sound layer. The following additional parameter is available:

Vib/Chorus: Switches between different types of vibrato and chorus effects. You can open the drop-down menu by clicking on the name and selecting an entry from the list. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next entry, respectively.

Vib Stereo: Switches the stereo vibrato effect on or off. The following additional parameters are available:

Articulation: Selects the articulation used when playing the instrument. You can open the drop-down menu by clicking on the name and selecting an entry from the list. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next entry, respectively. The same articulations can also be selected using keyswitches.

Style: Switches between sound characteristics associated with different playing styles, including palm muted (Muted), artificial harmonics (Harmonic), and natural harmonics (Flag.). The natural harmonics are not mapped tonally across the keyboard, but according to their position on the guitar string. You can open the drop-down menu by clicking on the name and selecting an entry from the list. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next entry, respectively.

Position: Adjusts the playing position on the guitar's fret-board.

Tone: Emulates the tone control found on electric guitars and basses. Turing the control to the right makes the sound brighter.

Noise: Adjusts the level of the the noise produced by the instrument's mechanical parts when played by the musician.

Key Noise: Adjusts the level of the the noise produced by the instrument's keys when played by the musician.

Release: Adjusts the release time. Turning the control to the left makes the sound decay more quickly after releasing a key. Turning the control to the right make the sound decay more slowly.

Stop: Selects a fixed length for each note, ignoring incoming MIDI note length. You can open the drop-down menu by clicking on the name and selecting an entry from the list. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next entry, respectively.

Rel Reso: Activates release resonance, which affect the sound produced when releasing the keys.

Sus Reso: Adjusts the intensity of the instrument body's resonance during the sustain and release of the sound.

Sound: Morphs between different timbre settings. Turning the control fully to the left produces a neutral sound.

Pickup: Switches between different pickup settings that change the character of the sound. You can open the drop-down menu by clicking on the name and selecting an entry from the list. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next entry, respectively.

Comp: Switches the compressor effect on or off.

Palm: Adjusts the amount of muting applied with the palm of the hand.

Pick: Adjusts the amount of finger picking.

Pickup: Selects the type of the guitar pickup used to record the instrument. You can open the drop-down menu by clicking on the name and select an entry from the list. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next entry, respectively.

Rotator: Switches the classic rotary speaker effect on or off. The following additional parameters are available:

Wah: Switches between different operating modes for the wah-wah effect. When Off is selected, no wah-wah will occur. When Modwheel is selected, the wah-wah effect can be manually controlled using the modulation wheel. When Auto Fast and Auto Slow are selected, the wah-wah effect will be controlled automatically at either a fast or a slow rate. You can open the drop-down menu by clicking on the name and selecting an entry from the list. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next entry, respectively.

Drive: Adjusts the amount of saturation added to the signal.

Skream: Adjusts the amount of distortion added to the signal. The following additional parameter is available:

Stereo (knob control): Adjusts the stereo width of the direct sound produced by the instrument.

Latch: Switches key latching for the patterns on or off. When switched on, the pattern keeps playing even when the key is released.

Pattern (type): Selects a rhythmic preset for the pattern playback. You can open the drop-down menu by clicking on the name and selecting an entry from the list. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next entry, respectively.

Pattern (mode): Switches between three different modes for the pattern playback. When Off is selected, no pattern is played and the instrument can be played manually. When On is selected, patterns will be played for as long as a key is pressed. When Latch is selected, the pattern keeps playing even when the key is released. You can open the drop-down menu by clicking on the name and selecting an entry from the list. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next entry, respectively.

Rate: Switches between different tempo divisions relative to the host tempo. You can open the drop-down menu by clicking on the name and selecting an entry from the list. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next entry, respectively.

Swing: Adjusts the amount of swing added to the pattern playback.

Duration: Adjusts the note length for the pattern playback.

Preset: Selects a rhythmic preset for the pattern playback. You can open the drop-down menu by clicking on the name and selecting an entry from the list. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next entry, respectively.

Harmonize: Activates the Harmonize function that enables you to play chords by pressing single keys on your keyboard. The Chord, Key, and Scale parameters are available to create different chords.

Chord: Selects the chord to be played when Harmonize is activated. You can open the drop-down menu by clicking on the name and selecting an entry from the list. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next entry, respectively.

Key: Selects the key to be played when Harmonize is activated. You can select the key by clicking on value and dragging up and down. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next value, respectively.

Scale: Selects the scale to be played when Harmonize is activated. You can open the drop-down menu by clicking on the name and selecting an entry from the list. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow buttons to select the previous or next entry, respectively.