Please help! Beginners guide for Virtual guitarist

[jimmy44]

Hi everyone - I am completely new to the virtual guitarist 2 program, but because I have no knowledge of playing a guitar, or anything about notes/chords the whole thing is very alien. I write music by ear, but I just can't get VD3 to work in the way I want.

When I press one of the keys on the keyboard with the latch on, it plays one of the styles in the blue section to the right of the 'play panel' - thats all fine it sounds good and all together.

But how do I then play another chord without it sounding horrible when you press another key? its as if when you press another key, the style starts a new note all over again with the intial strum, followed by the style. I hope that makes sense. I want to be able to change chords/notes seamlessely, so it all sounds together, but how do you do this? when I press different keys on the keyboard to play different chords it sounds horrible. I've used the audio funtion to hear a demo of the style and the chord changes, notes fillers etc sounds great and together. I just can't replicate this.

I have read the instruction book but to be honest it makes no sense because it clearly assumes you are a musical expert and is written in a complicated language using terms I don't understand! Is there a simple beginners guide or an online demonstration?

its fustrating because I have spent nearly £200 and can't get it to work!!

Anyhelp will be really appreciated

[kennymusicman]

THere are different ways to play VG.
You can play one-note at a time.
Or you can play root note, and another note to alter the chord (ie, play a D note, then after (whilst holding D) play C#, and you get a Dminor (or similar - I've not running VG to get the exact chord type)
Or you can play the chords.
So you play D+F#+A and hear Dmajor, you alter the F# to F, and suddenly get Dminor.

VG uses velocities to alter it's triggered sounds. High velocity will create a "new chord" sound - a full strum (+ new pattern) if you will. A softer velocity will simply alter the current pattern to the new chord, without restarting the pattern. I think this is more like the behaviour you're expecting..?

VG is awesome, and well worth discovering.
IF you need visual help, I'll shamelessly point you toward
http://www.vtc.com/products/VST-Instruments-Effects-MasterClass-Vol-1-Tutorials.htm
(Yes it's VG1, but the principles apply).
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