Vir2 Instruments Electri6ity, User Manual

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ARTICULATION KEYSWITCH
Slides A0
- keyswitch active as long as is
pressed
Harmonics D#5
ELECTRI6ITY’S articulations can be complex to understand. If you need to
reset to the way the instrument originally loaded, just press C0 (Muted<-
>Sustain [AMT]) and F#0 (polyphonic mode, discussed next) in order to
reset to the original (and most commonly used) articulation and mode.
A full chart of all the keyswitches can be found at the end of this manual.
Slides are an important articulation on the guitar. On a guitar it’s possible
to slide from each fret to any other fret on the same string in different
speeds. ELECTRI6ITY allows you to do this on its virtual fretboard. It is able
to play two different kind of slides which can be played on a guitar: a so-
called ‘slide in’ where you slide into a note (from down to 4 frets below),
and slides from each fret to each other fret on the same string. You can
play a ‘slide in’ by pressing the slides keyswitch and playing one note at a
time. If you have more than one note pressed, ELECTRI6ITY slides from the
last note to the new note if possible (if the new notes is played on the
same string, which the engine tries to do if the slide keyswitch is pressed).
ELECTRI6ITY also can play one fret and two fret slides for both single
notes and chords. For this effect, use the the slide trigger keys (G#6 and
A#6). Simply play a note or chord, keep it pressed, and use the slide keys
to move the note/chord on the virtual fretboard.
Playing harmonics is another way to create artificial overtones on a guitar.
These are performed by lightly touching the strings on the fretboard while
picking the string. Harmonics won’t sound good on all frets, so guitarists
typically use certain positions on the fretboard to play harmonics (for
example on the 5th, 7th or 12th fret).