MusicLab RealEight 8-String Guitar Virtual Instrument with FREE! Rock Guitar for Dummies (Download)
RealEight provides incredible playability based on easy-to-use keyboard layout as well as the advanced key/pedal/velocity switch system allowing a keyboardist to perform guitar parts with a whole new level of realistic expression.
RealEight covers practically all sounds, articulations, and techniques a professional guitarist can produce on his 8-string electric guitar, including mute, bridge mute, harmonics, pinch harmonics, sliding, scraping, etc...
24-bit high quality dry samples recorded directly from pick-ups let you easily create any desired guitar sound using your favorite amplifier simulator.
RealEight innovations:
- Incredibly deep sound covering huge 5-octave note range (8 strings, 24 frets)!
- Ready-to-use Double Track and Quad Track patches with a single MIDI input
- 30+ authentic guitar articulations and effects
- Advanced Humanize section allowing to add realism to the performance both live and step-recorded in a MIDI track
- Baritone mode turning RealEight into 7-string baritone guitar (tuning F#-B-E-A-D-f#-b)
- Bass mode lowering the pitch of all strings to Bass guitar tuning
- 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 200 guitar frets using just 60 keys of a standard keyboard!
- 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.
- Song Mode turning RealEight 4 into a powerful and easy-to-use songwriting tool allowing you in no time create perfect guitar backing tracks for your songs. Simply insert chord symbols and rhythm patterns into the built-in Song Track - and your guitar part is ready!
- The unique Struminator technology letting you use alternative MIDI controller (Guitar Hero 4 and World Tour controllers only for Sony Playstation 3 by Activision Inc.) for creating authentic guitar accompaniment parts with ease and fun.
BONUS! Includes eMedia Rock Guitar For Dummies (Download) FREE! ($29.95 Value)
Start Playing Rock Guitar Today the Rock Guitar For Dummies Way!
Now get the great combination of For Dummies fun plus eMedia’s Interactive Feedback technology to make rock guitar lessons easy and enjoyable. Charles McCrone, a graduate of Guitar Institute of Technology at Musician’s Institute, provides over 70 guitar lessons on how to play electric guitar covering power chords, bar chords (barre chords), rock guitar riffs, and more. eMedia Rock Guitar For Dummies teaches basic lead guitar lessons with the blues scale, how to read guitar tabs, plus the use of effects pedals.
Included are classic rock guitar songs by The Kinks, Green Day, Blue Öyster Cult, Nirvana and others to make guitar practice fun while you dig into learning rock, punk and metal guitar styles.
eMedia Rock Guitar Guitar For Dummies features hit songs, including songs found in Guitar Hero® and Rock Band®:
- “Lake of Fire” by Nirvana
- “You Really Got Me” as by Van Halen
- “All Day and All of the Night” by the Kinks
- “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Öyster Cult
- “Tomorrow” by Silverchair
- “All Right Now” by Free
- And Many More!
Features include:
Over 70 Step-by-Step Guitar Lessons
The easy-to-follow lessons cover all the techniques needed to play rock, punk, and metal, including movable power chords, effects pedals, yanks, hammer-ons, pull-offs, palm muting, distorted riffs, the blues scale, using feedback, the whammy bar, and more!
Instant Feedback on Your Playing
Instant Feedback shows you when you play the correct notes on your guitar as you progress through an exercise. With a microphone connected to your computer and a guitar in your hands, play the notes in the exercise (or song) on any screen featuring the “ear” icon in the upper right corner and the computer will highlight the notes for you in green.
Animated Fretboard
The Animated Fretboard displays fingering positions as the music plays. It allows you to see exactly how to play the song on a guitar fretboard as you hear the music. Includes option for both right- and left-handed views.
Finger Tracker
Play into the computer’s microphone to see what note you’re playing on the fretboard. You’ll be able to correct your playing faster!
Over 30 High-Quality Videos
In over 30 full-motion videos, host Steve Rock demonstrates techniques. Split-screen videos provide close-ups as needed.
Music Tracking
Highlighting of the music and lyrics as they’re heard makes it easy to follow along on guitar.
Variable-Speed MIDI
Slows down the audio to any tempo, while the Animated Fretboard shows song fingerings as the music plays. Learn at the pace best suited to you!
Guitar Tuner
Tune your guitar quickly and easily. A precision gauge allows you to play into your computer’s microphone and immediately get feedback to see if you’re too high or too low. Full audio reference notes also provided.
Chord Dictionary
Includes fingering charts and recorded sounds for over 250 chords. Easy access helps you learn songs with new chords quickly. An indispensable reference tool!
Metronome
Set your own speed and keep a steady beat with audio or visual feedback.
Audio Recorder
Save your recordings and play back to compare with the instructor’s version and share with friends.
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