Product Description

• 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. Ways of using There are three ways of using RealEight virtual instrument. Intuitive keyboard layout allows Live/MIDI Keyboard performance with numerous articulations
• noises
• guitar-specific tricks
• strumming and finger picking techniques. Any guitar performance produced on a MIDI keyboard can be recorded or directly programmed in a MIDI track of any DAW. Built-in Song sequencer designed to arrange up to the entire song by simply inserting chord symbols and selecting pre-recorded guitar rhythm patterns. Sounds and noises We’ve carefully and meticulously recorded high quality dry samples of each fret of all strings directly from custom handmade 8 string electric guitar’s pick-ups which let you easily create any desired guitar sound using your favorite amplifier simulator. RealEight sample library includes not only sustain sounds
• but also other guitar-specific sounds with dynamics and nuances an experienced performer can get from his/her instrument. Guitar FX Processor Version 6 supports external guitar FX processors which are important to create a realistic guitar part. Our experts have thoroughly examined guitar tones used in most popular songs played by greatest guitarists and came up with more than two hundred authentic presets which sound similar to what they heard
• ready to be used in your next song. We recommend to use open-source Guitarix.vst virtual guitar amp as a robust and versatile solution to use these presets. Combining a virtual guitar and an FX processor allows you to store a guitar sound and an FX processor preset at the same time
• which a real time saver. Techniques and control An authentic sounding guitar part cannot be recorded by using samples on their own
• but requires a bunch of guitar-specific techniques
• which are simulated in RealEight. Whether you are playing live or programing a DAW
• these techniques are controllable by using special gestures
• key switches
• key velocity
• modulation wheel
• sustain pedal
• key aftertouch
• MIDI CC
• DAW parameter automation
• and any combinations of these. Chord voicing Guitar chord voicing is very unique depending on guitar construction and is absolutely necessary to reproduce in order to achieve authentically sounding chordal parts. Our patented technology provides accurate reproduction of guitar chord voicing automatically for 30 chord types in all existing inversions
• extensions and alterations. Rhythm Patterns In order to record an authentic accompaniment track
• most session guitarists carefully study characteristic rhythm parts for the required style. We created a huge rhythm library consisting of 1250 patterns. It can be easily used for quickly creating guitar accompaniment parts in the DAW or in our internal Song sequencer. Realism Sophisticated humanization algorithms vary samples
• technique and control parameters
• timing
• chord strum aspects to reach best possible realism in guitar tracks. That helps you bring a digitally simulated guitar performance maximally close to an analog recording of a best-in-class session guitarist. Summary RealEight and all MusicLab Virtual Guitars are simply the best in the industry. They are convenient
• featured packed and give the user endless musical options. Whether a Beginner
• Professional or a Producer you will find our products the answer for all of your virtual guitar needs. MusicLab. Making Virtual Instruments a Reality since 2004. Features Deep sound covering a 5-octave note range More than 30 authentic guitar articulations and effects Bass mode (lowers the pitch of all strings to Bass guitar tuning) Floating Fret Position technology imitates change of position System Requirements: 2GB+ RAM
• 5GB+ free hard drive space Windows XP SP3/Windows Vista SP2 32bit or 64bit
• Windows 7 SP1 32bit or 64bit
• Windows 8.1 32bit or 64bit VST2 32bit or 64bit/VST3 32bit or 64bit/AAX 32bit or 64bit host OS X 10.6/10.7/10.8/10.9/10.10 VST2 32bit/VST3 64bit/AU 32bit or 64bit/AAX 32bit or 64bit host AAX support: Pro Tools 10.3.9 AAX32
• Pro Tools 11/12 AAX64.

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About the Musiclab RealEight 6

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• •Authentic Musiclab craftsmanship and design
• •Versatile sound suitable for multiple musical genres
• •Professional build quality and reliable performance
• •Part of Musiclab's respected Guitar lineup

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