Vir2 Instruments Electri6ity Manual - Manual (Page 21)

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ARTICULATION KEYSWITCH
Sustain B0 - keyswitch played hard
Half-Muted B0 - keyswitch played soft
Muted<->Sustain [AMT] C0 - keyswitch played hard
Muted<->Half-Muted [AMT] C0 - keyswitch played soft
Sustain<->Harmonics Oct. [AMT] D0 - keyswitch played hard
Sustain<->Harmonics Fifth [AMT] D0 - keyswitch played soft
HINT: All Articulations with an [AMt] tag have a special morph control
which is available as long as the articulation is active. For more
information please read >Performance Page | changing Play Mode later,
where you’ll find more info about the different setup possibilities and
how you can control the morphing.
The Sustain articulation is the articulation you most likely will use for
typical strumming riffs or solo playing.
Half-muted notes are basically shorter sustain notes due to a light muting
with the palm of the right hand. They are suitable for very fast solo playing
or arpeggios, for example.
The Muted<->Sustain articulation allows you to dynamically morph from
very short muted notes to open sustain notes depending on how hard you
play. It’s suitable for all kinds of guitar riffs in which you often change
between muted and sustain notes. This articulation is active by default
when you first load up an ELECTRI6ITY instrument.
The Muted<-> Half-Muted articulation allows you to morph from very short
muted notes to half-muted notes. It’s suitable for fast heavy metal riffs, for
example.
The Sustain<->Harmonics Oct. articulation allows you to morph from
sustain notes to octave pinch harmonics. On guitar it’s possible to create
artificial harmonics with a technique called ‘Pinch Harmonics’. Very shortly
after playing the note the right thumb touches the string, which mutes the
fundamental frequency of the played note, while the harmonics keep
sounding. This technique allows to play notes higher than the highest
sustain note on the fretboard. In ELECTRI6ITY you not only have sustain
notes and harmonics, you can seamlessly morph between them!
The Sustain<->Harmonics Fifth articulation allows you to morph from
sustain notes to fifth pinch harmonics. On guitar it’s possible to create
artificial harmonics with a technique called ‘Pinch Harmonics’. Very shortly
after playing the note the right thumb touches the string, which mutes the
fundamental frequency of the played note, while the harmonics keep
sounding. This technique allows to play notes higher than the highest
sustain note on the fretboard. In ELECTRI6ITY you not only have sustain
notes and harmonics, you can seamlessly morph between them!