Vir2 Instruments Electri6ity Manual - Manual (Page 42)

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the strumming here. As you strum the strings you get faster or you slow
down. You can play with this setting to find the best way to play a
certain phrase.
6.10 Acceleration | Upstroke You can accelerate or slow down the
strumming here. As you strum the strings you get faster or you slow
down. You can play with this setting to find the best way to play a
certain phrase.
6.11 Velocity->Strum Speed Higher values means that if you play with
higher velocity your strum speed gets faster, while lower velocity
playing leads to slower strumming.
6.12 Velocity->Lower If Muted If you set this value to any other value
than 0%, the more muted you play a note, the softer it is played. Since
the articulation morphing of the ‘sustain<->muted’ articulation for
example is controlled by velocity, the softer you hit a key, the more
muted a note is played. To get some velocity to volume control back,
you can raise this setting.
6.13 Auto Open Muted Chords Slightly If you strum muted notes on a
guitar, it’s easy for you to mute the lower strings (E, A, D) with your
palm, but if you get to the higher strings (G, B, E) you would need more
pressure to make all notes sound muted exactly the same way. But since
more pressure also detunes the notes, there is a trade-off between
muted and detuned. For example, if you play fast muted riffs, you won’t
be able to palm mute all strings exactly the same way. You can simulate
this way of palm muting with this setting. Higher settings means that
you start with very muted notes and as your strum progresses the
muted notes are played with slightly less palm pressure, so they sound
more open.
6.14 Auto Force Alternation On a guitar it’s not possible to play
downstroke or upstroke strums as fast as if you would play them with
alternate strumming. Playing 1/16 notes at 120BPM with constant
downstroke already is pretty fast. The engine can detect if it’s still
possible to keep a constant down- or upstroke direction. You can set
the time threshold to switch to alternate strumming here.
6.15 Auto Reset Direction If a note is held longer than the threshold
time you set here before the next note is played, the picking direction is
reset. So if you have been playing with alternate picking because of a
fast phrase (see 6.14), the engine switches back to it’s default picking
direction after this threshold time has passed and no note has been
played.