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RealLPC by MusicLab – Everything You Need to Know Before You Use It

MusicLab has proudly announced the latest version 4.0 of RealLPC, a virtual guitar instrument that is compatible with Windows and Mac. RealLPC brings the sound of peerless Les Paul Custom Guitar to your music studio. The Les Paul Custom guitar is an exclusive variation of the iconic Les Paul guitar which has been used by most of the world-famous musicians and genres like Al Di Meola, Peter Frampton, Wes Montgomery, Bob Marley, Carlos Santana, Led Zeppelin, and many others.
RealLPC is a deep-sampled virtual instrument that provides playability at an incredible value which is based on the special performance modes and convenient keyboard layout as well as the advanced key/pedal/velocity switch system allows a keyboardist to carry out the guitar parts with a whole new level of realistic expression.

Like Les Paul Custom guitar, the RealLPC gives its users the freedom to produce any sound, articulations, and techniques including mute, bridge mute, harmonics, pinch harmonics, unison bend, strumming, picking, chord chopping, scrapes, and much more. RealLPC is also inbuilt with a Pattern Manager that contains a complete rhythmic library to produce the guitar accompaniment tracks easily.

Ways of using RealLPC

There are three ways of using the RealLPC virtual guitar instrument:
1. Instinctive keyboard layout allows Live and MIDI Keyboard performance with the number of articulations, guitar-specific tricks, noises, strumming, and fingerpicking techniques.
2. Any type of guitar performance that is produced on a MIDI keyboard is recordable and directly programmable in a MIDI track of any digital audio workstation (DAW).
3. The inbuilt Song sequencer is designed in a way that the entire song can be arranged by simply inserting the chord symbols and choosing the pre-recorded guitar rhythm patterns.

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Sounds & Noises:

The RealLPC carefully and thoroughly records high-quality dry samples from every fret of all 6 strings on a real guitar directly from the Pick-ups and allows you to create any preferred guitar sound using your favorite amplifier simulator. The sample library of RealLPC not only includes sustain sounds but also has other guitar-specific sounds with dynamics and nuances.

Performance Techniques and Controls:

The RealLPC is simulated with a bunch of guitar-specific techniques, which allows you to record an authentic-sounding guitar part. Whether you are playing a live or already programmed tracks inside a DAW, these techniques are controllable by using special gestures, key velocity, modulation wheel, key switches, key aftertouch, MIDI CC, sustain pedal, DAW parameter automation, and any of the combinations of these.
By default, the RealLPC’s keyboard is split between the main zone and the repeat zone on either side. Every track played in the main zone can be duplicated by hitting anywhere in either of the repeat zones. The repeat zone contains either strum up or down keys, which you can hit blindly to memorize. The white keys present are for open notes and black keys meant for string mutes.

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Chord Voicing:

The chord voicing of the guitar is unique and depends on the construction of Guitar. It is completely necessary to reproduce the Chord Voicing to achieve authentically sounding chordal parts. The advanced technology of RealLPC provides an accurate reproduction of guitar chord voicing automatically for 30 chord types in all existing inversions, extensions, and alterations.

Rhythm Patterns:

The RealLPC is equipped with a Pattern Manager containing a huge rhythm library consisting of 1250 patterns to easily create an authentic guitar accompaniment track. Simply, you need to find out the appropriate rhythm pattern from the Pattern Manager tree view, copy it to the needed number of measures, start your sequencer and then finally use the MIDI keyboard to play chord changes or to add chords alternatively to a MIDI track via sequencer´s editor.

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Realistic Feeling:

Sound Humanize technology allows you to wholly reduce ´machine gun´ effect on note repetition. Advanced humanization algorithm allows you to vary samples, techniques and to control parameters, timing, chord strum aspects to reach the best possible realistic feeling in guitar tracks.

Features of RealLPC

• High-quality 24-bit sample available like the pick’s position between the neck and the bridge.
• Various sound options available like Full length, Muted, Bridge Mute, Harmonics, Pinch Harmonics, Scrapes, Pick position select, Pick Noise, Fret Noise and Release Noise
• Smart Chord Selector gives the exciting tonal options
• The five different modes available like Solo, Harmony, Chords, Bass Chord, and Bass Pick.
• Standard and baritone tuning
• Live control of solo/strum techniques and chord inversions/positions
• Multi-performance mode available to combine different playing techniques
• Two different Tracking configuration and patches
• 25 additional Key Switch FXs in chordal modes
• Hammer-On and Pull-Off in chords
• Advanced Velocity Curve control
• Automatic chord conversion from MIDI keyboard to the guitar style
• Chord editor for own chord conversions
• Definable key-switches
• Pattern Manager with 1250 rhythm patterns available
• Various effects are available like Violin, Sustained, Feedbacker, and Wah-Wah.

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Specifications of RealLPC:

Compatibility:

• Almost all major hosts like Logic, Cubase, Digital Performer, Sonar, Pro Tools, Studio One, Live acts as a Plug-in for this virtual instrument software
• Works as a standalone module
• AAX plug-in support: Pro Tools 10.3.9 AAX32, Pro Tools 11/12 AAX64
System requirements:

For PC

• Windows 7 SP1/8.1/10 32bit or 64bit
• Intel Core VST2/VST3/AAX 32bit or 64bit host
• 2GB+ RAM, 5GB+ free hard drive space

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For MAC:

• OS X 10.9/10.10/10.11/10.12/10.13
• Intel Core VST2 32bit/VST3 64bit/AU 32bit or 64bit/AAX 32bit or 64bit host
• 2GB+ RAM, 5GB+ free hard drive space

Summary:

MusicLab RealLPC Virtual Guitar is simply the best for the music industry. It is packed with features, convenient and gives the user endless musical options. Whether you are a Beginner or a Professional musician, you will find this product to be answerable for all your virtual guitar needs.

 

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