Steinberg Virtual Guitarist

[supernova777]

Steinberg Virtual Guitarist
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec02/articles/steinbergvirtualguiatrist.asp

tested on a 800MHz Apple Mac G4 with 768MB of RAM running Mac OS 9.2.
Emagic Logic Audio Platinum v5.1.3.

[arjen_1]

Hi,

Do you know where I can find a copy? I would really like to give it a try.

Greetz,
Arjen

[arjen_1]

Hi,

I've downloaded the Virtual Guitar Electric Edition and installed on my G4. But....I can't get it running properly within Cubase.
It doesn't latch (play the phrases). I only get the single strum chords while pressing my sustain pedal. I tried routing midi clock to VGEE etc. but that doesn't help either. I am wondering if this is a proper copy of VGEE? Has anyone installed it succesfully?
I am clueless. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. 

Greetz,
Arjen 

[supernova777]

u will have to direct your comments to mactron!
 

[arjen_1]

In that case..... @Mactron any suggestions? 

[MacTron]

First of all, make sure you don't use MIDI channel 16.
MIDI channel 16 is for "manual work" not automatic.

[arjen_1]

I used channel 1.....

[MacTron]

weird... it worked for me.
This behavior is usually if channel 16 is used...
Be sure that no recanalization occurs in Cubase.
Be sure that cubase Tempo is set  over 0
Write some notes directly on Edit or Score window and send it to VGEE to try to isolate the problem.

[supernova777]

perhaps we need a step by step installation procedure?
is there something arjen did differently then mactron?

[Jakl]

Works well here on mdd dual 1.25 radeon 9000 pro.

[arjen_1]

Hi,

I installed the orginal Virtual Guitarist and it works great. It latches and behaves like it supposed to do.
Great piece of software. It holds perfectly in my mixes.

The VGEE is still a problem. It loads but somehow doesn't play the phrases. Maybe the data path is wrong or something. Since I am the only one who experiences this problem it probably is something in my setup. I will try reinstalling the app.

Step by step installation of Virtual Guitarist:
1-Burn the first .toast image to a CDR
2-Run the installer and follow instructions
3-Mount the second and third .toast image within Toast
4-Read the included file on the first disk and copy all specified content from mounted images to the Virtual Guitarist directory
5-Startup your VST host, and select Virtual Guitarist
6-Specify the data path to the Virtual Guitarist directory
7-Close and restart Virtual Guitarist
8-Play & have fun!

Default controls (can be changed in setup):
Sustain pedal; press and you'll hear a single chord
Modulation wheel; Dial up to hear a fill-in phrase, Dial down to hear the selected phrase

Greetz,
Arjen


 

[arjen_1]

Problem solved! Solution: copy the original content folder to the same directory as the VST VGEE Plugin directory of e.g. Cubase. In other words...a data path problem.

Greetz,
Arjen

[DieHard]

Sorry I did not read the thread earlier... but that is what I would have told you... most of the Steinberg stuff will default search to the current folder for samples/patches and then it looks for absolutes paths found in the patches... a real bitch when it comes to stuff like Halion 1 & 2... so the rule of thumb I use is to try to put the samples on the same volume (ex Mac OS Volume) so that after using the "locate files" once it will remember the path... also don't rename your volume after you install plugins... this causes many issues with sampler based plugins.  (For example, I has a unit that the User changed his boot volume from "Mac HD" to "Mac OS" and half his stuff did not work