The basis of our plug-in is a simple idea of separately assigning chords and creating a rhythm pattern for playing them.
The chords are assigned in a special Chord Chart view, closely emulating traditional chord assignments for real guitar players. Chords can be entered using either standard chord symbols (67 chord types and extensions are organized in a hierarchical menu) or by assigning certain notes from a virtual piano keyboard. You also can drag and drop MIDI tracks from Cakewalk.
The principle of separate chord/rhythm assignments allowed us to organize rhythm pattern libraries for various guitar styles. All you need do to create an accompanying guitar part is select the rhythm pattern you prefer, having previously assigned a chord scheme in the Chord Chart view.
The resulting rhythm/chord part is controlled by several groups of performance parameters:
- Velocity (the balance between chord voices, depending on the type/strength of a stroke).
- Arpeggiation (the time between the first and last notes of a chord, depending on the type/strength of a stroke).
- Voice control (the number of voices for various stroke types; settings for automatic chord voice constructing and smooth transition between chords; automatic voice hold options for more precise emulation of guitar strumming).
Using these parameters, any musician, even the most demanding professional, can achieve extremely high quality sound that closely resembles authentic guitar tracks.
RHYTHM'N'CHORDS FEATURES
General
- Independent chord and rhythm editing technology.
- Instant chord symbol to guitar voicing transformation.
- Ready-to-use guitar rhythm patterns pre-recorded by professional musicians.
- Even beginners can quickly and smoothly create an accompanying guitar track of any complexity.
Chord editing
- Automatic smooth chord voices leading.
- Convenient, quick searches for appropriate chord inversions and transitions.
- Control over chord range and polyphony.
- An easy drag & drop chord exchange between Cakewalk MIDI tracks and Chord Chart view.
- Displaying and editing chords on a virtual keyboard.
- Ability to create user chord libraries.
Rhythm editing
- Built-in Rhythm Library containing numerous prerecorded guitar rhythm patterns.
- Special Filter for quick finding the appropriate pattern in the Rhythm Library.
- Special Rhythm track for convenient assigning and editing rhythm patterns in the Chord Chart.
- Displaying rhythm pattern content in the Rhythm Library and Rhythm track.
- Auditioning and selecting rhythm patterns right from the Library.
- Drag and drop patterns from Rhythm Library to the Rhythm track.
- Ability to install additional guitar Styles from Guitar Rhythm Pattern Library .
Performance control
- Complete, intuitive control over time- and velocity-related parameters of resulting sound (chord arpeggiation time, voices velocity balance, voice control, etc.).
- Precise adjusting of every parameter for even the most sensitive timbres.
- Advanced visualization of playing strums and sounding chord voices.
Real-time
- Momentary reflecting of any parameter change.
With Rhythm'n'Chords
- It is possible to create rhythm guitar MIDI tracks of a quality never before dreamed possible.
- Your track will sound like a real guitar.
- You will create guitar tracks in mere minutes using our top-shelf rhythm pattern libraries.
RHYTHM'N'CHORDS 2 PRO ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Also rhythm may be written (or played manually) as Note Events by the traditional method using Cakewalk tracks. Every event corresponds to a certain Stroke type (the way a chord is played). These include: down strum, up strum, muted strum, individual voice/bass performance, strumming on upper 3-4 strings, grace strums, and so forth (22 Stroke types in all).
Chords and rhythm patterns can be assigned in real time from a MIDI keyboard. This lets you quickly play rhythm and/or chords into the song, simultaneously auditioning the resulting guitar part.
- 67 chord types and extensions plus user chords.
- Thousands of guitar-type chords available.
- Single note to strummed chord transformation
- 22 Stroke types for guitar techniques emulation.
- Guitar playing textures - strumming, plucking, bass and strum, muted strum, glissandos, slides, etc..
- Ability to create and use guitar rhythm pattern libraries.
- Automatic voice holding for more precise imitation of guitar strumming.
Incredibly precise emulation of rhythm guitar sounds.
- Edit both rhythm and chords on the fly.
- Advanced chord/rhythm assigning via MIDI in real time with simultaneous auditioning of the resulting sound.
- Close emulating guitar techniques on a MIDI keyboard.
- If you prefer to play and record MIDI parts live, with our advanced patented technology your MIDI keyboard will turn into a KeyGuitar. You will be able to perform quality rhythm guitar parts on your keyboard that sound as though they are played by a professional guitarist.
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