realrick
Performance modes
- Solo, Harmony, Chords, Bass&Chord, Bass&Pick, Direct
Sounds
- Full length (recorded with full attack and sustain)
- Muted (fret hand mute)
- Bridge Mute (palm mute)
- Harmonics (Artificial)
- Pinch Harmonics
- Scrapes
- Fret Position select
- Pick position select (15 points)
- Pick Noise (adjustable level)
- Fret Noise (auto)
- Release Noise (auto)
- Drop C tuning (Solo mode)
Sound Effects
- Violining (volume swell)
- Sustainer (sound swell)
- FeedBacker (harmonic feedback)
- Wah-Wah (MIDI CC control, Auto, Modulation)
Key Pedal/Velocity Switches (Solo mode)
- up to 31 assignable FXs
- 33 keys for Key Switches
- Toggle/temporary switch modes
- Custom Key Switch presets (save/load)
Modulation Wheel Switch (Solo mode)
- 12 assignable FXs (including Mode Toggle)
Articulations/Techniques/FXs
- Up/Down strokes
- Hammer-On/Pull-Off (up to octave range)
- Hammer-On with Pull-Off on key release
(up to octave range) - Tapping
- Legato
- Slide Legato Up/Down (up to octave range)
- Slide Up/Down (up to 2-octave range, speed adjustable)
- Slide Up/Down Trigger to/from sustaining notes (speed/range adjustable)
- Tremolo (up/down strokes, speed adjustable, tempo sync)
- Trill (up to octave range, speed adjustable, tempo sync)
- Bend auto (range, speed adjustable)
- Reverse Bend auto (range, speed adjustable)
- MonoBend (Unison Bend, lower string bend)
- Muted Strums Up/Down
- Slow Strums Up/Down
- Chucka-Chucka (barre chords muted) Up/Down, various string combinations
- Attack/Release time ajustable
- Strum Speed adjustable
- Strum layers (string groups) control
- Number of strings used in strums adjustable
- FretNoise (trigger)
- Transpose, Transpose(toggle)
- Unison/Octave selection for Harmonics
- Harmonics on black Add-on keys in Bass&Pick mode
Chord detect/construct system
- 1-4 note piano chords to 6-voice guitar chords real-time translation
- 30 chord types recognition, including sus2, sus4, 6/9, 7th, 9th and altered chords
- 4 chord positions along the fretboard
- Slash Bass Chords option - allows to perform major/minor triads with any note in the bass
- About 2000 instant guitar chord shapes
Chord Editor (edit/change factory chord fingerings)
Pattern Manager
- Built-in multi-functional Pattern Manager letting you in no time create professionally sounding guitar accompaniment tracks
- MusicLab Guitar Pattern Library (1250 rhythm patterns covering a wide range of music styles)
- Pattern Tree view allowing to easily find/select rhythm patterns
- Pattern view, graphically presenting guitar 'Strokes' contained in the current rhythm pattern
- Auditioning selected pattern by simply pressing chord on the external keyboard without starting your host sequencer
- Total synchronization with host's tempo, start/stop, beats, loop, time signature...
- Drag'n'Drop selected pattern from Pattern window right to your host's MIDI track
- Real time pattern arranging (changing pattern performance on the fly):
- Add/reduce dynamics (velo+)
- Randomize dynamics
- Apply velocity of trigger chord to pattern dynamics
- Continuous dynamics changes (+/- velocity assigned to Pitch Bender controller)
- Controlling string layers in strums (full/upper/lower) with the input chord notes
(V4) Song mode, turning RealRick 4 into a powerful songwriting tool:
- Easy-to-use built-in Song Track for constructing guitar parts
- Chord Selector, allowing to quickly select and insert chords
- Import the whole chord sets directly from WEB page or Text document
- Powerful Style Filter letting you find suitable patterns by musical criteria
- Export Song Track as a Standard MIDI file to use with any third party instruments
(V4) Advanced Humanize engine, allowing you to easily add more realism to the performance with a mouse click. Randomization options:
- Sound
- Timing
- Velocity
- Pitch
(V4) Double Tracking configuration and patches letting you easily simulate ‘double-tracked’ guitar parts with the single MIDI input
Joystick mode (game controller guitar input)
MIDI Guitar mode (normal guitar via MIDI interface input)
RealRick bonus software
RealRick ships with IK Multimedia Amplitube Custom Shop software! AmpliTube Custom Shop is a full-featured version of AmpliTube, with 24 gear models included for recording and mixing in your favorite Mac/Win DAW or for playing on stage or practicing at home. Plus, the included Custom Shop allows you to try and buy over 200 new gear models available. You can now build your own collection of amp and effects models with a level of customization never seen before and at prices never so affordable.
Compatibility
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Operates as a virtual instrument software plug-in in all major hosts like Logic, Cubase, Digital Performer, Sonar, Pro Tools, Studio One
- Works as a Standalone module
Shipping
- RealRick is available both as retail and downloadable (200MB each installer Mac/PC) versions. Retail version includes printed manual in English, German and Japanese languages.
System requirements
2GB+ RAM, 5GB+ free hard drive space
Windows 7 SP1/8.1/10 32bit or 64bit
VST2/VST3/AAX 32bit or 64bit host
OS X 10.9/10.10/10.11/10.12/10.13/10.14/10.15
VST2/VST3/AU/AAX 32bit or 64bit host
AAX support: Pro Tools 11/12/2020 AAX64.