Key switches

You can use various key switches to perform functions in Electric Bass, for example, to switch between different articulations.

The keys on the internal keyboard are highlighted in different colors to indicate their different uses.

Manual Control over the Played String

The green keys between C-1 and G-1 allow you to force incoming MIDI notes to be played on a specific string.

  • C-1 forces the note to be played on the B string.

  • D-1 forces the note to be played on the E string.

  • E-1 forces the note to be played on the A string.

  • F-1 forces the note to be played on the D string.

  • G-1 forces the note to be played on the G string.

When you press one of these key switches, you can see that the playable range on the keyboard is updated accordingly to show that only this range can be used to play a MIDI note.

Hand Position Reset

A-1 allows you to reset the hand position for a player. This means that you can force the player to come back to playing on lower frets after having moved up to higher hand positions, for example.

Force Slide

To force a slide between two notes, press B -1 on your MIDI keyboard before playing the note.

Note

This works if it is physically possible to play a slide, that is, to stay on the same string.

Articulation key switches

The yellow keys between C0 and G0 trigger the articulations.

  • C0 triggers the Sustain articulation.

  • C#0 triggers the Slap articulation.

  • D0 triggers the Sustain Pick articulation.

  • D#0 triggers the Slap-Pull articulation.

  • E0 triggers the Mute articulation.

  • F0 triggers the Artificial Harmonics articulation.

  • G0 triggers the Natural Harmonics articulation.

Bass note trigger

With the black and white keys, you trigger the corresponding bass notes.

Slide Key Switches

The red keys between B4 and B6 contains various fret slides.

When these are played with a velocity below or equal to 64, you get a downwards slide. With velocities above 64, you get upwards and downwards slides.

The slides are mapped chromatically, but they refer to the following open strings:

  • B4 – D#5 contain slides on the B string.

  • E5 – G#5 contain slides on the E string.

  • A5 – C#6 contain slides on the A string.

  • D6 – F#6 contain slides on the D string.

  • G6 – B6 contain slides on the G string.

Effect Hit and Fret Noise Key Switches

The red keys between C7 and D#8 contain various effect hits and different fret noises.

  • The keys between C7 and G#7 contain the effect hits.

  • The keys between A7 and D#8 contain the fret noises.