Click "View" and select "Play List." This opens a blank interface on your screen, from where you add and arrange your tools and plugins.
Click on the "Library" tab at the left of the screen and select "VSTi," which stands for virtual studio technology instrument. From the sub-menu, select "Slayer." This opens a new interface in a smaller box. Drag the box to a part of your screen where you can access it easily, but where it doesn't obscure your view of other interfaces, such as the mixer.
Type your preferred tempo into the tempo box at the top of the screen. The default tempo is 120 beats per minute, or BPM. Increase the tempo by increasing this figure.
Click on the Slayer sequencer piano graphic. This opens up a piano roll interface. The keys on the vertical axis represent pitch and the horizontal axis represents time in beats and measures.
Click on the blank part of the piano roll to plot a note. For example, if you click above the second bar line on the middle-C note, you plot a middle C on the first beat of the second bar. Plot a short melody using this technique so you can tweak the sound.
Click on the guitar graphic to access the guitar controls interface.
Adjust the "Damp" dial on the guitar graphic to full. This emulates the effect of a palm-mute, a technique that guitar players use to limit the vibration of the strings. This creates a tight and controlled strumming sound.
Turn the "Vel" dial on the guitar up to full. This stands for "Velocity" and governs how hard the notes are strummed on the virtual guitar.
Click back onto the piano roll. Underneath the sequencer section is a row of spikes, this demonstrate the individual volume of each note. Emulating the technique of real guitarist creates a more realistic sound. No guitarist would play every single note at the same volume and velocity, only a computer could do that. Adjust the spikes so that they are at different levels to give the melody a human feel. With the velocity on full, the intensity of the damp is increased when your reduce the spike.