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1 Introduction The Scarbee A-200 is a faithful reproduction of a legendary electric piano, recreating not only its signature sound but also the unique dynamic response of the original instrument, hereby continuing the new Vintage Keyboard product line commenced with the release of the Scarbee MARK I.
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With the Scarbee A-200, musicians will have access to the inspirational sounds of this great electric piano for generations to come—vintage sonic lightning preserved in a cutting-edge software bottle.
We went through this kind of trouble because a key element in recreating the experience of playing the real instrument is accurately capturing the response dynamics. As a result of this effort, the action and feel of the Scarbee A-200 exactly duplicates that of a well “hot rodded” instrument.
“hot rodded” instrument. As with the Scarbee MARK I, we feel proud to be able to say that the Scarbee A-200 has, for the first time, captured that same tone and feel, the true soul of the original in 24 bit digital form.
Instrument Noise Release: Move the knob to set the release time of the noise. The default setting is in middle position. If you want noise to be present the whole time in a song or live, you may turn the knob beyond the middle position. Scarbee A-200 - User Manual – 9...
4.2 Effects In this new edition released by Native Instruments, we have included some cool effects to make the sound even greater! • FX Type: switches between Send and Insert effect pages • Effect Preset: selects between 10 FX presets. It is possible to save five user presets.
Feedback: sends a portion of the output back into the input of the delay line, which cre- ates repeating echoes. A value of zero produces only one echo, higher values give mul- tiple echoes. • Level: sets the level of the delay signal Scarbee A-200 - User Manual – 11...
MIDI clock. Click on arrow to select the time value from the menu. • Tone: controls the initial frequency of the effect and decides the timbre of the sound Scarbee A-200 - User Manual – 12...
Output: sets the output level of the module 4.9 Chorus • Depth: sets the amount of LFO modulation applied to a signal. Higher amounts result in a stronger chorusing effect. • Level: sets the dry/wet balance of the chorus Scarbee A-200 - User Manual – 13...
Output: sets the output of the module 4.11 Phaser • Depth: sets the amount of LFO modulation applied to a signal. Higher amounts result in a stronger phaser effect. • Level: sets the dry/wet balance of the phaser Scarbee A-200 - User Manual – 14...
4.12 Amp • Bass: boosts or cuts the level of the lower frequencies • Treble: boosts or cuts the level of the higher frequencies Scarbee A-200 - User Manual – 15...
Nils Liberg for the fantastic scripting (wow we did crazy stuff this time!). Stefan Kengen, great work! The whole Native Instruments crew: Sascha Kubiak, Tobias Menguser, Gerald Zollner, Alexander Stamm, Marcus Rossknecht and Dinos Vallianatos. Rick Chadwick for helping me with all kinds of stuff, Christian Vinten and Sevan Gökoglu for their great playing! Preben...
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