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Related Manuals for Native Instruments Scarbee MM-Bass
Summary of Contents for Native Instruments Scarbee MM-Bass
- Page 1 USER’S MANUAL...
- Page 2 The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Native Instruments GmbH. The software described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other media. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded, for any purpose, without prior written permission by Native Instruments GmbH, hereinafter referred to as Native Instruments.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Automatically Triggered Samples ..............19 5.8.1 Release Samples ................20 5.8.2 Pickup-hits ..................21 Playing Techniques ......................22 Index and Middle Finger Alternation ............... 22 Extended Hammer-on/Pull-off ............... 23 Cross Hammering ..................23 Chords ....................... 24 Chord Slides ....................25 Scarbee MM-Bass – IV... - Page 5 10.7 Chords ....................... 34 10.8 Alternation ....................35 10.9 Noise Levels ....................35 10.10 Controllers ....................36 10.11 Help ......................37 11 Differences Between MM-Bass, Pre-Bass, and Red Bass ...........38 12 Production Credits & Thank You’s ..................39 Scarbee MM-Bass – V...
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Page 6: Foreword (By Nile Rodgers)
“classic”, that I expect we’ll be us- ing it for many future projects. Nile Rodgers, founding member of Chic, world renowned producer, musician, guitarist, and songwriter about the MM-Bass D.I. Scarbee MM-Bass – 6... -
Page 7: Introduction
2 Introduction The Scarbee MM-Bass was recorded with flatwound strings to get the warm and creamy sound of the 70s disco and funk bass lines, and D.I. to give maximum flexibility in the sound production. It features an extensive set of playing techniques, for example: •... - Page 8 2 Not completely random because it is intelligent enough to take into account on which strings/frets and for which velocities pickup hits are most likely to occur. Scarbee MM-Bass – 8...
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Page 9: About The Bass
Ceramic (original bass had Alnico magnets) and preamp different, and by using flatwound strings, I managed to get much closer to the sound I wanted and loved. Scarbee MM-Bass – 9... -
Page 10: Thomas Hansen Skarbye - The Bassist And Producer
I finally found the right bass, strings and playing position. I wanted to find the sound that was closest to my identity as I had been searching all my life for the right sound— playing various bass brand in the world—with no luck. When listening to all my favorite bass Scarbee MM-Bass – 10... -
Page 11: Nils Liberg - Script Developer
The amount of expression is the reason why this sound is one of my favorites. Scarbee MM-Bass is my personal tool, that I use in my work for other artists and in my own productions, so I will keep on updating it for the time to come, making extra details, slapped sounds etc. - Page 12 It is my hope that you will find MM-Bass an inspiring instrument to use. Nils Liberg is an experienced script developer and is the author of a widely used script de- velopment environment for Mac/PC. Scarbee MM-Bass – 12...
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Page 13: Playing Bass Notes On A Keyboard
That’s the basic operation, but the automatic string selection also takes many other things into account such as when to use open strings and what special rules to use for each articulation. Scarbee MM-Bass – 13... -
Page 14: Manual String Selection
(different noises are used depending on how far you move). You can also lock the playing position by holding one of these key switch pressed while playing. As will be shown later it is also possible to use a MIDI Controller for fret selection. Scarbee MM-Bass – 14... -
Page 15: Key Layout
1 The bass has no B string, but for flexibility the notes B0 to D#1 have been mapped to a virtual B string. These notes use stretched E string samples. Only basic articulations like sustain, mutes, hammer-on and pull-off are available on the virtual B string. Scarbee MM-Bass – 15... -
Page 16: Articulations
(eg. when playing a note le- gato downwards from fret 1) you will get a sustain instead. Hammer-on / pull-off for intervals greater than 1-2 semitones may be played by activating the F#0 key switch. See more about this further down. Scarbee MM-Bass – 16... -
Page 17: Fast Grace Note Up
120 you need to use a slide note velocity which corresponds to 240 bpm, and to play a 1/16 note slide (very fast) in tempo 120 you will need a velocity which corresponds to 480 bpm. Scarbee MM-Bass – 17... -
Page 18: Buzz-Trills, Trills
Here’s an example of how a trill tail can be performed: play A3 and hold it pressed, play the G#0 key switch, play a legato down to G3. The G3 legato note is played back as a trill tail. Scarbee MM-Bass – 18... -
Page 19: Pickup Clap
In the settings you can configure what types of samples you want to use and how often you want them to be played. Detailed explanations of how to make these settings can be found later in this manual. Scarbee MM-Bass – 19... -
Page 20: Release Samples
In the settings you can specify whether you want all three types of release or just the tight ones by default. The F0 key switch can then be used to switch from the default mode to the non-default mode. Scarbee MM-Bass – 20... -
Page 21: Pickup-Hits
Furthermore, since both re- lease samples and pickup-hit noises are randomly selected they add extra variation. The human ear is very good at hearing when a sound is repeated so this is an important feature. Scarbee MM-Bass – 21... -
Page 22: Playing Techniques
C0 to activate index finger and C#0 to activate middle finger sam- ples. Like the other key switches these affect the following note or remain active for as long as they are held pressed. Pressing any of these key switches will inhibit the automatic alternation. Scarbee MM-Bass – 22... -
Page 23: Extended Hammer-On/Pull-Off
Let’s say you want to cross hammer E2 on the A string. In order to do this, hold the E0 and F#0 key switches pressed (E string + ex- tended mode), and then play E2 on the keyboard. Scarbee MM-Bass – 23... -
Page 24: Chords
Hence, for live playing you can use D#0 to activate chord mode, but if you choose to align notes after recording you don’t have to use the key switch. It’s up to you as the user. Scarbee MM-Bass – 24... -
Page 25: Chord Slides
6.6 Percussive Slides It’s possible to perform percussive slides by playing extra notes on the same string a note is being slided on at the same time as the slide is being performed. Scarbee MM-Bass – 25... -
Page 26: Sustaining Notes
A-1 and instead adjust note lengths in your sequencer (making one note end just slightly before the next one starts). You may also configure a MIDI CC to use for this purpose instead of the A-1 key (see the Controller settings below). Scarbee MM-Bass – 26... -
Page 27: Vibrato
Vibrato intensity is controlled by the modulation wheel (CC#1). If you select the Vibrato page from the main menu you can configure the vibrato speed, vibrato fret noise volume, and specify whether you want to use CC#1 or Aftertouch to control the intensity. See Vibrato settings below. Scarbee MM-Bass – 27... -
Page 28: Instrument Reset
You can use any veloc- ity, but please note that if you change the velocity of this initial B-1 key switch note you will get a completely different sequence of release samples, fret noises and pickup-hits. Scarbee MM-Bass – 28... -
Page 29: Main Menu And Instrument Settings
Rock & Retro - frets above fret 6 are preferred Even with the latter settings it is still possible to use lower frets if you tell the instrument to do so by activating string or playing position key switches. Scarbee MM-Bass – 29... -
Page 30: Fx Presets
However, you can transfer a preset from one instrument to another by using the native preset feature in KONTAKT and then choose Save... from the menu to reintegrate it into the script preset system. Scarbee MM-Bass – 30... -
Page 31: Vibrato
Here you can specify the vibrato speed and the volume of the fret noises that are automati- cally generated in order to mimic the noises generated as the finger move back and forth on a string. You can also decide whether to use CC#1 or Aftertouch to control the vibrato intensity. Scarbee MM-Bass – 31... -
Page 32: Pickup Hit
When you load MM-Bass the pickup hit knob is set to 0%, so if you want pickup hits you need to increase it. It can also be automated using CC#4 (or some other controller of your choice). Scarbee MM-Bass – 32... -
Page 33: Release
Turn it up to increase the chance of getting tight samples. The tight 1 / tight 2 knob controls the probability of getting tight 1 versus tight 2 samples. Turn it up to increase the chance of getting tight 2 samples. Scarbee MM-Bass – 33... -
Page 34: Chords
And when chord mode is not active the normal sloppiness setting to the right is used. In other words, D#0 temporarily activates a higher latency which makes the string selection for chords more reliant and as soon as the key switch is released the low latency is restored again. Scarbee MM-Bass – 34... -
Page 35: Alternation
With the default setting automatic alternation starts when notes are played at shorter time intervals than 1 second. 10.9 Noise Levels Here you can adjust the volume of the various noise samples: • Release samples Scarbee MM-Bass – 35... -
Page 36: Controllers
Pickup hit chance: you can here configure a controller with which to automate the Pickup hit ratio knob (see the Pickup hit settings above). Scarbee MM-Bass – 36... -
Page 37: Help
For quick reference you can find documentation for articulations & playing techniques, settings and the script UI directly in the performance view. Select a help topic from the menu and a help text appears to the left. Scarbee MM-Bass – 37... -
Page 38: Differences Between Mm-Bass, Pre-Bass, And Red Bass
Index / middle available available shorter duration than index finger samples. Number of samples 3 766 4 003 6 092 Size 2.9 GB 3 GB 2 GB Size of download 1.2 GB 1.2 GB 747 MB (compressed) Scarbee MM-Bass – 38... -
Page 39: Production Credits & Thank You's
Some product names, descriptions and images are cited for the sole purpose of identifying the specific products that we used to develop Scarbee MM-Bass. Scarbee is in no way related to or affiliated to any of the mentioned companies.