SCARBEE FUNK GUITARIST is a credit to the team involved: Thomas Skarbye, guitarist Soren Reiff and script specialist Nils Liberg. The finished instrument sounds organic and genuinely funky – it’s almost impossible to hear the difference to the ‘real thing’. Scarbee Funk Guitarist is a new Kontakt-based software instrument that puts a highly expressive and versatile virtual funk guitar at the hands of producers.For use in the Kontakt 4 sampler and in the free Kontakt Player, it provides an unlimited range of authentic, sophisticated rhythm guitar lines for funk, soul, hip hop, house, pop and other. The construction process was incredibly detailed – 3411 chords, recorded in multiple velocities, up to 11 articulations, different playing positions and pickup settings, resulting in up to 152 samples per chord. Over a year in the making, SCARBEE FUNK GUITARIST is a breakthrough in guitar sampling. The same algorithms apply when you build grooves in the Groove Editor, providing a natural flow to your own custom riffs. Its ‘twangy’ nature is highly reminiscent of an electric guitar, and works particularly well when. This highly distinctive electrophonic keyboard has been used extensively on numerous classic funk, soul, reggae, disco and rock tracks since the late 60s.

The groove editor lets you manipulate the individual elements of a groove, so you can remodel existing grooves or create your own phrases out of different articulations.Ĭlever algorithms handle the transitions between up and down strokes, mutes, hammer-ons and slides, to ensure that every groove sounds startlingly realistic. The SCARBEE CLAVINET is a meticulously sampled and immanently playable Hohner Clavinet. Play a series of chords to create a mapping in seconds – perfect when you’re working with existing pieces.Įvery aspect of SCARBEE FUNK GUITARIST is editable. Whatever chord you play is instantly added to a chord list, including voicing, top notes and alterations. Just select the chord you want – regardless of whether you can play it or not.Īnd if you’re comfortable with the keys, use automatic chord detection to build your own chord maps. For building your own chord maps, the chord finder is a compendium of funk guitar chords and voicing.

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