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Scarbee clavinet and pianet - user manual – iv table of contents 1 introduction(clavinet).......................................................................................................6 2 introduction(pianet).......................................................................................
Scarbee clavinet and pianet - user manual – v 5 effects(clavinetandpianet)........................................................................................... 19 5.1 reverb.................................................................................................................. 19 5.2...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 6 1 introduction (clavinet) scarbee clavinet is a unique and totally authentic reproduction of the most funky keyboard ever made, recreating not only its signature sound but also the unique dynamic response of the original instrument. It has a big round tw...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 7 as the 9 volt battery powering its preamp. No battery meant no sound. Just like the single pole pickups found on electric guitars, the original instrument’s pickups had a tendency to amplify transformer noise and any other type of hiss and hum within ran...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 8 restoration from the start we had decided to sample the black and metal colored “road” model of the original instrument because it was better shielded and more recent. And i managed to get a great looking instrument, it looked almost new. I spent the chr...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 9 2 introduction (pianet) one day i received a mail from dave stewart, who had reviewed scarbee mark 1 and the a-200 (they had other names in earlier versions) for sound on sound magazine and awarded them both with five stars. In the mail dave asked me if ...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 10 saw it dismissed by the pros. On the other hand, its smaller size and lower cost made it the first electric piano owned by many. Being an electro-mechanical beast, the original piano had its troubles. Sometimes a sticky pad would tear loose from the key...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 11 (a tip from the owner). Carefully we pulled out the shielded top. Looking inside, we saw the two contacts: power on and vibrato. No gradual setting of the vibrato, either on or off! The power supply was actually very quiet, no hum so no need for changes...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 12 3 controls (clavinet) 3.1 sustain pedal although the original had no such pedal, we have off course added this feature to the instru- ment. 3.2 pitch bend if you press a key harder on the original instrument, the note will pitch slightly. We have recrea...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 13 level: here you can adjust the volume of the bass strings (f0-d#2). Don’t turn it completely down, as the relative levels of all velocities then will be flattened out and show velocity—which isn’t good at all. A level between -0 db to -5 db should work ...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 14 the mutebar presses strings a bit closer to the board making the escape shorter. This only affects the thinner treble strings (from e2 up). Level: determines the level of the click that comes when the rubber hammer tips suck hard on a string. Original r...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 15 3.8 filter switches like on the original instrument, you can use these four switches to filter out different frequen- cies to change the overall sound. • brilliance: turn this off to filter out high treble frequency. You can use the keyswitches g7-c8 to...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 16 3.9 original noise adjustment for the scarbee clavinet, we recorded the original noise before we removed the noise from the samples using sophisticated noise-reduction. We made certain that samples were not degraded in quality after removing the noise, ...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 17 4 controls (pianet) 4.1 sustain pedal although the original had no such pedal, we have off course added this feature. 4.2 click the original instrument used a special technique to produce its charming sound: so called “sticky hammers” (made from rubber)...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 18 4.3 original noise adjustment for the scarbee pianet, we recorded the original noise before we removed the noise from the samples using clever noise-reduction. We made certain that samples were not degraded in quality after removing the noise, not even ...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 19 5 effects (clavinet and pianet) in this new edition released by native instruments we have included some cool effects to make the instrument sound even better! • fxtype: switches between send and insert effect pages • effectpreset: selects between ten f...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 20 5.2 delay • time: determines the interval in milliseconds between hearing the straight signal and the first delay of the delayed signal. This parameter can be synchronized to an external midi clock. Click on the arrow to select the time value from the m...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 21 5.4 auto-wah • speed: determines the speed of the modulation of the effect. This parameter can be synchronized to an external midi clock. Click on the arrow to select the time value from the menu. • tone: controls the initial frequency of the effect and...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 22 5.6 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 5.7 distortion • drive: determines the amount of distortion applied to the s...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 23 5.8 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 5.9 amp • bass: boosts/cuts the level of the lower frequencies • treble: boosts...
Scarbee clavinet and pianet – user manual – 24 6 credits production credits recording,editing,programmingandfxpresets: scarbee kontaktscriptdeveloper: nils liberg instrumentgraphics: stefan kengen beta-testers christian vinten, lars daniel terkelsen. Thanks to nils liberg for the fantastic scripting...