

The level of expression makes for a truly authentic and fun playing experience, and lends itself to a wide range of styles, from reggae, to pop, rock, hip-hop, R&B and much more. THE BASS Recorded with round-wound strings to get a fat and dirty sound, SCARBEE PRE-BASS AMPED also features a vast and incredibly intuitive set of playing techniques. Pop is a fat and crispy bass sound specially produced for R&B and pop oriented music productions. Crunchy is a powerful and mildly distorted bass sound specially produced for rock oriented music productions. Heavy is an edgy and hard bass sound specially produced for heavy rock oriented music productions. Fat is a round and tight bass sound specially produced for rock and pop oriented music productions. THE AMPS In order to give you ready-to-use sounds for your productions, SCARBEE PRE-BASS AMPED offers the choice between four different amp setups. The fretboard display in KONTAKT and KONTAKT PLAYER shows the playing position and articulation of each note in real-time, with intelligent string selection and index finger/middle finger alternation as well as dedicated slide and chord modes contributing to the unparalleled authenticity of the instrument. Authentic articulations and playing techniques include hammer-ons, pull-offs, grace notes, various trills, mutes, harmonics, pickup hits and fret noises and much more, most of which are automatically triggered based on the incoming note material.

To preserve all the acoustic intricacies of the real instrument, PRE-BASS takes full advantage of the unique scripting features of KONTAKT, resulting in a performance that is virtually indistinguishable from that of a real professional bassist. Specific “Player Profiles” for various genres as well as EQ and effect controls allow musicians and producer to further customize the sound and behavior of PRE-BASS to fit the musical context.

The sample material was recorded through a DI for maximum sonic flexibility, using round-wound strings for a bright and punchy sound. All four strings of the original instrument have been expertly sampled in nine velocities, resulting in over 4,000 individual studio-grade samples. Powered by the industry-leading KONTAKT engine and playable via the free KONTAKT PLAYER or the KONTAKT 3 sampler, SCARBEE PREBASS delivers the full sonic spectrum of the most popular bass guitar of all time, suitable for a universal array of musical styles from pop and rock to hip-hop, jazz, funk and beyond. Team ASSiGN | Date: 03 FEBRUARY 2010 | 11.56 GB PRE-BASS is derived from the acclaimed Scarbee Blue Bass library, and the first release in the recently established development partnership between sampling expert Thomas Hansen Skarbye and Native Instruments.
