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5.4 Auto-Wah

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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.

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Tone

: controls the initial frequency of the effect and decides the timbre of the sound

5.5 Compressor

•

Threshold

: sets a level above which the compressor starts reducing peaks. Only signals

above the threshold are affected by the compression ratio, signals below are unaffected.

•

Output

: Sets the output of the module.

Summary of Contents for Scarbee Clavinet & Piano

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...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 Manual written by Thomas Hansen Skarbye Edited by Patryk Korman Document Version 1 0 02 2010 Product Version 1 0 02 2010 Special thanks to the Beta Test Team who were invaluable not just i...

Page 3: ...erlin Germany info native instruments de www native instruments de USA Native Instruments North America Inc 5631 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90028 USA sales native instruments com www native instruments com Native Instruments GmbH 2010 All rights reserved ...

Page 4: ... 3 Controls Clavinet 12 3 1 Sustain Pedal 12 3 2 Pitch Bend 12 3 3 Bass String 12 3 4 Mute 13 3 5 Off Center String Strike 13 3 6 Click 13 3 7 Pickups 14 3 8 Filter Switches 15 3 9 Original Noise Adjustment 16 4 Controls Pianet 17 4 1 Sustain Pedal 17 4 2 Click 17 4 3 Original Noise Adjustment 18 4 4 Tremolo 18 ...

Page 5: ... Clavinet and Pianet User Manual V 5 Effects Clavinet and Pianet 19 5 1 Reverb 19 5 2 Delay 20 5 3 Pan 20 5 4 Auto Wah 21 5 5 Compressor 21 5 6 Chorus 22 5 7 Distortion 22 5 8 Phaser 23 5 9 Amp 23 6 Credits 24 ...

Page 6: ...er up has a program called clav Thankfully the Scarbee Clavinet preserves the true sound of the instrument for generations of keyboard players to come Of course as most electro mechanical instru ments the original instrument had it s shortcomings it was quite a heavy beast considering its svelte dimensions Now Scarbee Clavinet weighs just a few grams The original instrument suffered from the usual...

Page 7: ...iginal in the kind of vivid and inspiring detail which once you ve started playing you will see you want to play on and on and on How much detail is there in the instrument In order to accurately reproduce the original keyboard s dynamics both the sustained and release sounds have been sampled at up to 20 different sustained velocities including samples of the occasional off center string strike a...

Page 8: ...reat job as usual we never got the road version to sound as good as the wooden one so one day I called Christian and begged him to lend me his instrument for a few months it took a year before I returned it Preben now replaced a single transistor in the preamp to reduce noise a little bit Another problem was that sometimes the switches wouldn t work Fortunately we could fixed that The original is ...

Page 9: ... years Dave s original instrument manufactured in 1968 69 has been restored to full working order and was sampled extensively for this keyboard collection Dave says It s great to play this delightful old instrument again thanks to Thomas meticulous restoration and painstaking sampling it sounds as clean rich and vibrant as the day I bought it Dave Stewart is a UK keyboardist composer who first cam...

Page 10: ...tail is there in the instrument Well this unique keyboard used a special technique to produce its charming sound so called rubber made sticky hammers lifted the tine more or less like a Harpsichord and when a hammer released its tine its classic sound was produced This technique means that the instrument is virtually without dynamics but even so it has got a really cool sound As with the Scarbee M...

Page 11: ... point I thought I would never be able to finish the project The instrument had no real Dampers except for a blue felt to rest on The reeds were very similar to the A 200 reeds tuning the instrument is equally fun Thankfully this one was tuned perfectly straight away But when we received the instrument it didn t make a single sound The reason was that all the rubber hammers were worn out I could l...

Page 12: ...in the style of George Duke who played live on a special transparent version of the instrument with a giant vibrato arm attached 3 3 Bass String Since the original instrument was sampled with new strings for a bright and crisp sound there is a significant difference in volume at least 8 dB between the hardest velocity of the the bass strings F0 D 2 and the much thinner treble string In real life y...

Page 13: ...r to use mute Click on and off You can also use modulation wheel CC01 to control this 3 5 Off Center String Strike Musicians who have played the real instrument probably remember the occasional off cen ter string strike a well known characteristic of the original instrument We have included that too and programmed it to appear as often as within the original instrument And since we didn t use rand...

Page 14: ...is middle position 3 7 Pickups Select between the 4 pickups There are 2 single pickups Lower Upper and 2 dual pickups Out of phase normal Lower pickup for a warm sound Use key switch C7 to select it directly from your key board Upper pickup for a bright sound Use key switch D7 to select it directly from your key board Both pickups out of phase for kind of a thin sound Use key switch E7 to select i...

Page 15: ...filter combination but you must press all 4 keys simultaneously It s not possible to toggle the switches on off one by one from the keyboard You can only do this via the interface The Keyswitch is A7 Medium Turn this off to filter out middle tone frequency You can use the keyswitches G7 C8 to set the preferred filter combination but you must press all four keys simultane ously It s not possible to...

Page 16: ...ill play along with other samples when you hit a key and since the noise sample is mapped to 1 note polyphony you always get the same amount of noise no matter whether you play 1 key or 30 Feel the magic when turning down the noise to zero Instrument Noise level move the knob to set the level of the hum hiss noise Original recording level of the noise is middle position Instrument Noise release mo...

Page 17: ...and when the hammer lifts from the tine the sound is produced This means that the instrument is virtually without dynamics but a cool sound indeed However the release sound can be a bit annoying since it almost sounds like a click Therefore we decided to add an option for the Pianet to turn down the click but off course we recommend keeping it natural as it adds charm to the sound Level Determines...

Page 18: ...ou play 1 key or 30 Feel the magic when you turn down noise to zero Instrument Noise Level move the knob to set the level of the hum hiss noise Original recording level of the noise is middle position Instrument Noise Release move the knob to set the release time of the noise Default setting is middle If you want noise to be present the whole time in a song or on stage you should turn the knob bey...

Page 19: ...ts to make the instrument sound even better FX Type switches between Send and Insert effect pages Effect Preset selects between ten FX presets It is possible to save five User presets 5 1 Reverb Size Determines the room size by setting the length of the reverb Higher values simulate larger rooms lower values smaller rooms Level Sets the level of the reverb ...

Page 20: ...he menu 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 5 3 Pan Level move the knob to set the modulation intensity Higher values will pan further to the sides Speed Determines the speed of the panning This Parameter can be...

Page 21: ...lock Click on the arrow to select the time value from the menu Tone controls the initial frequency of the effect and decides the timbre of the sound 5 5 Compressor Threshold sets a level above which the compressor starts reducing peaks Only signals above the threshold are affected by the compression ratio signals below are unaffected Output Sets the output of the module ...

Page 22: ...dulation 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 sound Higher values increase the distortion effect Output sets the output of the module ...

Page 23: ...ets 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 cuts the level of the higher frequencies ...

Page 24: ...ripting 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 Lyngmark for all his help and guidance My dear wife Anne for all your work suppo...

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