We wanted to have the best possible sustain on each key, perfect balance of tone and as much bark too. There are harder strikes (compared to Scarbee Mark 1) - as well as softer ones.

We spend an enormous amount of time cleaning the samples for noise – each sample went through four stages, where the last two were done by hand. The reason for this was the fact that we wanted to be able to offer presets with extreme treble EQ settings without having extra noise – and without hurting any part of the recordings.

Try to select a Snapshot like 'Bahian Love Affair' – and turn the Instrument Noise totally down on the Settings page – and listen to the difference...

FINDING YOUR SOUND
cep88s FXEvery musician tries to find his sound - and producers love to be able to get exactly what they are looking for. We made it easy for you: There are 45 different snapshot presets ready for you - and if you want to make your own sounds? Get started with the 117 FX presets.

You can even select different routings and have some FX come before or after amp. The possibilities are there for sure. As a tribute to George Duke we created a 3 zone split EQ and a stereo knob so you can carry on what this great man started.

THE PURE JOY OF PLAYING
To make sure you guys will get the best out of SCARBEE CLASSIC EP-88s we made a smart Key Action Calibration utility that will reveal if you actually trigger all velocity zones with your current keyboard.

With our new electric keyboard library we also introduce several new systems that improve the playability and add further realism to virtual instrument keyboards.

CLASSIC ELECTRIC PIANO 88S
True Horizontal Release Sample Technology
Flexible on-board effects with alternate routings
88 keys, 30 velocities and 8294 samples

Advanced Release Sample System
We simply scanned all sustains from start to end and Nils Liberg and me (Thomas Hansen Skarbye) designed a system so that release the samples will always have the correct sound and energy- no matter the dynamics or the time sustain is held.

Release Sample Resonance System
We created a new way to control the "box" resonance so it would completely mimic reality.

Advanced Sus Pedal Behaviour
It wasn't enough to add pedal FXs of all kinds... we also changed the way the sustain notes affect each other when playing the same key repeatedly.

Note Off Delay
On the MIDI keyboard the release sound started a little to fast compared the the real instrument and repeated notes sounded too staccato like. The solution was to simply delay the note-off sent from the MIDI-keyboard or sequencer so that it would change in same time as the original instrument. It too made a real difference in the playing experience!

FULLY NKS READY
The NKS format allows SCARBEE CLASSIC EP-88S to be integrated with Maschine and Komplete Kontrol S-Series keyboards.
All of our 45 factory Snapshots are tagged and categorised - available while browsing in Maschine or Komplete Kontrol.

WHAT IS NEW IN VERSION 1.1
We have fixed a few bugs but also added some very cool new features like the MIDI Modulation Matrix and the PRE-FX Delay.

But before you get started it is VERY IMPORTANT that you convert your old user presets first. If you load and use them in the new .nki – you will not be able to use the new features.
(See Chapter 4.2.9 Export/Import in PDF)

Requires KONTAKT 5.5.2 or or later.

home page: https://www.scarbee.com/collections/virtual-instruments/products/scarbee-classic-ep-88s

DOWNLOAD:
Scarbee_Classic_EP-88s_v1.1_Incl_Matrix_Expansion_KONTAKT-AwZ.part1
Scarbee_Classic_EP-88s_v1.1_Incl_Matrix_Expansion_KONTAKT-AwZ.part2