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Scarbee R.S.P. ‘73

Scarbee is proud to present to you the Scarbee R.S.P. '73, the most comprehensively sampled Rhodes® piano on earth.

The depth and sophistication of this sampling project has allowed us to finally capture the elusive 'soul' of this classic keyboard.

The R.S.P. '73 consists of a collection of truly authentic 'deeply sampled' renderings of the Fender Rhodes® Stage Piano MK I - '73, captured in high definition 24 bit quality. Ingenious Danish programming has resulted in both the 24 bit Kontakt, EXS24 mk II and 24 bit Halion editions of the library being included in the same 4 CD set. The same programming system allows purchasers of the 2 CD set 16 bit Gigastudio edition to download small files which will allow installation of both the 16 bit Emagic EXS24 MK II and Steinberg Halion editions at no extra charge. This new delivery system should prove to be a major boon to both users who need to switch sample platforms from time to time, and dealers - who will be able to supply the library for any of several popular samplers simply by stocking two multi platform editions.

The R.S.P. '73 was recorded at 24 bit resolution through a Mindprint En-Voice preamp (without any use of EQ, tube saturation or compression), and then digitally transferred to a Nuendo AudioLink 96 audio card. The piano sound was captured directly from the harp, bypassing the passive tone control on the front panel, in order to capture the full frequency range of the instrument and minimise unwanted noise. All sample editing - including noise reduction and normalizing was also done at 24 bit resolution.

How much detail is there in the instrument? To start with, all samples are full length and unlooped. Each of the 73 keys of the Mark 1 was sampled at 12 different velocities - ranging from 0 to -26 dB - but this is only half the story. In order to capture that magical feel of really 'playing' a Rhodes®, we also recorded 'release' samples for each of the 12 velocities, at the exact same level as the corresponding 12 sustain samples. The release tone - a sound created when a damper bounces against the tine as a key is released, is an intrinsic element of what musicians recognise as the original 'Rhodes® Sound'.

To accommodate systems with RAM limitations, several 'Lite' versions of the R.S.P. '73 are included. Lite versions contain the samples of the white keys, which are stretched down a semitone to cover adjacent black keys. Lite versions come in 12, 8 and 4 velocity layer flavours.

For that duller 'old school' sound, a special Hi-cut version of each program (Giga version only) is also included.

In response to a number of requests, all programs are available in both Equal and Stretch tunings

System Requirements:
Halion 2, 12 GB free Hard Disc Space, DVD Rom Drive. MIDI keyboard with sustain pedal.

PC: Windows 2000/XP, Pentium 3/Athlon 1.0 Ghz, 1 GB RAM.
Recommended: Pentium 4/Athlon 1.6 Ghz, 1.5 GB RAM.

Mac: OS9 or higher, G4 800 Mhz, 1 GB RAM.
Recommended: G4 1.25 Ghz, 1.5 GB RAM.

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