It is a very playable virtual bass that really cuts through the mix. Pre-Bass is derived from the Scarbee Blue Bass library, and the first release in the partnership between sampling expert Thomas Hansen Skarbye and Native Instruments. Another question for Scarbee, Does Jay-bass have round robins (what do you mean when you say the Jay-bass is played 3 fingered) Also, does the Jay-bass have all the fret noises, user profile, being able to control the string release and all that other stuff that is shown in the pre-bass tutorial Thanks. I suppose they are also quite "programmable" but I've never been one to paint midi notes with a mouse. But the best part about Scarbee Rickenbacker Bass is that it fits like a glove into very modern styles also. Scarbee Pre-Bass provides a meticulous, highly musical rendition of the iconic Fender Precision bass. They are in my opinion the most playable of all the bass libraries that I've encountered, but of course that means you have to learn to play them. Native Instruments Scarbee MM-Bass Amped v1.1.0 KONTAKT P2P 19 December 2019 11. If you don't have a pedal I believe you can set a key switch to enact the slide mode. The default midi CC to enact slide mode is the release pedal. You want to slide all the way down to G so you need to start out on the 7th fret of the E string and slide to G at the 3rd fret). If your starting note is a B and you want to slide down to a G then you don't want to start out on the A string (e.g. Choice of string is not only about tone but also considering what note you're starting at and where you want to end up. You need to think more like a bass player that a keyboard player.
In my experience the key to mastering Scarbee bass instruments is learning when to use the gliss (quickly playing an ascending half or whole step interval), when to use slide (holding down the sustain pedal and playing two overlapping notes) and using the key switches to select which virtual string a given note is played on. Native Instruments has introduced Scarbee Rickenbacker Bass, a new KONTAKT instrument featuring the sound of a Rickenbacker 4003 bass guitar.