Steinberg Scarbee R.S.P. 73 Operation Manual

							
 
Sustained Samples Release Samples 
Sustained Hard 1 Release Hard 1 
Sustained Hard 2 Release Hard 2 
Sustained Hard 3 Release Hard 3 
  
Sustained Medium 1 Release Medium 1 
Sustained Medium 2 Release Medium 2 
Sustained Medium 3 Release Medium 3 
    
Sustained Medium Soft 1 Release Medium Soft 1 
Sustained Medium Soft 2 Release Medium Soft 2 
Sustained Medium Soft 3 Release Medium Soft 3 
    
Sustained Soft 1 Release Soft 1 
Sustained Soft 2 Release Soft 2 
Sustained Soft 3 Release Soft 3 
 
The complexity of the Scarbee R.S.P. 73 is scalable, to suit the 
power and resource availability of the system upon which it is 
installed. 
 
The fullest realization is available in the 12V version. In the 12V 
there are 1752 separate samples. 
 
Each key controls 24 unique samples: 12 different velocities of 
samples for the sustained notes, and another 12 velocities of 
samples for the release samples. These release samples are a 
critical factor in capturing the feel and tone of an actual 
Rhodes®. 
 
We have attempted to give the user as much control over this 
scaling as possible. Variations in the program type are indicated 
by suffixes in the program title: 
 
12V - 12 unique velocity level samples for sustained notes, 12 
unique velocity level samples for release triggers. 
 
08V - 8 unique velocity level samples for sustained notes, 8 
unique velocity level samples for release triggers. 
 
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04V - 4 unique velocity level samples for sustained notes, 4 
unique velocity level samples for release triggers. 
 
Lite - Samples of white keys only, some stretched up or down a 
maximum of 1 semitone to cover black keys. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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10. The “Classic”sound – EQ 
 
Although most Rhodes® owners record their instrument by 
connecting to the socket on the front panel and set the Bass 
Boost knob in the middle position (actually a bass cut!) - this is 
what we call the Classic sound. Since we decided to record 
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, we needed to create 
the Classic  sound - simulating the behaviour of the passive 
tone control, by the use of EQ. The precise calculation was done 
by italian wizard Thomas Serafini - he was the main force behind 
the design of the audio engine in IK Multimedias brilliant guitar 
amp simulator Amplitube. 
 
In the Giga version we made a processed version R.S.P. 73 
Classic, since GigaStudio/GigaSampler is a stand alone solution, 
with limited EQ possibilities. But for the EXS24 mk II and HALion 
versions we decided to let you set the EQ yourself - since this is 
very easy! 
 
To simulate the Bass Boost knob at middle position you need to 
set a -3.6 bass roll-off at 715 Hz. (Exact calculation) 
And since the passive tone controls on the real Rhodes® 
dampens a lot of the high frequences you may want to reduce 
the sparkle to for that duller ‘old school’ sound. Please feel free 
to make other EQ settings to suit your own taste! 
 
See following examples in Cubase SX, Cubase VST and Logic. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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10.1 Cubase SX 
 
 
 
In Cubase SX open the mixer and locate the VST 
instrument. (Halion). Set the bass EQ (lowest - active icon is 
green) to 715 Hz and dB to -3.6. For that Old school sound - 
set the treble EQ (top - active icon is green) to 2500 Hz and dB 
to -24. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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10.2 Cubase VST 
 
 
 
In Cubase VST open the mixer and locate the VST instrument 
(Halion). Set the bass EQ (left - active icon is green) to 715 Hz 
and dB to -3.6. For that Old school sound - set the treble EQ 
(right - active icon is green) to 2500 Hz and dB to -24. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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10.3 Logic 
 
 
 
In Logic open the mixer and locate the VST instrument (EXS24 
mk II or Halion). Load the Fat EQ plugin. set the bass EQ (left - 
active icon is light green) to 730 Hz and dB to -3.5. For that 
Old school sound - set the treble EQ (right - active icon is 
light green) to 3700 Hz and choose the treble roll off. (see light 
green icon on top right.) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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11. Production Credits and Thank You’s 
 
 
11.1 Production Credits 
 
Recording, Editing, Programming and Production by 
Thomas Hansen Skarbye 
 
Cover Art and Design by 
Anne Skarbye 
 
Press release, Manual and Cover Text 
Rick Chadwick and Thomas Hansen Skarbye 
 
 
Pdf User Manual Design 
Simone Coen 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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11.2 Thank You’s 
 
Christian Vinten for some great demoes (hey! this guy rocks!) 
James Garfield (www.fenderrhodes.org), John Della Vecchia & 
Jens Lüpke for the fantastic help with the restoration and 
adjustment of the Rhodes®, Julie Drake (Major Key) for all the 
cool spare parts and kits! Jan Mikkelsen & Hamid Hagh 
(Musikhuset Aage Jensen) - thanks for fast and great support! 
Shahid Munir & Mark Hannibal (Supersound) - more fast and 
great support! Stefan Kengen (Futureware) for the good vibes 
and friendship! Kip McGinnis (Bardstown) & Adrian Lee for 
helping me with the other formats, TASCAM, Best Service, Time 
& Space and Crypton for their worldwide distribution, 
”Kotzenschmarrn” & ”Pinkcanary” (Cubase forum) for their clever 
”tricks”, Douglas Harris for fixing a terrible midi problem (and 
thereby saving my marriage…).   
Thanks to all my helpful friends at the various forums, Michael 
Callender (Native Instruments), Don Grusin & Marcus Miller - 
thanks for the nice comments! Martin Walker (Sound On Sound), 
Zack Price (Home Recording Magazine), Rob Shrock (Electronic 
Musician), Ryan Miglierina (www.soniccontrol.com) & Roman 
Beilharz (PC & Musik) for great press and reviews! Gary Garritan, 
Jeff Hurchalla, Hans Adamson, Garth Hjelte and the other 
members of I.S.D.N (The Independent Sample Developers 
Network), Mark Simon (Northern Sound Source) and finally a 
very special thanks to my wonderful children: Nikolai, Oscar & 
Victor and my beloved wife Anne. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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12. Troubleshooting 
 
Before you load the Scarbee R.S.P. 73, you may want to read 
this... 
 
12.1 Kontakt 
 
 
 
(1) The direct from disc (DFD) setup: 
Download the DFD patch from Native Instrument website. Open 
Kontakt, select options and DFD - Direct From Disc. Set options 
to match your system. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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12.2 Halion 
 
 
 
1) Clearing the memory: 
Right click (mac: cntrl+click) on bottom of sampler and select 
clear all. 
 
 
 
 
 
(2) Setting up the preload time and Voice buffer: 
In options adjust the preload time to suit your RAM. 
If you have plenty try load 2 seconds or more for better 
performance. Adjust Voice Buffer until you dont lose any notes. 
64 voices should be cool - even with demanding stuff! 
 
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