The red keyswitch on B3 has just one crucial function - it's the 'stop' button! Each preset comprises a selection of chords mapped across three octaves of orange keyswitches below middle C, whilst the three octaves of blue/green keyswitches from middle C upwards trigger three variations of the four‑bar 'main' grooves (green), plus a selection of 33 one- to two‑bar fills appropriate to the groove style (blue).
Instant gratification is at hand in the form of a library of preset grooves/chord sets, which may well suit your purposes straight out of the box. Grooves are tempo‑synced step‑sequences powered by SFG's own internal sequencer, which trigger sample 'slices' according to the chosen chords. SFG is divided into two main sections: a chord library (3413 chords in all, including 'similar' chords, or 'substitutions' as Americans like to call them) and a groove library. It consists of just one instrument called, unsurprisingly, Scarbee Funk Guitarist.nki. SFG's Kontakt library architecture couldn't be simpler. Think Chic, Sly & The Family Stone and Average White Band, and you'll appreciate where SFG is coming from. SFG's remit is quite specific: to recreate authentic‑sounding funk guitar grooves in almost any chord flavour, inversion or fret position you're likely to need, and all using only two fingers. Scarbee Funk Guitarist (SFG) departs from this paradigm in that it's not a virtual guitar intended for 'freeform' playing - you'd be scuppered trying to use it for playing top‑line melodies or rolling arpeggios.
These instruments focus on playability, ease of use and easy‑to‑grasp real‑time controls (notably on the bass guitars) to introduce characteristic artifacts that help to identify the instruments as being 'real'. Thomas Hansen Scarbye's Kontakt‑hosted 'Scarbee' products are well‑known for their highly realistic‑sounding virtual recreations of vintage electromechanical keyboards and electric basses. The main screen, displaying the currently loaded chord and groove maps. If you've ever fantasised about playing guitar like Nile Rogers - and who hasn't - Scarbee's latest instrument could make all your dreams come true.
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