I am aware that the original instrument lacks one too, but this is no excuse to leave one out. For example, as far as I know the Scarbee rendition has no ‘strum key’ for fast playing. What makes this goal questionable is that the simulation perspective misses a lot of possibilities offered by digital environment. The goal – an impressive one for sure – has been to faithfully create similar sounds to the original instrument. The result is some sort of paradox: a loyal rendition of an original instrument, which in fact was not an original instrument but a collection of some of the early samples.Īnother good example is the Scarbee Rickenbacker bass offered by Native Instruments. So what is really going on here is that a sampler is being sampled in order to make a ‘new’ product. ![]() ![]() Now the same sounds are available for everyone with a fraction of the original price. The Darklight II sampler, or rather its paragon Fairlight, was some thirty years ago a rarity: only established people like Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel could afford one. This is not to say that new releases were somehow nonexistent: lots of new stuff is coming out every week. ![]() Lately the VST instruments and effects market has been quiet indeed.
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