The oldest, the grand-daddy of all virtual Rhodes is the Lounge Lizard from Applied Acoustics. Here’s my top 5 software recreations of the Rhodes electric piano, in no particular order.
But sometimes when a manufacturer focuses on recreating the feel, heart and soul of this classic electric piano – whether Mark I, Mark II, stage or suitcase – magic can happen. And this follows on into software versions – it’s a standard sound. Pretty much every digital synth, keyboard workstation and sampler will have some kind of Rhodes electric piano going on. The classic tremolo of course, the phaser, chorus, wah and a delay are always popular. But it’s not just the physical glockenspiel-like vibration it’s the tonebar that picks up the sound and the preamp and amplification that give it the grit and variation that we’ve come to love.
Hammers hitting strips of metal called “Tines” like a sideways vibraphone.
There’s something in the way the sound is created. The most iconic performance for me is Ray Charles playing Shake a Tail-feather in the The Blues Brothers movie. Riders on the Storm by The Doors, Get Back by the Beatles, I’m Not in Love by 10cc and then much of Herbie Hancock and Stevie Wonder’s music from the 1970’s. Most of my experience of course comes through records it was used on. With over 4,000 samples covering all four strings, nine velocity layers, and advanced scripting that makes playing both highly intuitive and stunningly authentic, it's easy to see why the pros choose SCARBEE PRE-BASS.I have played one and as I recall the keyboard action was just horrible – really heavy to my soft synth hands – but the sound was sublime. What's more, SCARBEE PREBASS makes exceptional use of the KONTAKT interface, displaying a fretboard overview with articulations dynamically updated as you play. SCARBEE PRE-BASS is fully playable in real time, with almost all articulations (including mutes, harmonics, hammer-ons, pull-offs, grace notes and more) available without key switches. The level of expression makes for a truly authentic and fun playing experience, and lends itself to a wide range of styles, from reggae, to pop, rock, hip-hop, R&B and much more. THE BASS Recorded with round-wound strings to get a fat and dirty sound, SCARBEE PRE-BASS also features a vast and incredibly intuitive set of playing techniques.
Selling this software via electronic delivery, simply because I don't use the software often.
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