Scarbee announces Drum VSTi

SCARBEE is proud to announce our latest release – the Scarbee Imperial Drums XL. Scarbee SID-XL represents a powerful new synergy between Scarbee’s renowned drum libraries and Steinberg’s cutting edge virtual sampler technology in the form of the Halion Player, based on the HALion 3.1 sampler engine. Scarbee librarires now come ready to play ‘out of the box’ as standalone instruments for Apple OSX and Windows XP as well as a plugins in various interface formats: VSTi, AU, Dxi.


Scarbee Imperial Drums (SID) XL builds on the roots of the first Imperial Drums and adds a number of important improvements. Features at a glance:

– Disk Streaming Sample-Based Virtual Instrument included (Steinberg HALion Player)

– Stand Alone, Rewire, VST, DXi and Audio Units supported

– Software and Soundware is USB key protected (key included)

– All of the original SID content + more than 25 new drums (including 5 new snares)

– All new Ludwig Vistalite drumkit (John Bonham) and Remo Rototom set

– Multitrack to Multiple outputs version of each drum

– Stereo mixdown versions of each drum in different fashions

– 12 different stick types; 3 beater types for bass drums

– Endless kits combinations possible

– Tons of Midi groove files already included and customized for SID-XL

– ModWheel, KeySwitch and Midi CC technique switch and positional control

– GM compatible mapping version of every drum

– Scarbee Sound Quality

– Same production team and environment as the original SID: Elio Rivagli on drums, Simone Coen producing, editing and recording and re-recording, Maurizio Macchioni engineering

– 8 DVDs, 35 GB


Scarbee Imperial Drums XL will be available in Q2 2005 for MSRP $349.00 (euro 272).

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