Scarbee Funk Guitarist

JazzHot
JazzHot Member Posts: 16 Member
in Kontakt

Scarbee Funk guitarist does not work in Bitwig 5.3.8 either using it in Kontakt 8.4.1 or Komplete Control.

I tried it in Cubase and Logic and all is fine…

I am on Mac Studio M2 and all my softwares and plugins are on their latest version.

All I hear in Bitwig when launching a groove is the chord only, no grove at all.

Thanks for your help to make this work.

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  • JazzHot
    JazzHot Member Posts: 16 Member

    Anyone can try Kontakt 8.4.1/Scarbee Funk guitarist in Bitwig and tell me if it is working like it should?

    Like explained in my May 28 post if I play funk guitarist from my MK3 keyboard all is fine. there is a Groove heard.
    But If I record a midi track, no groove to be heard when recording and playback.

    After many emails with Bitwig support, they claims that Kontakt is the problem.

    The last test I did that point to Bitwig being the problem is this:
    Since Bitwig supports .dawproject as an export option, I exported my Bitwig session containing a Scarbee Funk guitarist midi track. Then I imported the .dawproject into Cubase 14. To my great surprise the Scarbee Funk Guitarist track played successfully including the groove.

    Would be great to know if I am the only one with that annoying problem.

    All the best

  • JazzHot
    JazzHot Member Posts: 16 Member

    Here is what I found out on the Scarbee Web site about Scarbee funk Guitarist others:

    From  January 1, 2025 these products will no longer be in our shop as Native Instruments have decided to end-of-sale (EOS) them. To be clear, EOS (end of sale) does not mean EOM (end of maintenance) or EOL (end of life). We have no longer legal permission to sell these products on our website and it will not be sold on Native Instruments website either. It will remain available for download via Native Access.

    So, if Scarbee Funk guitarist is still available via Native Access and according to my problem using Funk Guitarist in Bitwig as described in my first post above, why Native Instruments is silence about the problem describe in my first post?

    Please Native Instruments, do something. I have expired all my resources trying to solve this annoying problem.

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Administrator, Customer Care Posts: 14,895 admin
    edited June 12

    @JazzHot Please note that we do help out users on the forum when we can but it's not a substitute for support. There is a dedicated support portal here: https://bit.ly/NI_Support_All

    We still support this library.

    Are you able to load the library in Kontakt or in Komplete Kontrol in standalone? Does it look as installed in Native Access?

    If it doesn't load in Kontakt in standalone, please try to reset Kontakt's database: My Kontakt Browser is empty or incomplete

    Do Kontakt, Komplete Kontrol and Bitwig all have full disk access? How to Enable Full Disk Access on macOS

  • JazzHot
    JazzHot Member Posts: 16 Member

    Yes it does load the Library in Kontakt and in Komplete Kontrol using Standalone.

    It is installed and looked installed in Native access

    Kontakt, Kontakt 7, Kontakt 8, Komplete kontrol and Bitwig, all have Full Access in my MacOs

    I have all the latest updates of every thing installed in my computer (Mac Studio M2)

    Thank you for looking into this

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Administrator, Customer Care Posts: 14,895 admin
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/230403#Comment_230403

    Can you double check the versions of Kontakt and Komplete Kontrol are loading in Bitwig? You can check by clicking on the NI logo in the plug-in's window.

  • JazzHot
    JazzHot Member Posts: 16 Member

    Komplete Kontrol Version 3.5.0

    Kontakt Version 8.4.1

    FYI i have tried loading Scarbee Funk Guitarist from Komplete Kontrol 3.50 and I got the same problem.

    Same problem loading Funk Guitarist from Kontakt 8.4.1.

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Administrator, Customer Care Posts: 14,895 admin

    @JazzHot I couldn't reproduce the issue in Bitwig. I can load Kontakt 8.4.1 and Scarbee Funk Guitarist.

    Is it missing in both Classic View and DEfault View? Is the library ticked here?

    Screenshot 2025-06-16 at 11.06.00.png

    Since it's only happening in Bitwig, have you tried rescanning all plug-ins?

  • JazzHot
    JazzHot Member Posts: 16 Member

    Everything is loading fine in Bitwig here.It is not missing neither in Classic view or Default view.


    Please read my original mail. The problem shows when RECORDING a Funk Guitarist MIDI track and play it back.

    Just try this:

    Set a MIDI track in Bitwig and assign Funk Guitarist as an instrument to it.
    Set Bitwig in RECORD and/or INPUT mode, play you keyboard WITHOUT LAUNCHING a record, ONLY then you will hear a Funk Guitarist groove.
    But if you launch a recording you won't hear a Funk Guitarist GROOVE . You will hear a chord being played but no Groove.
    If you export the faulty MIDI track you just recorded in ANY OTHER DAW (Logic, Cubase, Ableton, Luna and FL Studio) it will playback perfectly.Strange is it not!!!!!
    I have been thru all the possible parameters and verified all the possible culprit of this near seen problem.
    Thank you for your patience and please try what I suggested above.

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