Very cool tool for songwriting and experimenting with bass playing techniques, I can't do in real life on a bass I don't own in real life. :)
I would love to have a palm muting articulation, other than that very versatile!
Just another great sounding bass library. The library would be even more versatile, if they sampled really low velocity playing (might be good for some parts ;-) ) I got EZBass libraries, Shreddage Bass libraries, Orange Tree Basses but I think nothing compares to the truBass of Submission audio. Now with that said: please upgrade the punk bass to the new technology! :)
As producers, we all know how important it is to have a great-sounding bassline. On-call 24/7, MODO BASS 2.0 offers the realism and sound of a sought-after instrument being played by a master musician, but with the convenience of a plug-in virtual instrument.
MODO BASS also gives you MIDI control of critical parameters that you can automate in real time. Varying parameters while performing is one of the secrets for achieving utmost realism, and MODO BASS is the only virtual instrument that is truly able to make it possible.
Start with the stock pickup or pickups for each bass model and set the volume balance independently for each. Want a different pickup in the neck position? No problem. There are 32 individual pickup models to choose from, each with its own tonal characteristics and personality. You can also freely move the pickups around in the pickup area providing you with virtually limitless options. Experiment with different pickups, different pickup positions and different playing positions all at the same time. With MODO BASS, you can create combinations that would be virtually impossible to accomplish without a lot of solder and wiring adjustments!
Adjust the overall pickup output with the tone control, just like the tone control on the physical bass. You can switch the electronics from Passive to Active, and doing so gives you access to an additional parametric EQ that lets you fine-tune your tone for the perfect balance.
MODO BASS also gives you MIDI control of critical parameters that you can automate in real time. In the MIDI Control section, you can remap keyswitches or link controls to any MIDI control change for easier playability and programming. Control and adjust the application of Vibrato, the playing style, the application of Mute and slide while playing. You can also control the frequency of the vibrato and the amount of the bend, plus the amount of slide and detach noise.
Plus, keyswitching in MODO BASS allows you to switch on the fly between chord mode and note mode, the type of stroke used when playing, the fingers used for the phrasing, and the playing style, giving you complete control over the final sound signature.
MODO BASS offers 22 unique bass instruments to create exactly the right bass sound for your music. Under the MODEL tab you can browse through the different basses. MODO BASS 2.0 has expanded options with the addition of 2 fretless basses, 2 double basses and the freedom to make any bass a fretless*.
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Firstly, I hope this is the right forum section, if not let me know. I have a couple of tracks with bass parts on them, I usually use my Juno as a MIDI controller to add bass but this track was written on a guitar and the bass part is tricky to do on a keyboard. Does anyone know a decent VST plugin similar to my guitar plugins but with a good bass sound?
In terms of bass VST instruments, I really like IK Multimedia's MODO bass. It uses modeling rather than sampling, so it can be quite expressive and also offers a number of bass instrument sounds (Ric, P-Bass, Hofner, etc.). It's $299, but if you have the bucks, I think it's well worth it.
A cheaper, sample-based alternative is to use the TX16Wx free sampler and bass samples. The TX16Wx is full-featured, and certainly, the price is right I don't know what sample packs are available for it, other than the 3-bass pack of sampled Gibson basses I originally did for Rapture, and ported over to the TX16Wx. However. the pack costs $40, so you might want to look around and see if there are any free bass sounds for the TX16Wx.
I have used the Ample P Bass lite free VST on all my backing tracks for a few years now. Only issue is it is a 4 string bass so no going below low E. When I need that I just use SI bass on those notes using a separate midi track
I find it very accurate and it sits in the mix perfectly. I even fooled my self once thinking it was my real bass.
I play all my parts on my Yamaha bass and drag them to a midi track then use that to trigger PBass lite
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I have gotten decent results with the SI Bass Guitar, too. It does take tweaking in the plug in itself, or I have found the bass sound can take over a mix. Usually that has meant dialing off some bass and dialing up some mids, treble.
I second MODO bass. I also got it on sale for $50. The $50 version only includes 2 basses and limited pickup options, but I find that to be sufficient for my needs. There's all sorts of articulation options, from picking style, EQ, string style etc.
Okay, I downloaded ample bass P lite. Have to say Sounds ok especially for free! To those with patience here's my question; it works ok using the mouse, I get the bass notes on to the track. But my guitar wont trigger it. Now often I use a plug in like TH-U for my rock guitar sounds all works fine, I click on the + sign and add the effect from the VST drop down menu. Simples.
But not this. I've messed around for a long time trying various things but I reckon this is filed under the head slap Duh! category. Can someone save me an hour or two and tell me why it isn't working? ( To those of a short fuse disposition just make a cup of tea and count to 10! I even try my own patience with questions like this)
Ample Sounds are meant to be triggered by a hardware MIDI keyboard. They are good at being triggered by MIDI in a track too. How you get that MIDI into a track is up to you. I have more than one hardware MIDI instrument. All of which can trigger an Ample Sound instrument. If you have a MIDI guitar it should work too.
Okay, I downloaded ample bass P lite. Have to say Sounds ok especially for free! To those with patience here's my question; it works ok using the mouse, I get the bass notes on to the track. But my guitar wont trigger it.
Play the bass part on guitar, use Melodyne to convert the guitar part into MIDI (i.e., drag into MIDI track), clean up the data as needed, drop the notes down an octave, and trigger your bass instrument of choice.
After many years of fine tweaks and meticulous refinement, both live on stage and in the studio, Nolly has crafted an instantly recognizable signature bass sound that has helped define the sound of an entire genre.
See the amount of gain reduction applied by your compressor and use the meter screw to transform JST Bus Glue BG-Bass from a fixed-threshold compressor to a user-defined threshold value.
Bus Glue is a series of Bus Compressors designed to excel at controlling the dynamics of specified mix bus groups in a mix using a variety of compression and saturation types combined with over a decade of mixing knowledge and lots of practical field testing across several genres of music.
A computer with Intel or M-Series compatible processor, Windows or Mac operating system, and a compatible DAW installed (check which plugin formats your DAW supports). This plugin does NOT operate as a standalone!
Element Bass is the ultimate all-in-one solution for Bass guitar. Whether you are a bass player looking for the ultimate tone or a mixing engineer trying to make the bass fit perfectly in the mix, Element Bass has you covered.
Element Bass defining feature is the ability to easily have up to 3 different chains that can be mixed in parallel to each other. A common technique used by the best producers and mixing engineers in around the world. But requiring duplicating multiple tracks and many plugins per track.
Element Bass lets you do all of it and more in just ONE plugin.
Element Bass lets you have up to three complete bass channels in parallel. Allowing you to have ultimate control and flexibility in achieving the perfect bass tone for your needs. Get controlled low end, mid-range growl and hi-end bite without compromising any.
The master output section of Element Bass also includes a limiter at the end of the signal chain. This allows you to further control the bass peaks and dynamics if the compression settings were not enough. It also acts like a glue when you have more than 1 bass channel in parallel.
No doubt, you can get good results using just channel/preamp. But you are always going to sacrifice your low end doing so. If you split your bass signal chain into at least too, low end and mid/highs. You can then get all the tone and distortion you want in your sound while keeping the driving low end clear and punchy.
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