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Old 02-12-2014, 01:10 AM   #1
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Hello all.
Usually I play a bass guitar on my recordings, but sometimes I don't have access to the bass guitar and wondered if I could experiment with a VST plugin that can give me a sound similar to an electric bass?
Any advice on a suitable plug-in gratefully received. Thanks.

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Old 02-12-2014, 01:49 AM   #2
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imho all vsti or sample based bass instruments sound awfull
and its very time consuming to get them to sound at least a bit naturally.

you are better off recording the bass with your guitar and then use reapitch
to tune it down an octave
if u use bass amp simulation (such as softtube bass amp room) with this, you can get pretty good results
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Old 02-12-2014, 02:37 AM   #3
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Hadn't thought of using the guitar/Reapitch combination. Thanks for that!
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Old 02-12-2014, 03:05 AM   #4
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For really convincing results "Spectrasonics Trillian" is probably the best VSTi on the market.

With ~300$ it's very pricey though. But it's worth the money.
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For really convincing results "Spectrasonics Trillian" is probably the best VSTi on the market.

With ~300$ it's very pricey though. But it's worth the money.
Thanks Skel. I'll check that out!
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Old 09-05-2014, 04:01 PM   #6
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For really convincing results "Spectrasonics Trillian" is probably the best VSTi on the market.

With ~300$ it's very pricey though. But it's worth the money.
Trillian is absolutely brilliant.
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Do what I did and buy a Fishman Tripleplay.
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Old 02-12-2014, 09:59 AM   #8
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imho all vsti or sample based bass instruments sound awfull
and its very time consuming to get them to sound at least a bit naturally.

you are better off recording the bass with your guitar and then use reapitch
to tune it down an octave
if u use bass amp simulation (such as softtube bass amp room) with this, you can get pretty good results
Could you post something with a guitar as a bass? I've tried that a couple of times, but it never really turned out nice.
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Old 02-12-2014, 10:31 PM   #9
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Could you post something with a guitar as a bass? I've tried that a couple of times, but it never really turned out nice.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yshovvfd98...sbassdfred.mp3

not the very best example. this was recorded with a lp with fairly thick strings, reapitched and then run over waves gtr
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I generally play bass on a real bass for the tracks that need it too but I also have a couple of the Scarbee basses for Kontakt that came with Komplete 8 and they sound pretty convincing, especially if you're any good on keys.
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Adagary - thanks for posting that mp3. Sounded pretty good considering how it was done.

Readave - sadly I'm no keyboard player but I will have a look at Komplete.

Thanks all.
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I also have a couple of the Scarbee basses for Kontakt that came with Komplete 8 and they sound pretty convincing, especially if you're any good on keys.
Do you use these for funky type bass ReaDave? I think I got one Scarbee bass with Konplete 9 and it's strickly for funk.

I've got some clients that I program for that are more in the country vain and I've found it hard to find a good clean bass for that. I've got some old bass samples I recorded years ago that I'm using now but they are lacking. I also reprogrammed Kontakt's Classic Bass to get some decent sound out of it.

I've thought about Trillian, but I hate to spend that kind of money unless I know for sure it's going to fill my needs.
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iyou are better off recording the bass with your guitar and then use reapitch
to tune it down an octave
if u use bass amp simulation (such as softtube bass amp room) with this, you can get pretty good results
No you're not. Use a bass dammit!
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Old 09-05-2014, 03:42 PM   #14
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Hello all.
Usually I play a bass guitar on my recordings, but sometimes I don't have access to the bass guitar and wondered if I could experiment with a VST plugin that can give me a sound similar to an electric bass?
Any advice on a suitable plug-in gratefully received. Thanks.
YES! I know all about the one and only bass plugin, Reality Bass VST instrument that soon will come to Mac OS in Audio Unit format too. You can find and read about it at http://www.iridiumiris.se

I have it and I must say it's nice with the built in pattern maker and all, and the slap sound is fat.

There are some sound clips on KVR here: http://www.kvraudio.com/product/real...ftware/details

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YES! I know all about the one and only bass plugin, Reality Bass VST instrument that soon will come to Mac OS in Audio Unit format too. You can find and read about it at http://www.iridiumiris.se

I have it and I must say it's nice with the built in pattern maker and all, and the slap sound is fat.

There are some sound clips on KVR here: http://www.kvraudio.com/product/real...ftware/details

Cheers
Their site is 404, they are gone I think. Anyone know a good bass VST with patterns included, or a good easy pattern maker? I hand sequence all my bass parts and it takes ages.
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Their site is 404, they are gone I think. Anyone know a good bass VST with patterns included, or a good easy pattern maker? I hand sequence all my bass parts and it takes ages.
Take a look at Odesi. It's not free (US$49), but you can use it to generate bass lines (among other things) and export as MIDI. I've just picked it up, so I'm no expert yet, but it looks promising.

http://odesi.mixedinkey.com/

https://youtu.be/3zh6icr_WZI
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I listened to a couple of the selections offered here and my personal opinion.
Save your money buy a modest bass there are some modest prices for real basses out there and purchase one for yourself.
Some cheap basses get very good reviews.
If you are creative you will appreciate being in comand of all things even the bass... and that is very important the bass is at the foundation if included in the mix.

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