OK so we’ve been planning what should and shouldnt go into Solid Bass, here’s what we’ve got so far:
Real Basses through real amps(and cabinets):
- Yamaha Bass
- Fender Precision
- Rick 400 series
— all of the above through the following:
- DI’ed into our analog desk
- Roland Jazz Chorus
- Fender BassMan
- MesaBoogie (of some sort)
- Vox AC30 (carefully, its old and fragile…)
Synth Basses (again through a similar range of amp/speaker combos):
- Ensoniq ESQ1 sounds: A range of bass patches from this analog/digital hybrid (the basses are amongst what this thing is famous for),
- Yamaha FS1R sounds: A set of digital crysal clear basses to remind you of the 1980’s, as well as some using the formant-modelling capabilities of this synth)
KSP Patches – A set of Kontakt KSP scripts that enhance the realism of the instruments. We’ll be sampling the “real” basses across the whole fretboard – so one of these patches will be keeping track of which “virtual position” the bass players hand is in and selecting the correct sample/note to play. Trust us it makes it sound like a real person with a real instrument…