I use the Waves C4 for this, but StudioOne has one in its suite of plugins. Native Instruments SCARBEE PRE-BASS AMPED KONTAKT HYBRiD D2 5.77 GB. It may be up to you as to whether it is a better solution than using a sampled bass.Īs a final word, if I had to recommend one plugin essential for bass guitar, it would be a good 'multiband compressor'. Using a guitar for bass lines, either detuned or pitch shifted, will give you an outcome, and maybe even fool people. I have Guitar Rig as well, but the GTR offers more models and some options not available in Guitar Rig. Native Instruments Scarbee Rickenbacker Bass V.1.2. But a poor sound will always leave you 'turd polishing'.Ĥ)I would also recommend the 'Waves GTR' plugin for bass. SCARBEE RICKENBACKER® BASS captures the unmistakable sound of a Rickenbacker® 4003 for the first time in software.
If you can get a good 2nd hand deal, and maybe upgrade the pickup(s) with a decent 3rd party brand like EMG, that may give you a fighting chance. A cheap bass that has poor pickups may only sound good with really new strings, and this could cost you more in the long run.ģ)A cheap bass may not be a good plan. SCARBEE MM-BASS AMPED is based on the highly-regarded Scarbee Black Bass created by accomplished bassist and producer Thomas Hansen Skarbye and inspired by the sound of Bernard Edwards (Chic). The harmonics disappear rapidly as the strings age. It is superb, and perhaps the only thing that gives it away is that it tends to sound like a 'perfect take'.Ģ)Getting a great bass guitar sound normally relies on the strings being as new as possible. I bought Scarbee MM & Pre Bass and they sound great in the right hands, but I cant get them to sound very good, they are just too complicated to program imo. 1)As far as sampled basses are concerned, I have used Native Instruments' 'Scarbee bass'.