Upright bass (plucked) recommendation

[Aqua Tarkus]

Hi all

I\'m looking for a high quality upright bass library to use in a jazz context. Can anybody recommend one?

Thanks,
Tarkus. images/icons/cool.gif

[Nick Phoenix]

There is a nice basic uprite bass on a bigfish cd called Jazzistic, 20 megs. There is also the comprehensive uprite bass that Tascam distributes. Both are great and sound similar.

[Bardstown Audio]

The Dan Dean Bass collection has a very nice acoustic upright bass. I have used this sampled acoustic bass on just about all of my demos on the MP3 demo page of my web site.

Kip
Bardstown Audio

www.bardstownaudio.com (\"http://www.bardstownaudio.com\")

[A_Sapp]

One that I use is the Sonic Implants one. It only has 2 velocities, but it has a really nice meaty sound to it. It\'s a soundfont file, really no biggie. For less than the cost of a Tommy Hilfiger T-Shirt, (crazy prices) it really does an excellent job.

[esteven1]

Oh my goodness I can\'t believe no one said Larry Seyer. If you wnat the epidomy of recorded basses and you want to fool everyone including musicionas in the room there is no other except the Larry Seyer acoustic upright.

It has to be one of the best libraries ever recorded. It sounds GOOOOOOD. For jazz, man it\'s unbelieveable.

[franz]

also check http://www.vrsound.com/index2.html (\"http://www.vrsound.com/index2.html\")

4 vel layers plus 6 different technique layers including: up down slides, vibrato, slap, hammeron,.. plus fx samples like long slides harmonics and more.

extremely realistc.

[SCARBEE]

Hey Franz,

Your demoes are scaring... I better shape up to compete with your guys images/icons/wink.gif

All my respect.

Please all of you check out the demoes at
VRsound!!

Scarbee

[Nick Phoenix]

Franz\'s piano sounds awesome! That demo sounds pretty great.

[KingIdiot]

I have Franz\'s upright

the tone is pretty good.

The programming is fairly annoying IMO. I\'m doing some art files tho images/icons/smile.gif

Its set up in a way that just isn\'t comfortable to me.

I didn\'t like it much when I got it, but when I got my Ztar I realized it was the layout that made me dislike it on the keyboard.
And that the tone was actually quite good, especially in the vibrato samples.

I hear that Larry Seyer\'s is fantastic.

Also I remember that Hans Adamsan had mentioned here that he would be working on an upright.

If SCARBEE did one I\'d think that we\'d be in Uprigth heaven. Is it me, or are SCARBEE\'s demos the only ones that ever make me say to myself....\"thats samples?\"

[esteven1]

once again I can\'t believe no one heard of Larry Seyer\'s Acoustic bass. It was like one of the first sample cd\'s out. I rmember getting it when I bought the orginal gigasampler 64. To this day that bass causes me to drool.

I\'m a pianist but can walk a mean bass line images/icons/wink.gif I\'ll make a demo if someone wants to hear this bass in action.

[Nick Phoenix]

I mentioned Larry\'s bass ( the one Tascam distributes) in my earlier post, but forgot to include the name. It IS very good.

[Aqua Tarkus]

Thanks fellas.

It looks like there are quite a few to choose from. Interestingly enough, it also appears that the largest samples may not necessarily be the best. If anyone here\'s heard of Christian McBride, he\'s got the sound I\'m after. Esteven, if you don\'t mind putting together a quick example that would be superb! images/icons/tongue.gif

Cheers
Tarkus.

[SCARBEE]

Nick is so right Larry\'s bass is beautyful!
I think you have several good options here!

Good Luck.

PS. I will do an Upright one day, but I have so many libs to do, so it may take a while.

Thomas

[matucha]

http://www.echochamber.ch/ (\"http://www.echochamber.ch/\")

under [ressourcen] they have lamples for emagic\'s ESX sampler. But it is instrument file and *.wav files, so you can map it as giga or whatever you want.

There is upright bass, 2 velocities, I went only through the samples (without mapping) and it sounds fine... but it is nothing detailed, velocities are something like mf and ff.

[marco b]

Nobody mentioned awesome John Patitucci\'s Bertha Acoustic bass
from Bass Legends! It\'s older one (3 velocities,converts finely from AKAI)
but stii very good!
I have made some custom made GIGs including harmonics,noises & FX, UpDown
slides, utilizing mod wheel and keyswitches!

[esteven1]

Ok I\'ll make a demo tonight. Keep in mind I am NOT a bass player, I\'m a pianist. However, I know how to walk a swinging bass line. I\'ll try to do my best to show the instrument and not turn into Neils Pedersen on steroids.