| To be specific, what the bass outputs is pitch- the frequency for each string, an external box converts pitch to midi. Those boxes are like the Roland GR-20 or 30 floor synths or the GI-10/20 pitch to midi interface. Axon 50/100 synths are an option as well.
Best way to get that into your DAW is via midi for Roland and USB for Axon. So you end up with bass (or guitar) ==> converter ==>FW interface via midi/DAW ==>Reason
Latency down low is not good. So plan on playing your lines an octave higher on the neck and then transposing the synth patch down an octave. If I were doing this with a bass again (this was last years experiment for me ...) then I would do it with a 5 string, strung E through C or a baritone guitar ... I was working with a Godin A4. Their (SA) guitars and basses have electronics from an outfit named RMC. RMC smokes Roland for the synth interface. The integration is way better.
What works best for me is a synth guitar. I use a Godin MultiAC or XT/SA guitars and transpose the patch down. Yes it's a PITA - but it works better... Your midi controller and some compact stand (mic stand adaptor ?) it not a bad solution for live IMO.
You can cheat. You know those pesky black keys ? While you are in the learning the keyboard stage, just transpose the keyboard into the C equivalent and stay on the ivories... yes it's cheating and yes you really should learn the keyboard but you can get some other things accomplished that way while you are learing...
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