Bass alternative to Guitar Rig

[Ephminus]

I was once one of those "analog" people that thumbed their nose at any type of amp simulation or any type of digital effects for that matter.

Now I'm really eating my words.

 

[Ephminus]

Tried out the B.I.G. bass amp sim last night.
I'm pretty impressed with it, although I only got to try it over pre-existing bass tracks.

One thing for sure is that it has a really nice gain feature. It does a good job of adding subtle grit, but you can also just give it all out distortion.
Lots of stuff to tweak as well.
Oh yeah...and it looks great!!!!

One thing I did notice is that the compressor is kind of overdone, not very subtle. At least that's what I heard so far...didn't spend much time with it. Probably could tweak I just didn't have that much time to mess with it. i didn't even get to mess with the speaker sim yet.
I'll mess with it some more let you guys know the low down.

So far it's well worth the money....oh wait, nevermind it's FREE!

 

[Bongolation]

Ha!
Is IK Multimedia just about the only software company out there right now offering bass amp modeling?

No. There are a lot of small developers working right now and their stuff is becoming increasingly sophisticated. Unfortunately, I do not remember the names of the two I was recently reading about, but they supposedly are doing pretty good stuff with custom impulse modeling and soforth.

Also, there's no reason not to use guitar amp modeling software for bass. It works quite well.

 

[Trapezius]

I don't care if its a simulation or real.. whatever "real" is. If it sounds good, it's good. Purists can say whatever they want.

Another thing... who can tell the difference in a mix?

 

[Bongolation]

I don't care if its a simulation or real.. whatever "real" is. If it sounds good, it's good. Purists can say whatever they want.

Another thing... who can tell the difference in a mix?

Nobody, if it's done right. That doesn't mean that you can't screw up either a "real" or a "modeled" track in uniquely identifiable ways.

Given reasonable competence, the blind tests tell the tale: "Purists" can't tell the difference.

Guitar is still less foolproof, but I simply can't imagine anyone anyone recording bass any way but direct these days and tweaking the tracks with something like SVX to suit.

Who wants to fight low-frequency room nodes all day?

 

[Trapezius]

Yeah, I would always record direct. If I wanna use a real amp, I can still re-amp it. Much more flexible.

 

[daniva]

for me the best sounding are
1.- GTR3 of waves, the best
2.- amplitube, ampeg
3.- guitar rig

 

[Kipaste]

Another vote for gtr3 by waves. I think it does a better ampeg than the ampeg svx...

 

[TerenceSharp]

http://www.audiffex.com/EN/gallien-krueger-software-amp-simulation.html

Audiffex do a GK plugin.