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EZ BASS ?

Biggbass

Biggbass

Dec 14, 2011
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#1
When working on recording projects, have any of you tried working with EZ BASS? I've used EZ Drummer and EZ Keys but, being a bassist, have always chosen the right bass for the track and recorded it myself, selecting between P, J, PJ, Hollow, Fretted & Fretless. Part of the reward in the creative process is creating.
Yet, I find the tones and sound of the basses in EZ bass pretty outstanding. It's just the compilation process that turns me away from it.
Thoughts?
 
#2
I've never used EZBass, but I've used other sample libraries for bass. I think I have the Kontakt Music Man. I figure it's a useful tool for composition: editing midi is pretty easy compared to overdubbing. Eventually I replace the sample library with the real thing.
 
#3
I have never tried it. EZ drummer and EZ keys are very good programs so I would think Ez bass would be just as good. Unless I am composing/recording an EDM type of track I'll just use my bass. The process is so much quicker when you are able to play the parts.
 
#4
Sometimes it's good to see what "others" might play in the same context. It can get you out of a rut and start you down a path of creating a new track in a different direction.

Band In A Box also has some actual studio bassist it will fit to chords and styles and can be real quick to put together a starting point for a song and hear some real players on it.

IK Multimedia MODO bass is another bass one to look at. It's modeled bass, not sampled.
Same for MODO drums.

If you ever need to replace a bass track say for some reason, then "bass replacer" plugins are available. And apps like Melodyne will turn a bass track into midi, and let you create another track with either a sampled or modeled bass. Which you can mix with your own track.

A bass replacer example might be to add an upright double bass to part of a song and you don't happen to own one. Or add a tuba to play along on part of a song.

There's also techniques to capture the equivalent of plosives and formants from the original track, but have it play with a different bass under sound.

Sampled basses, could be your own basses, amps, cabs that you sampled yourself.
 

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