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KVR Forum [Instruments] » Archive » Instruments » March 2004 Index | KVRFA1
AuthorTopic: A good cheap and cheerful bass synth
Mikelo
Posted: 18th March 2004 08:33
Hi there everyone, Im new to this site so be gentle!!!
Can anyone tell me of a good cheap or free vst bass synth? Ive got tons of soft synths like Vanguard, V station,Absynth2, Albino2 and so on, but I cant seem to find the dream machine for bass (tried the demo of B station) and my banks now empty! Very Happy
torhan
Posted: 18th March 2004 08:39
Are you talking about synth bass or electric/acoustic styles?
shamann
Posted: 18th March 2004 08:45
Welcome to KVR, and careful what you wish for.

This thread could go on for weeks.

For electronic, good places to start would be reFX Claw or Muon Tau for electronic, maybe run through Ohm Force Frohmage filter.

For real bass-like, check out 4Front Bass Module.

All good places to start, all free, none definitive, but that doesn't come for free.

Cheers,
Steve
Mikelo
Posted: 18th March 2004 08:53
cheers there guys! Yes I should of said what type of bass, mainly electro synth basses ideal for trance and dance. Smile
Armadillo
Posted: 18th March 2004 08:59
You are looking for electronic bass. Are Vanguard, V-station and Albino 2 not good enough? Shit!
Dunno, maybe Trilogy, but that has a lot of acoustic and electric basses as well.
serge
Posted: 18th March 2004 09:04
Have you tried reFX Beast?

serge
Mikelo
Posted: 18th March 2004 09:10
Wow, loads of replies! Shit! Yeah the Vanguard and my other synths can cook some good bass sounds, just looking for a dedicated bass synth realy Smile
Rabid
Posted: 18th March 2004 09:31
Beast is my first call bass synth. Trilogy covers everything that Beast leaves out.

Robert
dougsyo
Posted: 18th March 2004 09:34
Mikelo wrote:
cheers there guys! Yes I should of said what type of bass, mainly electro synth basses ideal for trance and dance. Smile

I'm partial to Triangle 2 for this, although FreeAlpha is another option.

Doug
original flipper
Posted: 18th March 2004 09:52
Hi

It came and went as quickly as you can bat an eye; Bazzoid by Oxywavez, a 3 osc synth purely for bass.
Comes with 64 presets a nice gui not very CPU demanding and a breeze to program.

Check this out if you can find it; I purchased it but a while after could not get back in touch as their site seemed to have vanished!!!

Flipper.
VanLichten
Posted: 18th March 2004 09:54
Be sure to test out Bojos Impulse as well. I have found it to be my first choice for synth basses - it sounds extremly round and full and is anyway a fabelous synth ..and cheap.
(www.bojo.dk).


Richard
chagzuki
Posted: 18th March 2004 09:56
I like Beast a lot too.
ew
Posted: 18th March 2004 10:09
Iblit Wink
Welcome to K-v-R Smile
ew
Mikelo
Posted: 18th March 2004 10:09
Thanx again everyone for your suggestions, I like the claw! Just checked out spectronics trilogy, Ive got atmosphere but wow! didnt realise how good their bass synth was....somethings telling me Im gonna have to see my bank manager! Shocked
smp
Posted: 18th March 2004 18:37
My vote goes to Muon Software's Tau Pro. At $US 35 it's a good cheap synth, and it's pretty versatile too. The demo unfortunately is of the "white noise" variety but it gives you a good idea of what it can do.

-s
bluedad
Posted: 18th March 2004 19:07
another nod to Iblit. It's almost overpowering.
papawillow
Posted: 18th March 2004 19:27
...also for huge variety consider - sfz - a free sample player that can play the thousands of free .sf2 (soundfonts) and .wav bass samples on the net... then poke your sounds through the many excellent free vst effects available. Shit! Smile Surprised
spoonboiler
Posted: 18th March 2004 20:25
triangle 2 is good, but I have been using triangle 1 lately for bass synth duties. It is much quicker to use for simple bass synth stuff, where as t2 is good for leads and poly's. With the new skin that someone here posted (sorry can't remember who now... oops.) it has become much easier to use Laughing 'cause now I like to look at it. It is a nice synth and free.
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