Its not a case of being a fan of it or not - it's just a different style. Which is a thing. Again, I tell you - repeatedly - fretless isn't about wonky pitch. A C would still be a C with no deviation, for this is a fine virtual fretless bass player, and not a rubbish one. A violinist isn't all about wonky pitch either you know.Compyfox wrote:Again, I ask "how" this should be possible to port from a technical standpoint.
You need to "mess up" the engine from "perfect pitch placement" to (as I'd call it) "wonky". I mean, you port keyboard notes into "fret positions" - so the positions need to be slightly off for a fretless.
Vibrato is already possible with the current engine. Slide noises would be reduced (the only usable thing I'd see here) and yes, no noticed "fixed pitch" (in semi tones) while sliding.
I might be talking up a wall of "fretless bass fans", but I still don't see a reason for it.
I don't see what technical issue you appear to see why the fretless behaviour isn't modelable. As for vibrato - yes you can do that now and it sounds fake because you can't do this kind of vibrato on a fretted bass. You can sorta do it with perpendicular movement to the fretboard, but it's a different effect. With fretless, it's natural, just as it is on a (fretless) violin. With fretted its an effort.
Enough of me yakking. Listen to and watch Pino Paladino.
https://youtu.be/TRjiMN2qJHI?t=19
(you'd think they'd paint white lines on the bass to give you a bit of help, but no they don't the swines).
Anyway, that's my Sunday KVR diversion over for the day, I don't think I have anything else to add that I haven't already said. You asked why someone people think a fretless bass would be useful, I told you why I would, and that's about it for me.