Looking for a Bass Guitar Amp Sim plug - free of course

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I can't find one by searching KVR. Any chance anybody has done this? I've got loads of amp sims, but none that have done a bass guitar amp/cabinet sim.

-Scott

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For 'normal' bass cabinet sounds, I haven't found better yet than the free MDA "Combo".

Greg
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Greg,

Would you share some settings you like for bass guitar using the MDA combo?

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It'll be different from bass to bass and mix to mix, but one successful sound I got was:

Model: Spkr Sim
Drive: -3 S
Bias: 21
Output: 0dB
Process: MONO

To give it a bit more punch, I used "Studio Bass" preset on Blockfish, and even before the compressor, I low-passed it at 912Hz and high-passed it at 20 Hz. To be honest, I don't know if the high-pass did anything, as my listening equipment doesn't go below 20 Hz anyhow, but I wanted to be safe in knowing that "what I heard" is what was making it into the final mix.

It doesn't hurt that I used an American Standard Fender Jazz Bass, either.

Greg
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rockstar_not wrote:I can't find one by searching KVR. Any chance anybody has done this? I've got loads of amp sims, but none that have done a bass guitar amp/cabinet sim.

-Scott
ok try this Voxengo TubeAmp and down load BASSCABS by JGREENLEE and Phil_Fee Guitar and Bass Cabs,from noisevault keep changing cabs to taste thats all to it.

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Jason Williams / Technical Support
IK Multimedia U.S.A.
Email: jason.williams@ikmultimedia.com

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Not exactly free, is it?
Jaap

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Very very far from free. ;)

Greg
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wsaidah wrote:
rockstar_not wrote:I can't find one by searching KVR. Any chance anybody has done this? I've got loads of amp sims, but none that have done a bass guitar amp/cabinet sim.

-Scott
ok try this Voxengo TubeAmp and down load BASSCABS by JGREENLEE and Phil_Fee Guitar and Bass Cabs,from noisevault keep changing cabs to taste thats all to it.
wsaidah, could you put up some links? I didn't find anything besides the TubeAmp at Voxengo.

-Scott

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I like baxxpander

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Here's my (all free) chain that I'm using right now

Kjaerhaus Classic Compressor - Bass Guitar preset is about right.
Cortex Amp Simultator - Blues amp, high bass and treb, low middle - one speaker active , on the 2HnK setting.

If you want , you can make it easier by using the free VSTMultiEffect as a chainer. Then you are loading a single vst effect and you can save a bunch of configurations as single presets.

Classic compressor - http://www.kjaerhusaudio.com/

Cortex - http://www.helium.ex0.org/vst/

MultiFXVST - http://www.ctaf.free.fr/


I think there's a gap in the market for a low cost Bass Amp sim and I suggested to the maker of GreenMachine that he should release a cheap bass-only version , in a recent thread.

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rockstar_not wrote:
wsaidah wrote:
rockstar_not wrote:I can't find one by searching KVR. Any chance anybody has done this? I've got loads of amp sims, but none that have done a bass guitar amp/cabinet sim.

-Scott
ok try this Voxengo TubeAmp and down load BASSCABS by JGREENLEE and Phil_Fee Guitar and Bass Cabs,from noisevault keep changing cabs to taste thats all to it.
wsaidah, could you put up some links? I didn't find anything besides the TubeAmp at Voxengo.

-Scott
Those are impulse responses for use in a convolution plugin. You're not going to be able to play live through a plugin like that and your host will need to have plugin delay compensation.

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thats called advertising and not actually reading.

:hihi:
Mental Audio Deviations wrote:
Not exactly free, is it?

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maybe SIR with cabinet impulses?
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opps..sorry guys I did miss the free part!!

I will be quiet now ;-)
Jason Williams / Technical Support
IK Multimedia U.S.A.
Email: jason.williams@ikmultimedia.com

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