Naada Bass Clarinet for GeoShred Studio

Dark, Cavernous Low Register And Lyrical Drama, Now Polyphonic

Turn every gesture into musical expression. Naada Bass Clarinet places a physically modeled bass clarinet inside GeoShred Studio, where the instrument's dark, cavernous low register, lyrical midrange, and dramatic upper tones respond directly to pressure and gesture on the playing surface. The instrument is fully polyphonic, supporting chords and layered bass clarinet voices simultaneously.

Works with MPE controllers, wind and breath controllers, and GeoShred Control, a free iPhone and iPad companion app that delivers a multi-touch expressive surface for live performance.

Naada Bass Clarinet runs inside GeoShred Studio, bringing the bass clarinet's deep, resonant voice to GeoShred's multi-row continuous pitch surface. Slide across the grid to move through the instrument's dark lowest octave and up into its warmer, more projecting upper range as a continuous gesture; press into the surface to shape embouchure dynamics, reed response, and dynamic intensity in real time. Because the instrument is polyphonic, you can sustain low drones while layering melodic lines above, voice rich bass clarinet chords, or stack independent phrases across registers. GeoShred's integrated FX rack adds EchoMT, Reverb, and AmpCab processing directly in the signal chain.

What's Inside Naada Bass Clarinet:

• GeoShred's continuous pitch surface with fretless glide, portamento, and chromatic access across the bass clarinet's extended low range.
• Polyphonic performance: sustain low drones under melodic lines, voice chords, or layer independent phrases simultaneously.
• Direct access to bass clarinet model parameters including embouchure dynamics, reed response, and tonal shaping.
• Integrated FX rack with EchoMT, Reverb, and AmpCab available as part of the performance signal chain.
• Full controller support: MPE controllers, wind and breath controllers, GeoShred Control companion app.
• AccelMatrix Naada physical modeling engine generating each note as a continuous acoustic simulation.

An Octave Below, a World Apart

The bass clarinet is pitched in Bb, one octave below the standard soprano clarinet, and is approximately twice its length. A curved metal neck brings the mouthpiece within reach, and the upward-curving metal bell projects its sound forward. The instrument's tone is darker, warmer, and more cavernous than the soprano clarinet, particularly in its lowest register, where it overlaps with the bassoon and lower brass. Adolphe Sax redesigned the bass clarinet in 1838 to improve its projection and intonation, and by the late 19th century Berlioz, Wagner, and Mahler were writing for it as a standard orchestral voice, exploiting its uniquely dark resonance for atmospheric and dramatic color.

GeoShred Studio and GeoShred Control

GeoShred Studio operates as a VST3, AU, or AUv3 plugin inside major DAWs, or as a standalone application. Its isomorphic surface is tuned in perfect fourths, providing a layout where melodic intervals repeat consistently across rows. Pressure and gesture are mapped continuously to instrument parameters, making the surface a direct conduit for expression rather than a series of on/off triggers.

GeoShred Control is a free companion app for iPhone and iPad that connects via USB, adding a second multi-touch expressive surface for live performance. MPE hardware controllers and wind or breath controllers connect directly to GeoShred Studio as well.

GeoShred Studio Required. Running Naada Bass Clarinet requires GeoShred Studio ($50), a separate required purchase.

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