RSSD03 DARK BASS

RSSD03 is the third in Replika Sound's series of Suspense Devices. This is the DARK BASS.

It is a versatile library consisting of 2235 samples in 12 completely different instruments. This Library comprises:

i) Wall Of Bass :

• 4 Bass Guitars in one Instrument.
• Individual Distortion Units with Master On/Off Switch.
• Individual Speaker Cabinets (Choice of 16 Cabs).
• 2 Individual Convolution Reverb Units.
• Separate ADSR Volume Shaping for Long and Short Notes.
• Individual Volume and Panning.
• Individual 3-band EQ.
• Short Note Tone Shaping.
• Slide-Down Time Stretch Control.
• Sample Playback Offset Control up to 300ms.
• Chord Player – Bar and Power Chords with Strum Speed and Note Emphasis Controls.
• On-Board Effects Units – Compressor, Chorus, Flanger, Tempo-synced Delay.

ii) The Nine – Centurion Basses :

• 9 Larger-than-Life Braam-type Dirty Dark Basses.
• Long, Short and Long Reversed Articulations.
• Separate Playback Offset Controls for each Articulation.
• Tempo-synced Volume Gate with Width and Phase Controls.
• Tempo-synced LP Filter-Gate with Width and Phase Controls.
• Tempo-synced AutoPan.
• Tempo-Synced rates from 1/16th beat to 4 Beats with two Triplet options.
• 4 Pole HP and LP Filters.
• Tempo-free LFO based Volume Tremelo / Vibrato.
• Separate ADSR Volume shaping Controls for Long and Short Notes.
• Variable Pitch Bend Range from 0 to 24 semi-tones.
• 8 on-board FX Units – 4-Band EQ, Compressor, Custom Built Distortion, Chorus, Flanger, Tempo-synced Delay, Convolution Reverb, Bass Cab Simulator.
• Patching Menus for customising all Main MIDI Controls.

iii) Chordal Harp :

• Harp-like Bass with note range of 6 Octaves.
• Forward/Reverse Sample Switching with the Mod Wheel.
• Separate Forward and Reverse Sample Playback Offset.
• Tempo-synced Volume Gate with Width and Phase Controls.
• Tempo-synced LP Filter-Gate with Width and Phase Controls.
• Tempo-synced AutoPan.
• Tempo-Synced rates from 1/16th beat to 4 Beats with two Triplet options.
• 4 Pole HP and LP Filters.
• Tempo-free LFO based Volume Tremelo / Vibrato.
• ADSR Volume shaping Controls.
• Variable Pitch Bend Range from 0 to 24 semi-tones.
• 8 on-board FX Units – 4-Band EQ, Compressor, Custom Built Distortion, Chorus, Flanger, Tempo-synced Delay, Convolution Reverb, Bass Cab Simulator.
• Patching Menus for customising all Main MIDI Controls.

iv) Dark Sound FX Instrument :

• 5 different Sound Sets – Body Hits & Slams (Pitched & Unpitched), Tremelo Body Hits, Scrapes and Harmonic Note Hits.
• Timestretch Control.
• Forward/Reverse Sample Switching with the Mod Wheel.
• Separate Forward and Reverse Sample Playback Offset.
• Tempo-synced Volume Gate with Width and Phase Controls.
• Tempo-synced LP Filter-Gate with Width and Phase Controls.
• Tempo-synced AutoPan.
• Tempo-Synced rates from 1/16th beat to 4 Beats with two Triplet options.
• 4 Pole HP and LP Filters.
• Tempo-free LFO based Volume Tremelo / Vibrato.
• ADSR Volume shaping Controls.
• Variable Pitch Bend Range from 0 to 24 semi-tones.
• 8 on-board FX Units – 4-Band EQ, Compressor, Custom Built Distortion, Chorus, Flanger, Tempo-synced Delay, Convolution Reverb, Bass Cab Simulator.
• Patching Menus for customising all Main MIDI Controls.

All MIDI CC controls are fully patchable so the user can tailor everything to suit their own MIDI setup.

All Instruments respond to MIDI CC11.

This Virtual Instrument Library is designed for the full version of Kontakt 5.3 (or newer) and retails for £30.

Further information is available from the Dark Bass Page on the Replika Sound website together with a full Feature Guide, Audio

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