Virtual Eii BTL MIDI Rock Bass 2

This is a easy-to-use MIDI bass guitar in VST3 and AU format.

We know the special feeling of playing a new instrument — the sound, the look, the inspiration. That's exactly how we felt when we first picked up the BTL-4 and BT-5 BLKNB bass guitars. We carefully sampled them and created a virtual instrument you can use with MIDI in VST3 and AU hosts like Cubase, FL Studio, Reaper, and many other DAWs.

The original basses, the ESP E-II BTL-4 BLKNB, and the ESP E-II BTL-5 BLKNB, are true rock giants designed and crafted by ESP*. The basses were built in Japan with spalted maple and alder as body material and they come with a hard maple neck and ebony fretboard. Equipped with two Seymour Duncan humbucker pickups and the finest hardware components, those instruments are delivering outstanding tone quality. We sampled both instruments and brought it into the digital world as an AU and VST3 virtual instrument plugin so you can use it in your music productions.

Features:

• Made in Japan 4-String and 5-String bass guitar virtualized as VST3i / AU plug-in.
• Lowest tone: C1 (drop C tuning).
• Highest tone: G4 (24th fret).
• Velocity regulates power.
• Easy to use for beginners.
• Easy humanization function for realistic-sounding playing.
• Multiple velocity groups and round robin mechanism under the hood.
• Key switches for advanced users.
• Finger style.
• Pick style (upstroke and downstroke).
• Automatic alternate picking.
• Slapping.
• Tapping.
• Palm mute.
• Slides and bending.
• Hammer-on.
• Pull-off.
• Adjust attack and release behaviour via automation parameter.
• Various pickup options:
• Humbucker by Seymour Duncan.
• Bridge pickup.
• Neck pickup.
• Both pickups.
• Unprocessed clean DI output.
• Two processed amped outputs.
• High-resolution samples with lossless compression.

User interface of the virtual instrument plugin

When we transformed the original basses into a MIDI instrument, we stayed true to our philosophy of keeping things simple and user-friendly. That's why we offer an intuitive yet visually striking GUI. Despite its simplicity, we also provide advanced features for power users, such as key switches.

Just load our plugin into your favourite DAW, start playing or programming with your MIDI controller, and enjoy the sound of this bass in your productions.

Demo video: {See video at top of page}

Here's what the manufacturer say about the original bass:

Formerly called "ESP Standard", all ESP E-II instruments are created at our ESP factory in Tokyo, Japan, and are designed for professional players who accept no compromises in tone, feel, or reliability for their guitars and basses. The new BTL Series basses (...) offers a set of extraordinarily flexible tools for sculpting the perfect tones for any genre of music.

Available in an outstanding Black Natural Burst finish over an alder body with spalted maple top, the BTL basses offer a sonic signature powered by an Seymour Duncan SSB passive pickup set that's paired with ESP's own high-end active 3-band Cinnamon EQ system.

* This plug-in is not an official ESP E-II product. The ESP and/or E-II name and trademark may be registered by ESP Guitar Company and are their property. This plug-in is not affiliated with or endorsed by ESP Guitar Company, nor does it contain any advertisements.