
S3 Precision has fingered, picked and slap and has a ton of character but doesn't go quite as low as the basses aimed for modern metal, djent etc. Shreddage 3 Abyss is great fingered bass but indeed only fingered. MODO Bass has an unparalleled variety of tones you can get out of it but fast repetitions have tons of buzz so it ends up sounding weird.

TRILIAN BASS METAL FULL
Very customizable overall, especially the ADSR section is crucial since you might want to retain the full pick attack for lower stuff but reduce it for faster repetitions (I sometimes even automate the sample start offset in my DAW).Īmple's Metal Ray 5 is great too and sounds more "metal" but I wish some notes would have a tad more sustained sound instead of the quite fast decay (using picked mode, haven't given the new fingered mode a try yet), however if you use compression or a lot of gain in the amp it's not much of an issue. It has fingered and picked articulations and even slap.

TRILIAN BASS METAL PATCH
Up to this point, it was mainly electric bass plugins, but I also recommend synth bass plugins. Bass Module is a collection of bass sounds packed together into a single VST instrument, suitable for a wide range of music styles, from classic electronic, to dance music, to rock, metal and more Every single patch has been programmed/sampled and crafted with care. Shreddage 3 Precision costs 129 USD and there is also a free version. Shreddage 3 Abyss is a base plugin for heavy metal.

I rarely do any keyswitching, I just insert the notes and it *works*.įor more expressive performances I use Ample Sound's J-Bass which actually goes down to B due to its extended low range (not indicated in the fretboard view which shows just the normal 4 strings range). Bass plugins include Shreddage 3 Abyss and Shreddage 3 Precision. It all comes spiced with plenty of articulations and 112 MIDI-controllable parameters to obtain. Eurobass 2 is my goto bass when I just want a thick low end that sits nicely below the guitars. jpg Project template with all processing. Before Trilian, there was the Chris Hein Bass, a 12+ GB library structured around a Music Man Stingray played with a pick and slapped, a LeFay, and a magnificently recorded double bass with three different string sets: steel, nylon and catgut.
