LazerBeakShiek
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While I am exploring a new bass rig I was thinking if there was a new Bass Synth out there. My Korg G5 is an old 16 bit machine. It is a Toneworks creation and favorite for funk. Goes places an 'Osc' cannot go. The G5 has all kinds of tracking artifact. That adds in harmonics and noise at transitional points in the run. The Korg stuff always had the 'Class B' feeling, or that it was cheap (it is). Let me say this, Korg brings the goods. They have some of the best effect ears in the business. Their presets are dynamite.
What are yall using for a Bass synth? Tell me you are adding in something, to get in touch with your bad self. It is part of the reason you play bass..bass synths. Blending the sounds in..
Cherry Audio gave away a free VSTi soft synth, the CA2600. It can accept an external input (a bass guitar through an interface) for synthesis, instead of a midi controller. I was messing with it as a bass synth. Very cool. Unbelievable really. Can do anything. Why ever buy hardware pedals again...Oh. Wait. Thats bad. Will the industry recover? No. It had one foot in the grave all this time anyhow.
cherryaudio.com
My arsenal includes a floor unit Roland V-Bass with the midi pickup. That has a bit of a synth in it for bass. It gets into modeling, but will incorporate samples in too. The whole thing is 'sub par', is never used, and that is sooo Roland. Eh, it works with the special pickup for a few unique things(string assignments). This is a new rig, going in a new direction. Also. Bass synths are strange. You kinda want the cheap, crappy one. It's dirty and fun, and sometimes has a personality all its own..like that Digitech SynthWah, always going up in price. Because it's good.
Its just cool stuff.
* edit.. the Fender M80 Bass amp was defective and was returned..the search for a new sound continues.
What are yall using for a Bass synth? Tell me you are adding in something, to get in touch with your bad self. It is part of the reason you play bass..bass synths. Blending the sounds in..
Cherry Audio gave away a free VSTi soft synth, the CA2600. It can accept an external input (a bass guitar through an interface) for synthesis, instead of a midi controller. I was messing with it as a bass synth. Very cool. Unbelievable really. Can do anything. Why ever buy hardware pedals again...Oh. Wait. Thats bad. Will the industry recover? No. It had one foot in the grave all this time anyhow.
CA2600
The Cherry Audio CA2600 is a powerful, self-contained duophonic synthesizer inspired by the groundbreaking ARP 2600 synthesizer. Every aspect of the original, from the quirky oscillator waves, to the powerful ladder filter, to the external audio input and preamp section was modeled with...
cherryaudio.com
My arsenal includes a floor unit Roland V-Bass with the midi pickup. That has a bit of a synth in it for bass. It gets into modeling, but will incorporate samples in too. The whole thing is 'sub par', is never used, and that is sooo Roland. Eh, it works with the special pickup for a few unique things(string assignments). This is a new rig, going in a new direction. Also. Bass synths are strange. You kinda want the cheap, crappy one. It's dirty and fun, and sometimes has a personality all its own..like that Digitech SynthWah, always going up in price. Because it's good.
Its just cool stuff.
* edit.. the Fender M80 Bass amp was defective and was returned..the search for a new sound continues.
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