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1 - Electro
Acoustic Bass
An acoustic-electric bass design, containing
built-in pickup to provide a versatile
electro-acoustic sound. The hollow body instead
of a solid body adds more natural projection
and volume to the bass.
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2 - Fretless Electric Bass
Fretless bass usable for either rhythm or
melody. Fretless basses have a distinct sound,
because the absence of frets means that the
string must be pressed down directly onto the
wood of the fingerboard as with the double bass.
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3 - Jazz
Electric Bass
Bass guitar suitable mainly for jazz with
dynamic style.
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4 - Fingered
Bass and Harmonics
Expressive finger bass. Notes starting from
C5 produce harmonics.
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5 - Picked Bass
and Harmonics
Vigorous picked bass sound.
Notes starting from C5 produce harmonics.
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6 - Muted Bass
and Harmonics
Upper register bass harmonic sound, with
accentuated fingering “pop” similar to playing
muted guitar style with the palm of the picking
hand on the bridge.
Notes starting from C5 produce harmonics.
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7 - Slapped
Electric Bass
Slap bass with punchy power.
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8 - Bass Slides
(Glissandos)
A bunch of slides bass (mainly in the key
range: C3-F5), in order to simulate a simple,
but effective technique, which involves sliding
a finger from one fret to another.
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9 - Fuzz Bass
Overdrive
Heavy overdrive rock bass sound. Distorted
electric bass with Resonator simulation of
speaker cabinet tone.
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10 - Minimoog
Sub-Bass
Synth bass with sub-octave undertone.
Sub-bass energy is popular in dance music or
genres such as drum and bass and dubstep. Based
on the Minimoog, a monophonic analog
synthesizer, invented by Bill Hemsath and Robert
Moog. It was released in 1970 by R.A. Moog Inc.
(Moog Music after 1972), and production was
stopped in 1981. It was re-designed by Robert
Moog in 2002 and released as Minimoog Voyager.
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11 - Moog
Prodigy Bass
A bass sound based on 'Prodigy', an analog
subtractive synthesizer produced by Moog Music
from 1979 to 1984.
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12 - Moog System
55 Modular Synth
Bright, resonant synth bass with accentuated
filter dynamic range inspired in the 'System
55', a monophonic analog
modular synthesizer developed by the American
electronic instrument pioneer Dr. Robert Moog.
Many different models were manufactured by R.A.
Moog Co. (Moog Music after 1972) from 1965–80.
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13 - Moog Taurus
Pedal Preset
Default preset based on Moog Taurus, a
foot-operated analog synthesizer designed and
manufactured by Moog Music, originally conceived
as a part of the Constellation series of
synthesizers.
Taurus was intended to be played by foot while
the player's hands played one or more keyboards.
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14 - Moog Taurus
Bass Pedal Preset
Bass preset emulation from Moog Taurus, a
foot-operated analog synthesizer designed and
manufactured by Moog Music.
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15 - Roland
JX-3P Juicy Funk
Suitable for funky solos, replica from the Roland JX-3P, a
synthesizer produced by Roland Corporation of
Japan in 1983. The 3P in its name refers to
Programmable Preset Polyphonic. It is notable as
one of the company's first products (along with
the Jupiter-6) to incorporate a MIDI interface.
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16 - Roland
JX-8P Synth Bass
A classic synth bass emulation from Roland
JX-8P, a 61-key, velocity and aftertouch
sensitive, six-note polyphonic, fully analog
synthesizer released by Roland in 1984.
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17 - Roland
Juno-106 Fat Bass
A fat bass simulation from the Roland Juno-106, an
analogue polyphonic synth released by Roland
Corporation.
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18 - Clavia Nord
Lead Acid Bass
Bass sound for acid jazz recreated from the Nord Lead,
a series of virtual analog subtractive
synthesizers, manufactured by Clavia.
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19 - Oberheim
OB-Xa Buzz Bass
Resonant and buzzy synth bass modeled from Oberheim OB-Xa, Oberheim's overhaul of their first compact
synthesizer, the OB-X.
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20 - ARP 2600
Bass (ARP Instruments, Inc)
A bass synthesizer sound that recreates the ARP 2600,
a semi-modular analog subtractive audio
synthesizer, designed by Alan R. Pearlman with
Dennis Colin, and manufactured by his company,
ARP Instruments, Inc.
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21 - OSCar Bass
Synth bass sound emulated form Classic OSCar synthesizer,
manufactured by the Oxford Synthesiser Company
from 1983 to 1985. It was ahead of its time in
several ways and was one of the few mono-synths
to have MIDI.
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22 - Kawai K3
Resonance Bass
Bright, resonant synth bass with accentuated
filter dynamic range, simulation of Kawai 'K3
Digital Wave Memory Synthesizer' released in
1986, a hybrid synthesizer based on additive
synthesis mixed with digital wavetable - true
analog VCA and VCF circuits.
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23 - Upright
Bass (Acoustic Double Bass)
Emulation of the double bass, a standard
member of the orchestra's string section, as
well as the concert band, and is featured in
concertos, solo and chamber music in Western
classical music. The bass is used in a range of
other genres, such as jazz, 1950s-style blues
and rock and roll, rockabilly/psychobilly,
traditional country music, bluegrass, tango and
many types of folk music.
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24 - Upright
Bass Pizzicato
Double bass pizzicato emulation by plucking
the strings. Suitable for jazz, blues, and
rockabilly. Also for some orchestral and tango
music.