The styling is not dissimilar to that of Steinberg's Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition, with black 'amp covering' dominating the background and the majority of the controls designed to look like the knobs and switches that might be found within a typical bass rig. Jokes about the appearance of the typical bass player aside, Virtual Bassist certainly looks dark enough to deliver some low-end growl. Once a Style is selected, a list of individual Parts will be displayed in the Play page. Once installed, downloading the required licence to my Key also proved very straightforward using the usual Syncrosoft Licence Control Centre software. The latter require approximately 5.5GB of hard drive space. Usefully, you're allowed to specify different hard drive locations for the plug-in and the sample/style library contents.
A hardware Key is not included, so if you do not already own one (as an owner of Cubase SX, for example), then you will face a small additional cost (in the UK, these can be obtained through Arbiter for £19.99).Īs with most modern music software, installation proved unproblematic.
Also enclosed is an Activation Key Code which is required in order to download a Virtual Bassist licence for your Steinberg USB Key. VB is supplied on a single Mac/PC CD-ROM and includes a printed manual. So, with Bornemark's excellent Broomstick Bass already in the market, how does Virtual Bassist, with the more considerable weight of the Steinberg name behind it, stack up? What's In The Box? What's more, this section is also supplied as a separate VST plug-in, so it can be used to process other audio signals if required. The other major features include Groove Match (which, for example, allows the bass groove to be fine-tuned to match a drum groove) and the excellent 'Amp & FX' section, which, as its name suggests, is modelled, both in terms of its sound and its appearance, on a classic array of bass hardware. These respond to either a root note input or a chord and any melodic/riff-based Parts are automatically adjusted to fit the chosen chord. VB refers to these phrases as 'Parts' and as many as 18 are provided for each style.
Each Style has a suitable preset bass sound associated with it and offers a selection of phrases or riffs.
Whichever platform you go for, you'll need at least 512MB of RAM, 850MB of free hard disk space, a DVD drive for installation, and a VST- or AU-compatible host (the latter, obviously, only applies to Mac users).Īs with Broomstick Bass, Virtual Bassist offers a selection of musical styles (32 are provided in the initial release).
Virtual Bassist will work under either Windows XP or Mac OS X 10.3.3 or higher, but you'll need a PC with at least an 800MHz Pentium III processor running Windows XP, or an 600MHz G3 Mac running at least Mac OS 10.3. Virtual Bassist (or VB) is compatible with any VST, DXi and AU host, and a stand-alone version can be used with Rewire. Hot on the heels of Bornemark's Broomstick Bass, which I reviewed in these pages a few months back (see SOS May 2005), comes Virtual Bassist - Steinberg's take on the bass player for a software-based band.
Looking for a new bass player? If you'd consider a software candidate, Steinberg's Virtual Bassist is now ready for audition. Note the five-string option at the top on the left, which provides some extra low end if you want it. Virtual Bassist in action within Cubase SX. Computer / Software >Virtual Instrument.UJAM Virtual Bassist MELLOW v2.1.1-R2R Team R2R S2.6 GB Forget Double Bass as You Know it Introducing Virtual Bassist MELLOW – a double bass playing jazzy acoustic hipster that provides body, texture and a big bottom end.
UJAM - Virtual Bassist ROYAL 1.0.0 VSTi, AAX X Activator Download Pc Nulled Professional.zip Free. It includes, and is therefore 'powered by', HALion Sonic SE, which functions as a VST Plugin, an Audio Units Plugin, a VST 3 Plugin and an AAX Plugin.
Samples or presets that load into other products). Electric Bass by Steinberg is a Virtual Instrument Audio Plugin and Soundware (e.g. Virtual Bassist ROYAL - Achtung, Bass Solo! By ujam Instruments published on You can play Virtual Bassist ROYAL like any instrument, shown off in this demonstration of jazz bass noodling over a nice, tight groove from Virtual Drummer SOLID.