My Cheap Bass
made from a recording of a cheap Yamaha TRBX174 Electric Bass Guitar and run throw a Blackstar U30 1x8 amp with a compressor.
The story
This is the first virtual instrument that I made. I’m 16 years old and started playing piano in first grade I bought a Yamaha TRBX174 and an amp 2 years ago and started learning bass. At that time I started making music in Ableton live lite, and for some time I thought of making my plugin, which I did in 3 days. It’s not perfect but it was fun making it and I have plans to make a few more. 🙂
Interface
Reviews
Might be "cheap", but it has character!
Thank you for this first effort! Although you describe this as a "cheap" bass, I think it is very usable in songs. And although you mention that you already ran the bass via an amp, I added an amp and an IR, and it sounds much better. Please proceed and come up with other such "cheap" stuff!
Needs some improvements
I read that it's the first attempt of making a sampled instrument and that you are only 16 years old. My utmost respect, I wouldn't have figured out how to do such a project at that age.
Here is my feedback about the library itself: it's not bad for a first sampling project. The problem I hear is with the way the sustain and decay of the bass is handled. Think of how a real electric bass guitar sounds when a sustained note is played and and you go from one note to the next.
You could improve the library by making two seperate articulations: one for longer sustained notes, one for shorter (muted notes). There are also ways to make the release sound more realistic (a real bass doesn't stop abruptly, but also it doesn't just continue to play as if nothing happened).
If you want to improve it even further, you could sample every note instead of stretching notes, add different velocities (say one played softly and one played a bit more intensive) and round-robins (multiple versions of each note, so that it's doesn't sound robotic). I know: lots of works, but that's how you get a much more refined version!
I think the people on the Pianobook Discord are willing to help with advice if you need some further feedback! Keep up the good work (I hope my honest feedback doesn't discourage you).