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Bass_TRBX_304

First test project trying to use DrumGizmo (drumgizmo.org) to play bass samples. Or whatever samples, but bass now.

Tried to avoid that robotic “midi sound”, so I recorded 16 alternate picking samples for each note. Recorded alt picking to a 120bpm metronome, then just used the grid to cut the samples. (Didn't use too much time editing 990 samples, because this is a test project.)

8 high velocity samples for each note.

2 tapping and 2 pull samples for each note.

+ “Noise” samples on note 20.

Alt picking samples don't have a tail, so those only work well with 120bpm (8th notes), or faster.

Use note velocity to control, what note to play:

1, 35, 65, 95, 127 (about, doesn't have to be that accurate, but close enough to avoid wrong notes)

127 for normal down picking. 95 alt pick down 65 alt pick up 35 tapping 1 pull

Samples are mono. So, 1 channel. You may hear it only from one speaker, if you don't send it to another track, or balance somehow. In REAPER, you can just change track width to 0%, and that's it.

Velocity Humanizer: Do not use. You have to control the velocity, to play the right sample.

Bass: Yamaha TRBX304 Pickup: Neck Bass: 5/10 Treble: 10/10 Active EQ: off Strings: Old Pick: Dunlop Jazz III Tuning: Drop A, 4 strings. AEAD Note Range: A0-D4. Sampled and edited by: Henry Järvinen

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