There are so many different VSTi and sample libraries to lay down bass tracks, thought I would get opinions and suggestions on what you think is the best sounding for rock, metal. blues genres.

 

Last edited: Nov 24, 2015

Idk i always use Trilian he has all the bass type in his libary, ok there are tones of synths with libraries developed expecialy for metal, rock,jazz.

 

Trillian in most of the cases.
Also some NI's Scarbee stuff sometimes.

 

Trillian all the way, but You will need some time to learn controlling it

 

@ Slider,

Beside all the great suggestions provided above, you could also check the following (if not already done, of course !) :



'Prominy SR5 Rock Bass'

P.S: Don't forget to also use (if not already done !) either the FX Section provided within a specific Library, or any VST Plugins that could change the sound of the (raw) Bass sound(s) you're using...

 

Ilya Efimov Bass guitars. Easy control. Good sound.

 

Trilian is nice but i tend to go towards the MPC bass for Kontakt or i use the low end theory.

 

Trilian, Ample ABP/J.

 

Only slightly related, but I'm putting my quick and dirty bass method out there for normal guitarists ..

Electric 6-string > SoundShifter Pitch Mono (Waves) > Amplitube

 

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I do like the sound of that Scarbee Rickenbacker Bass.

 

for Boombap style Hip Hop i go to DopeVST -Bass Engine all day!

Only 2gb and has every bass sound ill ever need...

 

metal-rock-blues? a real bass gtr. nothing comes close, they all sound fake.

 

Without hesitation, Trilian. As someone suggested, it takes some getting used to. However, in a pinch, I'll use both the Jaco Iconic Bass and the Core Bass Cherry Slapped by Orange Tree. As always, it depends on your music genre, and of course, your playing abilities to make these instruments sound somewhat realistic. It's becoming harder and harder (at least for me these days) to get a bunch of musicians together to create some "live" sounds.

 

you should try out pitchproof

 

Depends on the style of music you want to make.
Trillian has a great double bass, Scarbee MM is awesome for some 70's Chic basslines (so it's the Jay version, it has more punch than the MM).
Also heard the Scarbee Rickenbacker and it is fabulous!

 

A friend of mine used some Orange Tree guitars and i loved them, never had the chance to try their bass libraries. Any characteristics worth mentioning? Thanks!

 

Well, what I like about their basses are the 'clean' sound (at least to my ears). Here, check out these short samples of a quick bass line I threw together using Iconic Basses & The Core Bass Cherry Slapped.

 

Thank you!

 

Always looking for new stuff