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Ken Restivo wrote:

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> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 03:27:39PM -0400, Darren Landrum wrote:

>

>> Jorge wrote:

>>   > 2) Any good-quality-FX to convert my analog guitar playing into a

>> bass sound

>>

>>> out there?? (I don't even need real time).

>>>

>> Well, the first thing that comes to mind is to play a bass line with

>> your guitar,

> I use a bass soundfont and play it on keyboards.

>

> It doesn't sound as good or as dynamic as a real bass player, and the difference is especially notable live.

>

> But NekoBee is great for bass synth sounds, as are AMS and PHASEX.

>

> Best advice I could give is to buy a bass and learn how to play it. They're not that expensive.

>

> -ken

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>

And for those who haven't yet listened to Ken's "bass playing" be sure

to note his use of the controller wheel to express the legato component

of good technique. 

I understand the full timbre of a good string electric bass - fretless

or not, and the slapping and popping a good player employs that would

make a live performance more colorful, but Ken's work comes awfully close.
Leave that inflection out and you'd might as well just play the lower

registers of a keyboard and call it bass.
Frank

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