Vir2 Instruments BASiS - Manual (Page 4)

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BASiS
Welcome
Master the low end with BASiS , a breakthrough new virtual instrument from Vir2
Instruments. Featuring a comprehensively sampled collection of electric, upright,
fretless and synth basses,
BASiS offers incredible attention to detail in the depth and
breadth of the basses: 24-bit sampling, DI and amp blending control, multiple veloc-
ity layers, seamless humanizing, custom legato and vibrato tools, release layers, har-
monics, hammer-ons, pulloffs, slides, slaps, rakes, falls, and more.
BASiS includes more than 7 gigabytes of the most diverse collection of basses avail-
able in the world of virtual instruments: classics like the Jazz Bass, P-Bass
Rickenbacker, and Musicman basses are presented alongside personality and genre
tributes such as a classic Motown bass, a gospel bass, Jaco's Fretless, and Macca's
Hofner. One upright bass and three slap basses are also included. In the synth bass
category, more than a hundred patches are provided, ranging from thumping vin-
tage synth basses to techno basses and esoteric fresh creations to spice up your
tracks. Each instrument has been meticulously mastered and programmed for max-
imum musicality when placed in a mix.
All electric basses have been sampled from both the direct input (DI) and an amped
perspective. A knob on the interface allows phase-aligned blending of the two, or
the selection of one or the other. For the upright bass, the same knob allows mixing
of the direct input and a phase-aligned tube mic output capture of the same ses-
sions. Other onscreen controls allow pitch bend range adjustment, pick noise and
fret noise controls, release layer controls, adjustable velocity curve, and instant and
detailed control over EQ. A comprehensive selection of effects is included, including
an octaver, compression, saturation, lo-fi, distortion, limiter, phaser, flanger, chorus,
reverb, and delay.