I second that, certainly for the brass or strings! At the moment it's either midi, fruity loops synth sounds or learn to play the violin and trumpet! Oh, I suppose it would be possible to ask someone very nicely on Bandamp - let me think.... who is it that does brass?
As far as the bass is concerned - at the moment, I record my bass lines on clean semi-acoustic 6 string guitar then drop the recorded track an octave before doing any sound processing. That way I can hear what I'm playing pretty well while recording, and then shape the sound the way I want. All processing is done with VST plugins and mainly consists of multi-band compression, a sound shaper called "Q", and something called "Magneto" which changes the dynamics somewhat.
What I want to do is buy a cheap bass and record direct!
If you want to make bass-line loops, then fruity loops is a good option; you just have to have the time to spend to make it sound natural.
As far as the bass is concerned - at the moment, I record my bass lines on clean semi-acoustic 6 string guitar then drop the recorded track an octave before doing any sound processing. That way I can hear what I'm playing pretty well while recording, and then shape the sound the way I want. All processing is done with VST plugins and mainly consists of multi-band compression, a sound shaper called "Q", and something called "Magneto" which changes the dynamics somewhat.
What I want to do is buy a cheap bass and record direct!
If you want to make bass-line loops, then fruity loops is a good option; you just have to have the time to spend to make it sound natural.
Okay I saw that Virtual Bass Guitar is out. I'd suggest that since Virtual Guitarist is pretty amazing. VST plugin.
| Brass, Strings, Whole Orchestras |
This is a widely used plug-in program among film sound producers.
http://www.motu.com/products/software/msi
http://www.motu.com/products/software/msi
That MOTU symphonic synth looks pretty cool, I'm a wary of registering everywhere I go, but I would like to know , once registered is it possible to download it 'Free'?
I know of some nice sounding free bass vst plug-ins, like the Tau or the amazing Triangle II or Neon or Tritium, these are all free I think, I got them for free somewhere or other anyway!
These are just the instruments though and as Jiminuk said ; "If you want to make bass-line loops, then fruity loops is a good option; you just have to have the time to spend to make it sound natural."
But fruity and it's midi editor are so 'simple' making a bass sound sound natural is not that difficult.
Between the sample wrapper, the edit options in the step sequencer, the midi editor and then ALL the possible effects, the chances are you'll end up with something totally cool very quickly.
Hey I off to up-load some cool VST's to my site, when it's done I'll post the link, so you can download them you self if you want.
PS Triangle II is totally excellent and FM7 is another awesome stand-alone/vst plug-in, but it is more of a complete virtual synth than a bass instrument. But you do ask about strings and alike so FM7 I suggest, it's a very clear sound.
I know of some nice sounding free bass vst plug-ins, like the Tau or the amazing Triangle II or Neon or Tritium, these are all free I think, I got them for free somewhere or other anyway!
These are just the instruments though and as Jiminuk said ; "If you want to make bass-line loops, then fruity loops is a good option; you just have to have the time to spend to make it sound natural."
But fruity and it's midi editor are so 'simple' making a bass sound sound natural is not that difficult.
Between the sample wrapper, the edit options in the step sequencer, the midi editor and then ALL the possible effects, the chances are you'll end up with something totally cool very quickly.
Hey I off to up-load some cool VST's to my site, when it's done I'll post the link, so you can download them you self if you want.
PS Triangle II is totally excellent and FM7 is another awesome stand-alone/vst plug-in, but it is more of a complete virtual synth than a bass instrument. But you do ask about strings and alike so FM7 I suggest, it's a very clear sound.
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