There aren't (m)any FX, not that I need them, I own QL HardCore Bass XP, but all it has is a little fret slap-which I'm sure comes in handy, but I haven't seen myself using yet. They didn't use aftertouch, I know a lot of keyboards don't support it, but despite how clumsy Prominy's programming is, the fact that I can get a vibrato with aftertouch is awesome-I wish I could do that with Black Bass. With all these new proprietary samplers coming out, it definitely reminds you of how awesome Kontakt can be if people put the work into it. In short, they sampled almost EVERYTHING! They also have all these interface features that let you fine-tune the instrument like a 3-band EQ and controlling how 'sloppy' the virtual player is and the release of the notes, etc.

They also have grace notes which are made by hitting two notes next to eachother one immediately after the other. What that means is that you can try to do harmonics on every string and on every fret (which is determined by the hand range or if you're manually controlling the string) and if there's a harmonic on that fret, on that string, then it'll play, and if not you'll get that little dull string pluck noise you'd normally get if you tried to play harmonics on a fret that doesn't make one. If the hand position is automatically moved, or if you manually move the hand position, it'll make a little fret noise, which is a great effect.Р”Р„dditionally, harmonics are all controlled by attempting a harmonic on the low, low 1-14 velocity range.

I say if possible because if you switch strings, it won't work, which is actually good for most people since the idea is to try to get as realistic a performance as possible. Or they have an extended hammer on/pull off keyswitch that makes every note you play a hammer on (if possible) while you hold it down. Like trills, which will make the next note a trill and then automatically switch back so you can keep playing.

The library is made for live play being a straight up keyswitch instrument so there are a bunch of keyswitches that initiate some kind of articulation change for one note before switching back or for some notes depending. There are also keyswitches which will let you play a note on a specific string if you so desire (if you don't want it to automatically determine which string) and legato (hammer on/pull offs and portamento) is controlled by overlapping same string notes or using the sustain pedal respectively. I plugged in some tabs from portrait of tracy and it worked like a charm. Above the sampled keyrange are keyswitches to move the hand manually, letting you fine tune your control over which notes are played on which strings.

From the hand position, it tries to play whatever note you want it to play within the reach of the hand, and if it can't reach the note, it'll move the hand. Which at first makes you think, damn, why do I need another keyswitch instrument? Well, I wish all guitar libraries were programmed like this!Р”В«asically, the library keeps track of one major thing-automatically or by user control-the hand position. It's all placed on a single, compact keyswitch instrument. It has some of the absolute best programming I've ever seen for a bass/guitar/anything library yet! Scarbee announced a 33% off sale recently and I couldn't resist buying Black Bass which is a K2.2.3 sample bass library programmed by legendary Kontakt script-o-matic, Nils Liberg (sp?) and let me just say: I know there's a bunch of bass players on this forum, so you all can go somewhere else because this is for the bass deficient!

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