1. Guitar Vst

Looking for good sounding free bass guitar VST instruments, AU plugins and sample libraries? You’ve come to the right pace! Check out our selection here:

Muze has released Bass Guitar Free, a freely downloadable Kontakt instrument based on the full Bass Guitar sample library. Bass Guitar Free bass guitar instrument for Native Instruments Kontakt. If features 3 GB of electric bass guitar multi-samples from the full edition of Bass Guitar ($99). The full version of Kontakt is required the includedRead More. VB-1 is a free rompler VST plugin developed by Steinberg. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS. VB1 (first iteration of the paid product Virtual Bass 2) is full fledged electric bass guitar emulation sampler. Perfectly sampled and mapped, it will allow you to play and program bass guitar tracks with your keyboard, like it’s the real thing! Maybe one of the following bass plugins and libraries is more to your liking: Samsara Cycle Audio FabBass (VST / Windows / 32 bit) Project16 Fingered Bass (VST, AU / Windows + Mac / 32 bit + 64 bit) SpearGear: Raspier (VST / Windows / 32 bit) VB-1 (VST / Windows + Mac / 32 bit + 64 bit) Chronos (Kontakt 5+) FS Ibanez Electric Bass Guitar (SFZ).

4Front Bass

Format: VST, AU, RTAS, 32 bit + 64 bit
OS: Windows, Mac

Audio Example:

You’re looking for a simple bass plugin without any need for constant tone tweaking? Then 4Front Bass by George Yohng will be your best bet. I think it’s the first plugin I’ve ever come across that claims so unapologetically “This plugin has no settings”. And truly, it doesn’t need them. 4Front Bass is one of the most popular bass guitar plugins I’ve come across, and it’s simply because of its very useable tone.

Samsara Cycle Audio Om Bass 2

Format: VST, 32 bit
OS: Windows

Audio examples:

On Samara Cycle Audio, you can find a big collection of free VST instruments and effect plugins. One of them is Om Bass 2, a much-improved successor of the original Om Bass. This VST plugin is a fun one: With 128 presets to try and a ton of settings, you can shape your bass tone to your liking.

The bassoffers eight different styles (finger, generic, muted, pick, slap, sub, wah,pop) that differ greatly in tone. The “tone” knob will shift the sound moretowards a more full-bodied bass sound when you turn it to the left or a morebiting sound with present mids when you turn it to the right. You can then useenvelope shaper, EQ, delay, tremolo and distortion to adjust the details.

I found Om Bass 2 more realistic in the more “subby” tones. The more guitar-like tones are more on the synthetic side. Depending on your project, that may or may not be a good thing.

Ample Bass P II Lite

Format: Standalone, VST2, AU, RTAS, AAX (32 bit + 64 bit)
OS: Windows + Mac

Audio examples:

Ample Sound is known for its many guitar and bass sample libraries. What makes their products interesting for many users is that they don’t require Kontakt like many other sample libraries do. Instead, Ample Sound products come with their own player and can be embedded via VST, AU, RTAS and AAX or even played as standalone.

With AmpleBass P Lite II, the company has released a free lite version of its Ample BassP II, a sampled Fender Precision Bass. The free version comes with fewersamples, a reduced sample depth and a lower range of playable notes (instead ofB0 – F4, the lite version can only do D1-F4). What’s also missing arealternative articulations such as legato slides, palm mutes, slap, tap, staccatoand natural harmonic.

But let’stalk about what Ample Bass does haveto offer: 443 samples at 16 bit / 44.1 khZ, sustain, hammer on and pull off andaccent articulations are included in this free bass guitar plugin. It alsocomes with different velocity layers (and separate sample cycles for each one),an auto buzz system, poly legato and a capo feature. For a more realisticsound, you can turn up the fingering noise.

All these features make Ample Bass P Lite II not only one of the most realistic virtual bass instruments on the market, but also a dynamic and interesting instrument.

Get Ample Bass P Lite II on the Ample Sound website.

Free DirectBass 2.0

Format: Kontakt 3 and higher (full version of Kontakt is required!)

Audio examples:

Pettinhouse is a project by Andrea Pettinao. On his site, he not only offers about a dozen guitar, bass and drum sample libraries, he has also released free versions of many of his products. This Free DirectBass 2.0 is taken from his DirectBass 2.0 library and recreates a Yamaha TRB 5 string bass guitar. Like other Pettinhouse libraries, the realism of this free instrument is noteworthy, especially because this library is really simple to use. As this bass guitar was recorded directly (un-amped), it makes sense to process it with an amp simulator (I used Guitar Rig for the audio examples).

Autodafe Acoustic Bass

Format: Kontakt 5 and higher (full version of Kontakt is required!)

Audio examples:

This Acoustic Bass Kontakt library is a little different from other bass guitars on this list because it is, as the name implies, sampled from an acoustic bass (not an electric one). The library contains three instruments: acoustic bass, muted bass and picked bass. With each of these instruments, you have the option to adjust the ADSR envelope. If you’re looking for a more acoustic type of feel, this might be an interesting library to check out.

CoreBass Cherry Slides

Format: Kontakt 4 and higher (full version of Kontakt is required!)

Audio example:

So you’ve found a good bass library, but need some extra sound effects to make it sound more realistic or interesting? Then here’s a free bonus library: CoreBass Cherry Slides. 45 slides, no regrets.

Get Cherry Slides from Orange Tree Samples.

Alternatives

Didn’t findwhat you were looking for? Maybe one of the following bass plugins andlibraries is more to your liking:

/miconio-download-for-android.html. Samsara Cycle Audio FabBass (VST / Windows / 32 bit)
Project16 Fingered Bass (VST, AU / Windows + Mac / 32 bit + 64 bit)
SpearGear: Raspier (VST / Windows / 32 bit)
VB-1 (VST / Windows + Mac / 32 bit + 64 bit)
Chronos (Kontakt 5+)
FS Ibanez Electric Bass Guitar (SFZ)
FS Washburn Acoustic Bass Guitar (SFZ)

Over toyou…

Do you happento know some other cool bass plugin or library? Let us know in the comments!

Ample Bass P Lite II aim to bring the Fender Precision Bass sound to your studio.

Sampling:

• 443 Samples, Size: 450 mb, 16bit 44.1khz
• DFD(Direct from disk)
• Rich Fingering Noise – more vivid and realistic
• Each Cycle & Rhombic Sampling structure – Separate sample cycle for each note and vel layer to improve sample utilization
• Sustain, Hammer On & Pull Off, Accent.

Technology:

• New technology: Auto Buzz system
• Capo Logic – Intelligent play according to bass rules.
• CPC(Customized Parameters Control), any button knob etc can be controlled by MIDI CC or Automation
• Poly Legato
• Slide Smoother
• Combined Keyswitches – combine 2 articulations via pressing 2 keyswitches at the same time
• Open String First Function
• Manual vibrato wheel designed specifically for string instruments
• Capo – Transpose without need to modify midi.

Tab Player:

• The Tab Player can load and play several prevalent guitarbass tablature file formats. Users can load, display and playback any specific track inside a tablature file. When used in DAWs, the Tab Player also allows users to export the tablature as an audio file.
• The Tab Player supports all the fingering, looping, chords, articulations and other markers in the loaded tablature. Supported articulations include: Strum, Natural Harmonic, Artificial Harmonic, Hammer On/Pull Off, Trill, Bend, Tremolo Bar, Legato Slide, Slide In, Slide Out, Vibrato, Tremolo Picking, Palm Mute, Slapping, Popping, Tapping, Let Ring, Staccato, Dead Note, Grace Note, Ghost Note, Accentuated Note, Fade In, etc.
• As a built-in function, the Tab Player works seamlessly with the Ample Sound instrument engine, which has extremely customized guitar playing logic so as to model a real world guitar being played. The Tab Player can even judge on its own to automatically add some refining articulations when it thinks it is appropriate, such as slapping on strings or body, or other realistic and indispensable noises.

System Requirements:

Guitar Vst

• 3 GB of free hard disk space.
• Windows Vista or newer, Pentium 4 or Athlon processor with 2 GB RAM.
• Mac OS X 10.7 or higher (we also provide Ample Bass I for Mac 10.6 users), Intel-based Mac with 2 GB RAM.
• AU, VST, AAX or RTAS host application and professional sound card recommended. Stand-alone version included.