ROOTBASS: Retro mechanical bass instruments

[pornofonic Instruments]

What separates a digital instrument from a mechanical one is the sound and feel of striking a key and sensing a mechanical actuator working the string or tine or electric contact. That unmistakeable, satisfying *thunk* is at the root of this new instrument.

Constructed from a multisampled vintage analog synthesizer, physical actuators, noise artifacts, and amp/cabinet impulses, ROOTBASS recaptures the sound of classic bass keyboards, electric basses and bass synths from the 60s and 70s: smoky tines, fuzzy basses, funky clavs, electric fuzzbox pianos, deep synth arps, broken rock organs, and old noise boxes that never existed yet sound like they should have.

As with all pornofonic instruments, noise and dirt are integral to the instrument’s character. ROOTBASS has a distinctive sound that feels solid, real, and deliciously mechanical. For Kontakt 5.8.1+

25% off intro pricing thru January (reg. $59).

Audio demos and video walkthrough at pornofonic.com

[Fleer]

Nevvah woodda thunk!

[bitflipper]

I was skeptical. After all, big-attack bass tones are bread-and-butter to anyone able to program and layer synthesizers. But after listening to the demos I have to concede that some users will find enough value in there to justify the $44 price.

[Zo]

Really interesting , 2 questions 

1) do we have a control other the pitch of each soundsources ?

2) can we have some fixed pitch for each section ( no matter the key pressed , for exemple , attack don t change pitch ...

[pornofonic Instruments]

Hi Zo—sorry for the delay, didn't catch this post.

1) do we have a control other the pitch of each soundsources ?

You can shift the pitch of the attack and release articulations by +/-2 semitones—to produce different performance behaviors—otherwise there's Kontakt's global tune control. But there isn't octave switching like you might find in a soft/hardware synth. Each of the 20 instruments were sampled for the bass range, 2 octaves + a major 3rd.
 

2) can we have some fixed pitch for each section ( no matter the key pressed , for exemple , attack don t change pitch ...

That's a very specific use case, so no. For recording, I would just use two tracks. You could possibly script something inside Kontakt to make it do this but I can't guarantee the script wouldn't interfere with the factory one...

I hope that helps. Video walkthrough here: 

 

Edited January 12, 2020 by pornofonic Instruments

[Zo]

On 1/11/2020 at 7:58 PM, pornofonic Instruments said:

Hi Zo—sorry for the delay, didn't catch this post.

1) do we have a control other the pitch of each soundsources ?

You can shift the pitch of the attack and release articulations by +/-2 semitones—to produce different performance behaviors—otherwise there's Kontakt's global tune control. But there isn't octave switching like you might find in a soft/hardware synth. Each of the 20 instruments were sampled for the bass range, 2 octaves + a major 3rd.
 

2) can we have some fixed pitch for each section ( no matter the key pressed , for exemple , attack don t change pitch ...

That's a very specific use case, so no. For recording, I would just use two tracks. You could possibly script something inside Kontakt to make it do this but I can't guarantee the script wouldn't interfere with the factory one...

I hope that helps. Video walkthrough here: 

 

Thks For the answers .... 

[Ashay Arekar]

On 1/13/2020 at 9:35 AM, Zo said:

Thks For the answers .... 

You should THUNK them for the answers....