Toontrack EZBass May

[cclarry]

COMING UP IN MAY.

This month a year ago, EZbass was released. And it’s been a busy first year at that! Head over to our page to meet the ever-growing EZbass family and get a first glimpse of what we have slated for the month of EZbass May!

https://www.toontrack.com/ezbass-line/

[briandeeley]

Fretless!!!!!

 

Oh yes....

[balinas]

Finally!

[Scott H]

A welcome addition the EZBass lineup. That said, I would still like to see an upright bass in the future.

[Reid Rosefelt]

I'm happy that they are quickly bringing out so many MIDI packs.  This will increase our choices if they ever decide to sell 6-packs.

[locrian]

7 hours ago, briandeeley said:

Fretless!!!!!

Will these^ presets work with the 'standard' EZBass, or do we have to buy a fretless EBX?

[cclarry]

21 minutes ago, locrian said:

Will these^ presets work with the 'standard' EZBass, or do we have to buy a fretless EBX?

It's a Fretless EBX coming out this month

[Bapu]

20 hours ago, locrian said:

Will these^ presets work with the 'standard' EZBass, or do we have to buy a fretless EBX?

I imagine the EXBass MIDI will "work" with any EZBass model but would most likely not be as useful/meaningful if not used with the proper model (i.e. fretless). 

[Zo]

Why fretless such a thing ? Serious question here ...

[Grem]

11 hours ago, Zo said:

Why fretless such a thing ? Serious question here ...

To get the sound and get close to perfect pitch as possible with as little effort.  

That's my best guess.

[Zo]

Ah ok so fret are usefull but more difficult to handle ? 

[Bapu]

On 5/2/2021 at 9:59 PM, Zo said:

Why fretless such a thing ? Serious question here ...

 

[Zo]

5 hours ago, Bapu said:

 

Superb , but still , can you actually make the diff between a fretless versus regular by ears ? All i hear is a great player !! 

[Matthew Sorrels]

19 minutes ago, Zo said:

Superb , but still , can you actually make the diff between a fretless versus regular by ears ? All i hear is a great player !! 

My question is doesn't some of the "magic" of fretless vanish when you sample it?  MODO Bass in theory may do fretless better than any sample based bass (because of the simulation).  Though perhaps with enough round robins it won't really matter that much.  Seems kind of like the violin sampling problem.  But bass lines tend to be the same note over and over and over a bit more.

[Fwrend]

1 hour ago, Zo said:

Superb , but still , can you actually make the diff between a fretless versus regular by ears ? All i hear is a great player !! 

I think so.  The raised frets cause a slight but definite attack similar to a brass/woodwind player tonguing individual notes as opposed to slurring (no tongue [awaiting obvious innuendos] ? or a string player playing legato or more closely playing notes without changing bow direction.  Can you play a glissando (slide) on a fretted bass?  Sure.  But it is much more smooth and effortless on a fretless and likewise more pronounced when playing individual notes.  While a gifted player such as Pastorius can probably mimic a fretless with ease, a fretless bass would free one of having to try.  Not to mention tuning flexibility as has been alluded to. IMHO of course.

Edited May 4, 2021 by Fwrend

[Zo]

So why frets ?

[Fwrend]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fret

Among other things:
*Frets make it much easier for a player to achieve an acceptable standard of intonation since the frets determine the positions for the correct notes.  Furthermore, a fretted fingerboard makes it easier to play chords accurately.

[Magic Russ]

Hence the "Precision" bass.

[Zo]

could we say fret is a must for beginners ?

[kevin H]

You guys are driving me nutz with all this ezbass this and ezbass that.  Only way to squash this is to join you hehe.  Any suggestions based on your experience with toontrack sales when to jump in?  I’m not seeing any sales for ezbass May.  Seems Bestservice and Timespace at $149 are current best deals.