#OCTAVER FOR BASS VST PRO#

There are plenty of options here, but one of the Plexi-based models (for example, Gold Hi Gain 5) will make for a good starting point - again, adjust the gain to taste.Ħ. In the next insert slot, instantiate VST Amp Rack and choose a preset for your guitar sound. You should be prepared to experiment with the Formant Shift setting to obtain the most natural-sounding result.ĥ. On the second track, insert an instance of Pitch Correct and set the Transpose value to +12. With the Pitch Correct plug-in inserted before the VST Amp Rack, the virtual guitar rig gets an octave-shifted version of the original bass part. I find that the Rock Bass Drive, which uses the Valve Amp model, is a good starting point, but be sure to tweak the Gain setting to taste. On the first track, insert an instance of VST Bass Amp and pick a preset (just to get you started) for your main bass sound. This allows you to monitor the bass sound through any plug-ins applied to these two tracks.ģ. On both audio tracks, activate the Monitor switch (the small speaker icon, which will glow yellow when engaged). Create two mono audio tracks and set each one’s input to receive audio from your DI’d bass by selecting the appropriate input from your interface.Ģ. Here, the original input pitch is shown in orange, while the output pitch (transposed by 12 semitones) is shown in blue.1. The Pitch Correct plug-in can provide real-time pitch-shifting. With the above points in mind, the easiest approach for a DI’d bass is as follows: If you’re just applying this effect to an already recorded part, the latency isn’t an issue. The most important thing for both is to route the ‘dry’ signal to our two separate amps, and if you want the effect while performing you’ll need low monitoring latency, so set the sample buffer for your audio interface as low as it will go without nasty clicks, pops and other glitches. What the best way is to assemble these various elements in Cubase will depend to some extent on the source of your bass sound, so let’s explore the two most likely options: a DI’d mono signal from an actual electric bass, and a virtual instrument that’s triggered via MIDI. Fortunately, the Pitch Correct plug-in can provide real-time pitch-shifting in either direction, so for real-time performance we can use that instead. For pitch-shifting the bass signal, we have a couple of options, but it’s not as straightforward as you might expect: while both amp plug-ins include an Octaver pedal emulation, these can only pitch-shift down an octave, not up.

Note, though, that if you want to emulate the setup using a single bass instrument, whether a ‘real’ one or something MIDI-based, it requires careful configuration.įinding two different amps is not a problem: along with the new VST Bass Amp we have access to Cubase’s VST Amp Rack to take care of the guitar tone.

#OCTAVER FOR BASS VST PRO#

And for their live performances at least, the setup allows the player to mute the feed to either amp as and when required.Ĭubase Pro 8 has all the tools required to create a similar setup - and while we might not be able to copy the sound exactly, we can certainly capture the key features. Both amps are tube-based, and the feed to the guitar amp is passed through some sort of pitch-processor, to shift the part up an octave. The band are understandably a little secretive about the exact details of the setup they used to create their sound, but in essence the bass output is split and sent to two amplifiers: one a bass amp, as you’d expect, but the other a guitar amp. The latest such ‘power duo’ to hit the charts is Royal Blood, who play only electric bass and drums, and yet manage to make a very impressive amount of sound.Ĭubase 8 brought with it the new VST Bass Amp plug-in, which, along with a few other of Cubase’s in-built tools, can easily be used to create something in the style of Royal Blood’s bass-driven riffs. The most obvious example is perhaps the White Stripes, whose guitarist Jack White often applied a bit of pitch-shifting to his guitar sound to fill out the bottom end of some of the riff-based songs. But in recent years, some artists have taken the concept further, stripping the line-up back to two while still delivering ‘big’ sounds.

Use Cubase’s new VST Bass Amp to recreate the sound of Royal Blood’s doubled electric bass.Įver since the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Cream graced the charts, it’s been obvious just how much noise a ‘power trio’ can make, and many bands have followed in their footsteps. The new VST Bass Amp offers six different models and plenty of effects and processing options but not, unfortunately, an ‘octave up’ facility in its Octaver effect.

Octaver for bass vst