Looking for an alternative to the AMPEG Bass-Sim...

[Dave1978]

Hi,

does anyone of you know a good ampsim for Bass?

I'm using AMPEG SVX, but I'm not satisfied with that tool because it never runs really stable and I'm missing deepness. It seems always to be more boomy than offering a round and real sounding bass.

I'm open for every suggestions. Freeware or commercial tools.

Thx
David

 

[MetalJonesy]

StudioDevil Virtual Bass amp

 

[Scottxx]

Markbass MarkStudio One vst.

 

[Jind]

StudioDevil Virtual Bass amp

This ^^^ Not particularly fond of their guitar sims, but the bass sim is pretty damned good.

 

[Ermz]

I found the StudioDevil sim to be a bit unstable in Cubase. Certainly wouldn't call it more reliable than SVX, but you do get a bit more tone sculpting from it.

 

[RaDiKaL]

If you want to try the free route, Lextac with a good bass cab impulse works REALLY well too!

 

[ballstix]

If you want to try the free route, Lextac with a good bass cab impulse works REALLY well too!

Agreed. Just discovered this the other day by accident (plugged my bass into what was supposed to be a guitar track, lol). Lextac has really fantastic clean sounds that apply to bass, too. Give it a shot!

 

[AudioPhile777]

Softube Bass Amp Room is teh awesome!

 

[Jaymz]

PODfarm

 

[crillemannen]

BF Sansamp is awesome

 

[kernelxsanders]

acmebargig's BIG is sick

 

[Dave1978]

So many answers ... Great, I'm going to test a few of your suggestions today.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

I've been liking Juicy77 for bass lately.

If you have a few Amplitube based products you can make some good chains with X-Gear.

My little Ampeg amp (~$300) beats them all.

 

[ahjteam]

I've been liking Juicy77 for bass lately.

If you have a few Amplitube based products you can make some good chains with X-Gear.

My little Ampeg amp (~$300) beats them all.

The Micro VR?

 

[AudioGeekZine]

BA112. Very punchy, the tone switch really helps get a sound quickly. Like most amps there's a bit of hiss.
Loud enough for a home studio.

There's no effort required to make it sound like a real amp.

http://www.ampeg.com/products/bassamp/ba112/index.html

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

BA112. Very punchy, the tone switch really helps get a sound quickly. Like most amps there's a bit of hiss.
Loud enough for a home studio.

There's no effort required to make it sound like a real amp.

http://www.ampeg.com/products/bassamp/ba112/index.html

Tried using that for a demo in a session a couple of weeks ago. The hiss was really, really prominent so I ended up going straight into line. Is it really that noisy or was it a faulty unit?

 

[muckypup1]

Softube Bass Amp Room is teh awesome!

+1 I really like this one, its awesome!

 

[Kazrog]

I really like Studio Devil VBA, it's killer. However, it's hard to beat a Sans Amp Bass Driver DI pedal (the real, physical variety.)

 

[eternally_gutted]

Softube Bass Amp Room is teh awesome!

+1. lately my bass chain is (tss/classic distortion/...) + bass amp room.
sometimes i disable cab in BAR and i load impulses.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

Tried using that for a demo in a session a couple of weeks ago. The hiss was really, really prominent so I ended up going straight into line. Is it really that noisy or was it a faulty unit?

I haven't used it for recording a lot, but if the the hiss bothered me I'd have no qualms with running it through izotope RX DeNoise.