What's the Wagner/SoloC of bass guitar?

[AeternusEternus]

What's the King Fuck of all bass preamp VST plugins? ARE there any? I know Guitar Rig, Amplitube, Revalver, and Ampeg SVX exist, but they all lack that "free" characteristic.

I've tried a lot, and I've never liked the sounds I get from anything that costs money. Wagner, SoloC and Juicy77 are my go-to guitar preamp VSTs. What do people use for bass?

 

[ahjteam]

i like Freeamp3, but there is a bug in the programming and you can only have one instance of it at a time. But then again, why would you?

http://frettedsynth.home.att.net/

The Studio Devil Bass amp is also nice, there is a demo available:

http://www.studiodevil.com/products/

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I don't think they have it anymore but Ik was giving away a free version of thier bass VST amp plug that had 1 amp, but it was good. I wish I could remember the name .

 

[Metaltastic]

Helian? Though that's a VSTi, not an ampsim

 

[Rupturemetal]

Use wagner mk1

 

[DominikJW]

I used Aradaz Green for the bass in one song and it worked pretty good.

 

[ze kink]

I often just use an Ampeg impulse, it has worked well enough for me. I only use DI signals at the moment as I don't have a reamp box, so I just slap the impulse onto the DI signal.

I usually use the Behringer BDI21 I've got for the DI, it's a cheap Sansamp copy (I think it costs around €40) but I think it sounds very good for the price. Just don't crank the drive on it, it gets really fizzy if you use too much of it.

 

[Russtopher]

Helian? Though that's a VSTi, not an ampsim

Nope Helian is a VST, but no longer available. I have the .dlls on my file server, but I can't get it to install in Reaper :-( I can't remember if there was an actual install file for it.

 

[GarethSE]

I use Wagner on bass haha.
High pass, compress the DI track, copy the track, low pass and distort the top end with wagner.

 

[Ermz]

Just a straight DI for the low-end (no amp sim or anything), then for the mids/highs either run it out to a guitar amp, tubescreamer, OD pedal, or PODFarm or something of the like which can give you nice bass grit. Guitar Rig 3 isn't too bad here either.

 

[Petrocker]

I usually use Warp in combination with a tubescreamer to get my grit.
Plexi channel with the greenback cab. Works like a charm!

 

[Sickan]

I'm using the sansamp from Guitar Rig 3.

 

[jacare]

I use the Helian and it delivers... PM me

 

[AudioPhile777]

Studio Devil Bass Amp is awesome.