The staccato articulation is very aggressive, and in fast passages can be used as a fifth velocity layer. Velocity layers are more important for bass guitar because it is often played without distortion and also because the tonal contrast between hard and soft plucks is essential to many types of basslines. Still, Shreddage Bass 2 comes with more than 11,000 samples, which is very close to the amount of samples included in Shreddage 2 IBZ (Impact Soundworks’ metal guitar library), even though there’s no palm mutes, no pinch harmonics, no manual vibrato… Instead, what we get is more velocity layers (four for the sustained notes compared to two) and more round robins (up to eight). So, is it metal, or is it good for anything and everything? Or can both be true at the same time? While metal guitarists take advantage of various playing techniques that are not often used in other music styles, most metal bassists rather stick to the “normal” playing technique. In the case of this particular bass library, Impact Soundworks even claim it’s good for “any musical style”. The Shreddage series of sample libraries is generally made with metal in mind, but it’s good for a lot more. Shreddage Bass 2 ($119) is a detailed sample library of a six-string bass guitar for Native Instruments Kontakt and the free Kontakt player.
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