Upright/double bass soundfont
Hi all, new on the forum
I am looking for a nice sf2 upright bass sample, i have heard of "OptimalUprightBass" being a good one but nowhere to be found on the net.
Otherwise, any idea about an other "decent" one ?
(I already have the ones included in the gm banks mentioned in the forum).
Thanks in advance.
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Karyofarer's Meatbass is a decent one for classical and jazz, it is a real sampled double bass, arco, pizzicato and effects. The biggest downside is that a few of the samples have a bit of an inconsistent tone. It comes in SFZ, not SF2 meaning that some of the features will not work on MuseScore. Here's the link:
http://www.karoryfer.com/karoryfer-samples/wydawnictwa/meatbass
If you are looking for a strictly classical sound, then Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra has a great sounding bass ensemble (8 basses I believe), both arco and pizzicato. The biggest downside is that it only has an ensemble patch, no solo patch. Sonatina is also an entire orchestral bank, so you will have to download a ton of instruments, only for the double bass. The instruments are excellent, so you will likely end up using it for more than the basses. Here's the link to the SF2 version:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B95vv0ZidxbBfmItbFNjZV9jM3ExMk9…
If you're looking for jazz pizzicato, PatchArena's Double Bass Pizzicato is very good. It's also a sampled real instrument. The biggest downside to this one is that it is only pizzicato. However, just like Meatbass, it comes in SFZ format so it's features are limited in MuseScore. Here's the link:
http://patcharena.com/double-bass-samples-free-pizzicato-instrument-in-…
EDIT: these are all completely free. There are better sounding basses in commercial libraries, but they are not compatible at all with MuseScore.
In reply to Karyofarer's Meatbass is a by [DELETED] 597046
Thanks for your input, i only checked meatbass but i am looking for something softer, something more "gentle ballad jazz trio" upright bass kind of sound.
Thanks also for the SSO, though i am not stricly speaking into classical music, i grabbed (using "sf2 splitter") a few sounds in there that are better than the ones i had.
If you're looking for jazz, definitely check out PatchArena's.
EDIT: *that was meant to be a reply to comment*
In reply to If you're looking for jazz, by [DELETED] 597046
Very nice indeed !
nearly perfect, because the notes "last long" (english is not ma native language) so this sound
will fit only slower tunes.
For faster/funkier ones i'll need an other sample with "shorter cut/stop".
But thanks already for this.
In reply to Very nice indeed ! nearly by Bedjka
That is going to be much harder to find. Most companies make samples long do that they are never too short.
In reply to Very nice indeed ! nearly by Bedjka
I have been adding a fair amount of compression and it is really good for nearly any kind of tunes now, thanks again.