Just Written a song. Anyone interested for basslines ?

I would offer you to give it a shot, which you could discard if you didn't like it... But I don't have a 5-stringer. If it's really necessary, then I'm out of the game.

Dammit, I'd love to be able to help you on this one, Gerald, but I'm still in the final, drawn-out stages of putting my room together and a recent rip off has meant that the critical link in the chain (audio interface/s) is missing. I have a MM Stingray 5 string, which might've been perfect for this.

That said, have you got Trilian or the older version, "Trilogy" by Spectrasonics? There's a bass just like mine, named, I think, "Studio Bass", that growls, is full of character, and has that low-end beef that IMHO should complement the project perfectly. Yes, it's a VI, but it can do the job if you're prepared to put in the MIDI-editing time.

Cripes, Gerald!

I've only heard Trilian in demo videos, but I can tell you that the pitching was just fine there. Too bad mate.

Not sure what else I can suggest. If you like I can let you know when I've got my interface and do it then, but when that will be depends on eBay sale of my redundant gear, and after 4 months in haven't sold a thing, so it could be a while. Then I've got to place an order and wait for that too. I originally had it on lay-buy but lost my payment to a thief, so I'm waiting 'till I've got the bucks this time.

In the meantime, hopefully someone steps up for you, especially if you're in a hurry. Good luck man.

Well, I've found that some 5 string basses' B strings play sharp in that area. That's one of the things I love about my Stingray; it doesn't.

I have a theory that sub-par wood selection and lax tolerances generally in the manufacture of 5 strings contribute to this. This is because I've noticed this phenomenon mostly when the B string, for notes below E, lacks "welly" and focus. Know what I mean? When there're less focussed lows but more "flubbiness" / tubbiness and boom as opposed to clear notes - that is when I notice the pitch tends to stray a little, most-often towards sharpness rather than flatness.

Who knows - maybe the bass they sampled had this issue, so even 'though they tuned the open string perfectly, as soon as they started fretting low C through to Eb, the notes played sharp. Pity they didn't notice this 'cause they could easily have corrected the problem; they're discreet samples after all. Human hearing is naturally less-sensitive to bass pitching 'though, so I can understand how this might've been missed.

I know that VST bass doesn't replace the real thing, but this one ROCK !

http://amplesound.net/en/pro-pd.asp?id=18

This is a DI VST, so either use a bass amp sim, or just reamp it through your Kemper.

And finally, if you've written your bass line using guitar pro, the VST has a built-in guitar pro tab reader to take care of almost all articulations (slide, pull-off, hammer on, bend, ...)

Check the audio sample, it deserve a try

I have a five string bass @djemass and can try to contribute if it's not a song that needs John Myung to play it. Let me know if I can help.

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, the 5 string is unfortunately necessary for this song.

So, Bommel with his spade bass is definitly out of race

Check also this: http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/modobass/