Toontrack The Sixties EBX [EZbass]

• Writer: Toontrack
• Product: The Sixties EBX
• Necessities: EZbass 1.1.4 or above

Bass, presets and MIDI – tailor-made for that traditional Sixties classic sound.

THE SIXTIES EBX
A POP POWERHOUSE.
Bass, presets and MIDI – tailor-made for that traditional Sixties classic sound.

This enlargement for EZbass units out to seize probably the most iconic and defining epochs in standard music historical past: the sixties. It consists of the vibe, the sound and the very bass mannequin whose characteristically tubby, darkish and earthy thud performed a number one position in its soundtrack. Arguably, no different instrument paints a extra vividly compelling picture of an period come and gone than this – sonically and visually.

The bass was strung with traditional flatwound strings and captured utilizing two distinctly totally different taking part in types, one utilizing the finger and one palm muted utilizing a decide. This provides you two contrasting takes on the identical instrument and a tonal vary overlaying your entire width from the historically thud-like to the sharp and zingy. Along with the bass, this EBX additionally features a wealth of presets for a variety of tones in addition to a customized library of MIDI basslines tailor-made for the instrument and the period in query.

Prepared to move again to the sixties?

A meticulously captured traditional violin-style electrical bass from the early Sixties
Impressed by the attribute sixties sound and scene
Ultimate for something from delicate and acoustic music to full-on pop and rock setups
Features a traditional finger taking part in type in addition to a palm muted choice sampled with a decide
Providing a spread from D1 to E4
Features a assortment of presets overlaying a broad vary of tones impressed by the period
Comes with a customized MIDI library tailor-made for the instrument

THE INSTRUMENT.
The bass that modified the face of pop.

When Walter Höfner* launched the primary version of the five hundred/1 Violin Bass* on the Frankfurt Musikmesse in 1956, little did he know that his hollow-bodied, short-scale and, fairly frankly, peculiar-looking creation would come to vary the course of music historical past. However certainly, solely years later up in in Liverpool, England, the uniquely tubby, darkish and earthy notes struck on this very mannequin rapidly echoed throughout the continents and resound simply as vividly to today. Frankly, no different mannequin of bass is extra iconic – visually or sonically.

Seemingly based mostly on an thought of making an instrument that was interesting to gamers of upright basses fed up with hauling a six toes colossus to gigs, this was the primary of its type: an electrical bass with the inherent qualities of an acoustic – and vice versa.

Though it’s undergone quite a few adjustments and remakes since its first rendition in 1956, the long-lasting hole spruce high physique has remained nearly unchanged. And make no mistake, this featherlight marvel certainly carries its weight in tone.

“Capturing a uncommon gem like this for our line of EZbass expansions was a given on so many ranges – for its distinctive tone simply as a lot for the sake of its place in music tradition and songwriting at giant. I can’t consider a extra identifiable bass tone or a extra becoming instrument to connect the phrase icon to. That is greater than a bass, it’s a chunk of historical past,” feedback Ulf Edlund, EZbass lead sound designer.