Advice Please For Bass Player

[DeaconJohn]

Hi All--

First post here. Great forum!!!

I play bass as my primary (and really only) instrument.

I want to be able to practice, record bass and build demos, etc. around that instrument.

I've read some posts here, but am not sure about Line 6 Bass products and Sonoma Riffworks.

Questions:

1. Do the model bass packs work?
2. Does the Bass Pod XT or the new POD XT3 work with their respective bass patches?
3. Are there any plugs in for guitar? I.e., sampled guitar parts/styles like InstaDrummer?

Thanks in advance for you help!

[Charvelguy]

Welcome..
1.Yes, the bass model packs work quite well.
2. Couldn't tell ya, don't own either.
3. Steinberg I believe has sampler plugins for guitar, as does likely Roland and Korg, maybe Native and some others out there too. You need to have a Sonoma version of RW, so the conversion for the VST plugin is needed if you have the Line 6 version and have not crossgraded.

[GuitarSlinger]

Hi All--

First post here. Great forum!!!

I play bass as my primary (and really only) instrument.

I want to be able to practice, record bass and build demos, etc. around that instrument.

I've read some posts here, but am not sure about Line 6 Bass products and Sonoma Riffworks.

Questions:

1. Do the model bass packs work?
2. Does the Bass Pod XT or the new POD XT3 work with their respective bass patches?
3. Are there any plugs in for guitar? I.e., sampled guitar parts/styles like InstaDrummer?

Thanks in advance for you help!

Recording bass is easy, turn on some drums and play along while you shape your sound to fit the drum. The bass packs are great, but a great sounding bass can go direct with no effects, post eq and compression afterward if necessary.

[ThrobbyRobby]

I'm a bass player here and use the POD XT Live NOT the bass POD. I had the Bass POD XT Live. It's the only line 6 product I've been disappointed in. (no usb interface) I sold it to buy the POD XTL then loaded bass expansion pack. I never record without it, awsome tonage. Check out "Monkeys Uncle" and "War II" I couldn't get those tones without bass model pack. I also play guitar, so my xtl covers all the bases tonally.
Welcome to the forum, this is the best site for musicians on the planet! You won't need any guitar samples, you have access here to real guitarists that can play along side the best I've ever heard. Come to Rifflink, there's lots of room for bass players.
By the way, rules say "New guy buys the beer".

[pbbobkanobi]

Throbby is right..the Bass Pod XT was a huge flop. The new POD X3 has all the bass models from the bass expansion pack and they all sound good to my ear. Recording bass lines in RiffWorks / RiffLink works great....warm, fat and soulful. A little tweakin' goes a long way.

[JohnN]

Greetings... as another bass player here, I'll join the fray.

Yesterday, I discovered something y'all probably know. It's the soundcard too. I have been playing with the M-audio USB for a few months, and while my guitar was slightly muddy, my bass playing was *very* muddy through it.

For other reasons, I upgraded to Firewire (M-Audio 410), and the first thing I noticed after the latency differences, was the immensely clear and beautiful bass as it rumbled through my amp (I use InTone Bass Pro as my amp simulator).

Wow!

John

[keyper]

hey!whats up! ive just got RiffWorks.im a drummer but! i dont know how to play the guitar.yea! i know.im trying to get gtr,samples and having trouble.HELP!

[GuitarSlinger]

Wait, you want pre-recorded guitar samples to use in Riffworks? So you can drum along to them? I honestly don't think Riffworks would be the best choice for you, but try google for "backing tracks without drums".

If you want files you can use in riffworks check out bigfishaudio rex loops, they have guitar, bass, drums, ambience, scratching, etc all packed into their rex cd's. Rex files can be usd in riffworks.

[mickeymix]

Bass model packs work great but some of the best tones (bass) that I've heard , come from Joshua001 (no disrespect to Robby he's #2) and I don't believe the man has Bass Expansion.........Now for guitar tones or samples.......There's always RiffLink......................us Junkies will give ya all the (Guitar) samples ya need Mwuahahhaaaaaaaaaaaa

[jamienelson]

Oh yeah, I almost always need a bass player on my tunes. My bass playing pretty much sucks and I almost always have someone else do my bass lines for me.