notes too low, for Dim pro?

Hello APC3,

Thanks. Actually, the Mesa/Warwick should have the 5-string bass range already, it should go well down to Bb.
In most cases, I decided to preserve the original note-range of the instrument recorded, or with a very 'slight' expansion; the rationale was to "guide" the user to keep the scores within-range, avoiding the munchkinization effects which happen when you stretch a sample too much.

However, there's a very easy way you can have those missing low notes in any bass, or other instrument. It only takes a very small edit on a text file. You can do it using any text editor.

1- Let's do it for your preferred bass, the mesa-warwick. If you look at element 1 in that patch, you'll see that it uses a multisample called "Fingered Bass II.sfz". So the first step is locating it. It lives in your \Multisamples\13 - Electric Basses\ folder, in the folder where you decided to locate the multisamples.

2- Open the file. If you don't have anything associated to .sfz, pick Notepad from the list. It looks as follows:

... header here...
<region> sample=Fingered Bass II\Jb1c_fng_med_D1_05.wav key=d2 lokey=bb1 tune=-9
<region> sample=Fingered Bass II\Jb1c_fng_med_E1_01.wav key=e2 lokey=d#2 hikey=f2 tune=1
...

3- Just replace the "lokey=" in the first line with "lokey=0". That way, the bass will play in the lowest note.

You can apply this same trick to any bass or other instrument you want to 'expand' the range. Hope this helps.


-René

guess I need to get my notes right, it was a A and G# I was after, thanks again Rene, notepad alteration worked like a charm.