couple of other resources
A knowledge base article on sfz http://www.cakewalk.com/DevXchange/article.aspx?aid=108
 
Simon Cann's book "Cakewalk Synthesizers" in addition to being a good resource for all the Cakewalk synths includes chapter on the sfz file format.

I like your idea of raising the action high to get the pure sound. That being said, could you create a layer with buzz so it can be blended by those who want it?

Guitarpima
I like your idea of raising the action high to get the pure sound. That being said, could you create a layer with buzz so it can be blended by those who want it?

That's a good idea, but I don't think blending would work - I'll have to redo the action, and there are bound to be some slight tuning differences. It would probably need to be played on its own. Also, it's very time-consuming to sample every note and get consistent tone, level, etc., and a priority might be just neck and just bridge pickups.
 
The EB-5 is a very interesting bass to sample. I had never played an instrument with a Babicz bridge before, and between that and the design, the sustain is off the hook. I had planned to just let each string decay to nothing, but what happens is the string decays but it stays at a low level for a long, long time...an open string still vibrates at an audible level over 45 seconds after the initial pluck. With single-coil sounds any interference (from computer RF etc.) becomes audible at low levels, so I'm looping each string at around 5-9 seconds to replicate the sustain.
 
I'm also finding the coil split for each pickup to be a good news/bad news situation. The good news is that it allows for a lot more desirable tones. The bad news is I want to sample all of them

Slap bass!
Fingered!
Low string Slides up, sildes down, and up and down in one go!
 
They have separate presets like this in Spectrasonics Trilogy and Trillian.
 
Awesome Craig! Thanx!
 
Lance

I just looked up that bass. The specs are the same? Swamp ash body, maple neck and a rosewood fingerboard?
 
I used to have a Warmoth guitar with similar specs. Only, it had a birdseye maple neck and fingerboard. The neck was what Warmoth calls a fatboy and it was great for me since I was mostly playing classical at the time and the change from the classical neck and the Warmoth's neck was not that much difference other than the 2 inch nut width and 1 11/16 on the Warmoth.
 
Anyway, that guitar had tons of sustain as well. I think people may overlook that combination of woods for their guitars. I miss that guitar at times.

Lanceindastudio
Slap bass!
Fingered!
Low string Slides up, sildes down, and up and down in one go!
 
They have separate presets like this in Spectrasonics Trilogy and Trillian.
 
Awesome Craig! Thanx!
 
Lance

Well, I did slides and harmonics...but I meant this to be a fun project, not a career! Trillian costs almost $300, and I was planning on doing something [relatively!!] simple and making it a freebie. I've already gotten more carried away than I expected...
 
I used pick, not fingers, to get the attack. You can filter out the pick sound more easily than add an attack.

Guitarpima
I just looked up that bass. The specs are the same? Swamp ash body, maple neck and a rosewood fingerboard?
 
I used to have a Warmoth guitar with similar specs. Only, it had a birdseye maple neck and fingerboard. The neck was what Warmoth calls a fatboy and it was great for me since I was mostly playing classical at the time and the change from the classical neck and the Warmoth's neck was not that much difference other than the 2 inch nut width and 1 11/16 on the Warmoth.
 
Anyway, that guitar had tons of sustain as well. I think people may overlook that combination of woods for their guitars. I miss that guitar at times.

 
The wood definitely makes a difference - a swamp ash body gives a nice "snap" that I could best describe as the opposite of "muffled." But I have to say that Babicz bridge is killer. Don't know why it wasn't on my radar before this. The more I play with the EB-5 the more I think I need to get an EB-4...then again, I can just play the samples
 
Oh, and here's another fun thing: I took the B0 string and used pitch-shifting DSP to create separate notes for A#0, A0, G#0, and G0. I didn't just transpose the B0 string; each string has a realistic formant. So really, it's a six-string bass but instead of the sixth string being higher like a guitar, it's more about the sixth string violating the laws of physics and going below the B0. And while I was at it, the highest note on the neck is D#. I couldn't resist using DSP to create a high E note as well.
 
Not quite sure what to do about the harmonics. I'll probably just transpose them to cover an octave instead of getting too fancy. How often to people play bass harmonics?

Bass harmonics are few really. I can name a few but I would only worry about the harmonics from a major 3rd down from standard up to standard. I've never heard, or seen, anyone use harmonics while a note is fingered. Of course, that does not mean it hasn't been done.

Anderton How often to people play bass harmonics?

The only times I can think of are:
- during bass solos
- while accompanying acoustic instruments with no percussion
Any other time, I'm pretty sure they'd get lost.

Please post a blog on the process Craig, it sounds really cool!