Trillian is definitely on my fantasy wish list for sure. I just got told I overpaid my UI taxes to the tune of hundreds last year and am getting a refund....the sensible thing to do would be to put it back into my biz but I tell ya the temptation is crippling me. I don't think I've ever wanted to spend money as obsessively as I have with plugs. My whole life I have never lived above my means, until I discovered audio production as a hobby. 

Of course you could pay a real bass player to do the same thing, but that would be unheard of in these parts..... 

+1 for TRILIAN....our goto bass player who does most our session work suggested we try this for stand up bass as well lol!!!

I do like the idea of a Sonar version if it was even close to the quality of the Spectrasonic's stuff!!  ..cool look BTW :-)

The Cakewalk Sound Center is nothing but a DimPro and Rapture player. You can load the Cakewalk Sound Center Acoustic Bass sfz into 64bit DimPro to avoid using bitbridge.

scook,

Great suggestion, Ill give that a try...thats the one sample that is decent in the whole library of acoustic bass sounds....thanks

So, can't argue that most acoustic instruments don't translate "realistically" via MIDI and sample libraries.  But, some libraries produce better results than others.  I think we all are just looking for passable sounds for our instruments.

Whether it be drums (cymbals can be played in an infinite number of ways) but we get a few articulations that we need to make work in a mix or guitar tracks (forget about strumming chords with realistic rhythms and techinique.

So, if you want a realistic bass part, depending on how realistic, I agree you need to record the bass LIVE.  But if you just want a passable bass part, some libraries are better than others.  Perhaps some day, audio to MIDI translations can advance to the point where cc data is used to translate all the little stuff that makes a real track sound real.  I use a MIDI guitar controller and even slides between notes get translated but not translated well (a combination of low velocity passing notes and pitch bend data is what shows up in a MIDI track when sliding between notes) and yes, most MIDI guitar interfaces are really audio to MIDI real time translators).

Jim

I am amazed that so far not one post has mentioned Kontakt 5 Free. Usually, you can't post anywhere without Kontakt being mentioned. The free player has a library of free instruments and there is an upright in there that may squeak by for your use. I believe Independence Free and Pro have an upright as well. My use is not as critical as yours, probably, so I opt to use Kontakt but I have Garritan and the uprights in the JABB serve me well. Just for mock ups. If anythings goes to final production it is usually replaced with a real player. If you are satisfied with the SI bass, I don't think it is too far a stretch to try Kontakt Free or Independence Free. If you like one or the other then decide to purchase. Just for the record the Kontakt Free has some of the articulations you have mentioned in the other posts.