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  • Double Bass Question

    Hi guys i have the special edition vol 1 already. However i am looking for the bext Double Bass sound i can find. In Vol 1 there is a bass named 'Solo Bass' is this the same as the instrument you can purchase seperatley named 'Uprigth Bass' https://www.vsl.co.at/en/Plucked_Instruments/Upright_Bass#!Product_Info or is there more to this one ?

     

    Thank you for any help

    Matthew


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    Hi Matthew,

    The Solo Bass is the bass contained in Solo Strings I. If you are looking for more articulations, you should get the full library.

    The Upright Bass is a picked jazz bass.

    Best,
    Paul


    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
  • One of the things that separates the VSL full solo double-bass from the competition is its wealth of articulations. For solo playing, one of the key articulations for the double-bass is the natural harmonics, something required by many of the solo concertos written for the instrument. Also, for solo playing the transposition trick works reasonably well for mimicing the use of solo tuning A, E, B, F#, instead of the usual G, D, A, E.

    Note that I was trained as a classical double-bassist.