Dan Dean Giga Bass
Welcome to the Dan Dean Giga Bass Collection special Gigasampler™/Gigastudio™ version of the highly regarded Dan Dean Bass Collection #1 and #2 combined with additional bonus banks not found on either of the first two disks.
What’s different about Dan Dean Giga Bass Collection samples? First, each and every note of all of the instruments has been sampled. This means that there is no pitch shifting, stretching or any other alteration of the original sample data. The notes that were played are the notes that you play. The body resonance is constant. The string overtones are constant. The harmonic content of each of the notes is consistent, and so on. This all translates into digital instruments that are more natural sounding .
We used the highest quality components available to create Dan Dean Giga Bass Collection. The “direct” recordings were made through either a Summit Audio™ Stereo Tube Microphone Pre-amp (TPA-200), the LittleLabs™ DI Box, or the Avalon U-5™ Ultra 5 Direct Box. Compressors used were the GML Model 8900 Series III Dynamic Gain Controller™, The Joe Meek Compressor™ or the BSS DPR-404™. For the acoustic or amplifier recordings, we used microphones that would have been used in the “vintage” days of the ‘60’s and ‘70’s. These included Neumann™ U-47’s, EV™ RE-20’s, AKG™ D-12’s and so forth. On some of the “vintage” basses we also used Manley™ Enhanced Pultec Tube Equalization and Manley™ Tube Compression, which really added a warmth and natural quality to the recordings. On the Acoustic Bass, we used a pair of Coles™ 4038 Ribbons mixed with the direct pickup output of the bass transducer through a GML™ Microphone Pre-amp. The Acoustic Bass is presented in both Stereo and Mono.
The last stage in the process was to use the Apogee™ AD-1000 or AD-8000 analog to digital converter using Apogee’s proprietary UV-22 process. This process makes 16 bit digital sound more like 24 bit digital, which is in good part why we think Dan Dean Giga Bass Collection basses sound so natural. We reduced some of the amp noise using Digidesign’s DINR.
Giga Keyswitching
An exciting new feature found only in Gigasampler/Gigastudio allows you to load a instrument and "keyswitch" between articulations by playing a "switching" key outside the instrument range on the keyboard. This allows you to load the full instrument and have instant access to all of the various articulations at the touch of a key! You can now play a picked passage, switch to fingers, pick muted or whatever on the fly. Load the "keyswitch" version of the instrument to access this feature.
Basses Used in Dan Dean Giga Bass Collection
- Alembic Spoiler Bass
- Toucan Fretless Bass
- Guild Pilot 5-String Bass
- Fender Jazz Bass (60's vintage)
- Fender Precision Bass (60's vintage)
- Rickenbacker 4001 Bass
- Hofner Violin Bass (60's vintage)
- Gibson Thunderbird Bass
- Alembic Spoiler 5-string Bass
- Washburn AB-20 Fretless Acoustic Bass Guitar
- Guild Ashbory (Rubberband) Bass
- Hohner Fretless Acoustic Bass Guitar
- Acoustic Bass (german 100+ years old)
Dan Dean Giga Bass Collection Instruments and Banks
Acoustic Bass PzM.gig (12.47MB)
Acoustic Bass Pz St.gig (24.91MB)
- Acoustic Bass Pizz/Stereo
Alembic 5 String FB/Amp.gig (16.96MB)
- Fingers/Both Pickups/Recorded from Amp
Alembic Spoiler Bass.gig (71.40MB)
- Alembic Spoiler 4 String
- PF C5 Pick/Full (Neck Pickup)
- PH C#5 Pick/Hollow (Bridge Pickup)
- PM D5 Pick/Muted String
- FF D#5 Fingers/Full (Neck Pickup)
- FH E5 Fingers/Hollow (Bridge Pickup)
- Pop F5 Pop
- Slap F#5 Slap
Fender Jazz Bass.gig (48.61MB)
- PB C5 Pick/Both Pickups
- PH C#5 Pick/Hollow (Bridge Pickup)
- FB D5 Fingers/Both Pickups
- FH D#5 Fingers/Hollow (Bridge Pickup)
Fender Precision Bass.gig (52.58MB)
- P C5 Pick
- PA C#5 Pick/Recorded from Amp
- F D5 Fingers
- FA D#5 Fingers/Recorded from Amp
Gibson T-Bird.gig (94.89MB)
- Gibson Thunderbird Bass
- PF C5 Pick/Full (Neck Pickup)
- PH C#5 Pick/Hollow (Bridge Pickup)
- PB D5 Pick/Both Pickups
- PA D#5 Pick/Recorded from Amp
- FH E5 Fingers/Hollow (Bridge Pickup)
- FA F5 Fingers/Recorded from Amp
Guild Ashbory F.gig (17.74MB)
- Fretless/Rubber Strings/Fingers
- Guild Pilot 5 String.gig (76.91MB)
- PF C5 Pick/Full (Neck Pickup)
- PH C#5 Pick/Hollow (Bridge Pickup)
- PM D5 Pick/Muted String
- FF D#5 Fingers/Full (Neck Pickup)
- FH E5 Fingers/Hollow (Bridge Pickup)
- Pop F5 Pop
- Slap F#5 Slap
Hofner Violin Bass.gig (27.14MB)
- aka the "Beatle Bass"
- PA C5 Pick/Recorded from Amp
- FB*S C#5 Fingers/Both Pickups/Solo switch on
Hohner FA.gig (10.47)
- Hohner Fretless Acoustic Bass Guitar
Rickenbacker 4001.gig (67.70MB)
- PB C5 Pick/Both Pickups
- PA C#5 Pick/Recorded from Amp
- FB D5 Fingers/Both Pickups
- FF/A D#5 Fingers/Neck Pickup/Recorded from Amp
- Hard/Amp E5 Recorded from Hard-Driven Amp
Toucan Fretless.gig (62.25MB)
- PF C5 Pick/Full (Neck Pickup)
- PH C#5 Pick/Hollow (Bridge Pickup)
- PM D5 Pick/Muted String
- FF D#5 Fingers/Full (Neck Pickup)
- FH E5 Fingers/Hollow (Bridge Pickup)
- Pop F5 Pop
- Slap F#5 Slap
Washburn AB-20 F.gig (13.16MB)
- AB-20 Fretless Acoustic Bass Guitar/Fingers
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