MODO BASS 1.5 is here: New basses, 6-string option, more

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MODO BASS 1.5 is here: New basses, 6-string option, more

Postby Peter_IK » Fri Dec 01, 2017 5:20 pm

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MODO BASS 1.5 update has arrived! Two new basses, Drop A tuning, six string option, and more! Free update for existing users.

What's new in version 1.5

  • 2 new bass models: Metal (based on a 5-string fanned-fret model); Imperial (based on a 6-string custom model)
  • 6 string feature: all models can now be turned into 6 string basses
  • Drop A feature: drops the low B String to an A note
  • A redesigned, more flexible control section
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Re: MODO BASS 1.5 is here: New basses, 6-string option, more

Postby Peter_IK » Fri Dec 01, 2017 5:21 pm

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Re: MODO BASS 1.5 is here: New basses, 6-string option, more

Postby xphen0m » Fri Dec 01, 2017 5:35 pm

This is AWESOME! The new model looks to be a Dingwall, which is something I've LOOOOOOOOONG wanted.

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Re: MODO BASS 1.5 is here: New basses, 6-string option, more

Postby PerryD » Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:23 pm

Very excited to see the update! Thank you.
A couple things I would love to see in a future update:

When using the low string action, there are one or two adjacent notes in every model, higher up the neck that are "miss-fretted" ...very realistic but it renders those one or two notes as practically unusable.
Fretted slides could still use some attention. Perhaps a key switch that would allow you to actually play a gliss on the keyboard. Then you could more easily control the speed, dynamics and target note of the slide.
A "repeat last note" key switch would be great for fast repeated articulations.

Again, thank you for the new update! MODO Bass is an amazing bit of modeling magic.

-Perry-
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Re: MODO BASS 1.5 is here: New basses, 6-string option, more

Postby Capt_Handbanana » Fri Dec 01, 2017 7:39 pm

Has anybody got this to work yet? I've loaded into my DAW, and it doesn't seem to load properly. I have a buddy trying to run it on mac and it just keeps crashing.

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Re: MODO BASS 1.5 is here: New basses, 6-string option, more

Postby puranon » Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:18 pm

PerryD wrote: A "repeat last note" key switch would be great for fast repeated articulations.


Two. One for up stroke, the other for down stroke.
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Re: MODO BASS 1.5 is here: New basses, 6-string option, more

Postby PerryD » Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:21 pm

puranon wrote:
PerryD wrote: A "repeat last note" key switch would be great for fast repeated articulations.


Two. One for up stroke, the other for down stroke.


Thanks, Puranon!
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Re: MODO BASS 1.5 is here: New basses, 6-string option, more

Postby MrTeash » Mon Dec 04, 2017 12:03 pm

On Mac OSX, any(!!!) DAW crashed! Hey you, upstairs, - heal the plug-in!!! :mrgreen:
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Re: MODO BASS 1.5 is here: New basses, 6-string option, more

Postby Peter_IK » Mon Dec 04, 2017 5:33 pm

MrTeash wrote:On Mac OSX, any(!!!) DAW crashed! Hey you, upstairs, - heal the plug-in!!! :mrgreen:

Please report this issue to IK Support at http://www.ikmultimedia.com/contact-support/mi/ and they will be able to assist you directly and get you up and running.
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Re: MODO BASS 1.5 is here: New basses, 6-string option, more

Postby puranon » Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:34 pm

Any way for MIDI to CC toggle between fingered and slapped articulations?
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Re: MODO BASS 1.5 is here: New basses, 6-string option, more

Postby gonwild » Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:30 pm

this looks awesome! Can't wait to try it out. Thanks for the update IK!
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Re: MODO BASS 1.5 is here: New basses, 6-string option, more

Postby soundog » Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:40 am

LOVING these two new basses! Thanks, IK. BTW, don't assume the "Metal" bass is only for metal music — the Dingwall bass that its based on was not designed for metal stuff, it's just a bass preferred by some metal bands because the tonal settings are so darned flexible.
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Re: MODO BASS 1.5 is here: New basses, 6-string option, more

Postby kurt.lehman » Fri Sep 18, 2020 7:59 pm

Any way this could be used live, to change to bass being played, routed through Amplitube 4?!
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Re: MODO BASS 1.5 is here: New basses, 6-string option, more

Postby Peter_IK » Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:07 pm

kurt.lehman wrote:Any way this could be used live, to change to bass being played, routed through Amplitube 4?!

Yes you can use MODO BASS as a plugin or standalone live, controlled with a MIDI controller. If you'd like to route it through AmpliTube you'd want to run a DAW live.
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Re: MODO BASS 1.5 is here: New basses, 6-string option, more

Postby jmelchiori » Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:31 pm

I am/was a decent bass guitar player but fingers no longer cooperate. I am wondering if it can be used in a live band that plays 60's thru 80's songs - rock and roll, blues, popular, virtually anything really. I don't care about real bass or keys just that it can handle it if I can play it and that it will sound good. I can not find any demos of this type of oldies using midi bass so I am asking.

Any help directing me or telling me about how it is used would be helpful.

Thank you

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