Bass program for pc

thorbarry

Hey

I'm wondering if somebody knows of a a program that allows me to import a wav file and program a bass track over it. I currently use reason, but importing wav files is a bit of a pain, and you usually have to start at the beginning of the track to hear the wav (which makes programming the bass tedious). I know you can get a program called Record, but i would rather use a different program.

So i am pretty much looking for a programme that is specifically for programming bass over a wav file, cheers

TelePaul

thorbarry wrote: »

Hey

I'm wondering if somebody knows of a a program that allows me to import a wav file and program a bass track over it. I currently use reason, but importing wav files is a bit of a pain, and you usually have to start at the beginning of the track to hear the wav (which makes programming the bass tedious). I know you can get a program called Record, but i would rather use a different program.

So i am pretty much looking for a programme that is specifically for programming bass over a wav file, cheers

So you're basically looking for a sequencer capable of hosting midi?

old gregg

maybe I'm looking at this too simplistically but I'd imagine Reaper would do the job

Dord

If you want to record actual bass guitar and not midi then you can use Audacity. It's free.

kfoltman

old gregg wrote: »

maybe I'm looking at this too simplistically but I'd imagine Reaper would do the job

It would work as a sequencer, yes. But you still need *something* to act as an instrument (example: a free soundfont player like rgcaudio sfz + a bass soundfont).

You could try to sync Reaper and Reason using Rewire, but I wouldn't recommend it.

thorbarry

maybe i wasnt too clear, my wording is probably crap as i am pretty new to this.

I dont have a bass guitar, i want a program that acts as a virtual bass. So i record my guitar through my computer mic, then i need a program for the bass

thanks for the help, and sorry if i am not making much sense

old gregg

kfoltman wrote: »

It would work as a sequencer, yes. But you still need *something* to act as an instrument (example: a free soundfont player like rgcaudio sfz + a bass soundfont).

You could try to sync Reaper and Reason using Rewire, but I wouldn't recommend it.

indeed this is true.
In this case the OP could use a bass VSTi within Reaper along with the guitar .wav file?

TelePaul

old gregg wrote: »

bass VSTi within Reaper along

Is there one?

TelePaul

thorbarry wrote: »

maybe i wasnt too clear, my wording is probably crap as i am pretty new to this.

I dont have a bass guitar, i want a program that acts as a virtual bass. So i record my guitar through my computer mic, then i need a program for the bass

thanks for the help, and sorry if i am not making much sense

Grand, sorted. You need a sequencer that can host VSTis...there are a great many to choose from, most of them cost money, several are free. As mentioned, Reaper is free to demo. You can import your guitar .wav file - or record a new one if you have the right connections - then load a bass VSTi (a virtual bass - go to www.kvraudio.com and search for a virtual bass, you should be able to find a free one). You'll then be able to program a bass groove to go with your .wav file and mix the two.

Not to sound overly critical, but this isn't really the sort of thing you'll be able to work through intuitively. You'll ahve a bit of googling ahead of you.

thorbarry

TelePaul wrote: »

Grand, sorted. You need a sequencer that can host VSTis...there are a great many to choose from, most of them cost money, several are free. As mentioned, Reaper is free to demo. You can import your guitar .wav file - or record a new one if you have the right connections - then load a bass VSTi (a virtual bass - go to www.kvraudio.com and search for a virtual bass, you should be able to find a free one). You'll then be able to program a bass groove to go with your .wav file and mix the two.

Not to sound overly critical, but this isn't really the sort of thing you'll be able to work through intuitively. You'll ahve a bit of googling ahead of you.

Thanks for the info, thats awesome

Yea i'll still have to do some googling, but now i know where to start thanks again

old gregg

TelePaul wrote: »

Is there one?

ah yea, I meant find a bass VSTi and use it within Reaper

TelePaul

old gregg wrote: »

ah yea, I meant find a bass VSTi and use it within Reaper

Ah sorry, not overly familiar with Reaper.

TelePaul

Actually OP, I think Native Instruments Kontakt Player/Factory Expansion come with passable bass samples. Just find yourself a decent sequencer first though.

kfoltman

TelePaul wrote: »

Actually OP, I think Native Instruments Kontakt Player/Factory Expansion come with passable bass samples.

Aren't those *very* bright?

Might sound good through something like Freeamp though.

TelePaul

kfoltman wrote: »

Aren't those *very* bright?

Might sound good through something like Freeamp though.

Wouldn't have thought so myself, alot of the Factory Selection samples are of the sub-bass variety though. However, there's a very nice stand-up bass...ba da da da lovecats!

thorbarry

TelePaul wrote: »

Wouldn't have thought so myself, alot of the Factory Selection samples are of the sub-bass variety though. However, there's a very nice stand-up bass...ba da da da lovecats!

Stand up bass FTW... I'll post up the track when I'm done

raindog.promo

Just another suggestion.
You could rewire reason to a program such as adobe audition (Multi track editor) Load your guitar wav onto that and then program the bass on reason.