Legion Series: 66 Basses
- Professional Cinematic Basses
- Feat. Real 66-Piece Pro Symphonic Bass Ensemble
- 14,299 Samples / 15.06GB
- 66 Basses Sustain Types, Short Notes, & Dynamic Arcs
- 66 Basses Effects, Bending and Drop Notes
- 50 Analog Cinematic Ensemble Synths
- 4 Specially Built SFX Pads + Chaos FX 3.4
- 1 Binaural Mic & 4 Hall Mics (Mix, Decca, Wide, Far)
- 5 Close Spot Microphones
- All patches come with DFD, TM, & TMPRO options
- Delivered by Download
- Kontakt 5.8.1 Full Retail (or later) Required
The Biggest Bass Ensemble
66 Basses is the first creation in our new Legion Series, an instrument line dedicated to solving specific needs in epic cinematic music.
We gathered a 66-piece symphonic double bass ensemble, comprised of musicians from 9 countries across Europe, in our favorite modern recording hall, Zlin. In these once-in-a-lifetime sessions, all the players gave it their absolute best. It shows.
66-Basses contains all the common articulations (Sustains Types, Short Notes, Arcs, Effects, Note-Bends, etc) and a large set of new articulations (Dynamic Waves, Tuning Clusters, BPM-based Ostinatos, Bridge FX, etc).
We also spend the better part of a month on 50 uniquely crafted analog synth ensembles. The library features 10 different microphones, including a new Binural microphone that gives you a sonic VR experience of the sessions, 4 Hall-Based microphones (Mixed, Decca, Far and Wide), and 5 intimate close Spot microphones for more detailed sound.
66 Basses features a new 3D-rendered UI with a new 4-part modulation engine and a whole special section of BPM-based Ostinatos.
66 Basses cost us over $70.000 to produce and is the first of several in our Legion series. It is the dream of cinematic basses resolved. Rich, Warm, and Fulfilling.
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9 Microphones and 1 Binaural
The library contains 10 different microphone positions, including our new Binural Microphone. The Neumann Binural microphones offers you 100% lifelike recordings from the sessions. The Binural mic was placed near the conductor, so you hear it from his perspective. The library also includes 4 Hall Microphones (Decca, Mixed, Far, Wide) and 5 close Spot Microphones.
50 Custom Analog Synths
Cinematic Basses are often augmented with carefully placed analog synths. The synths help boost the subwoofer regions of cinematic basses, creating a gorgeous warmth underneath the 66 Basses. We programmed and sampled an array of analog synths and created 50 synth ensembles for the library. The stack function allows you to merge as many synths as you want.
4-Part Modulation Engine
66 Basses also includes our new 4-part modulation engine for extreme sample and effects work. Each of the four effect modules contains an X/Y Matrix grid, with X/Y parameters that can be assigned to any of the settings and mapped to any MIDI CC. The familiar Legion UI also includes Sequencer and Modulation tabs for even more CHAOS.
ARTS, SPECS AND REQS
Articulations:
Arcs:
- Arc pp-p-pp
- Arc p-mf-p
- Arc mf-f-mf
- Arc with dynamic control (CC1)
- Tremolo pp-p-pp
- Temolo mf-f-mf
- Tremolo with dynamic control (CC1)
- Note-up-note p-mf-p
- Note-up-note mf-f-mf
- Note-up-note with dynamic control (CC1)
- Note-down-note p-mf-p
- Note-down-notemf-f-mf
- Note-down-note with dynamic control (CC1)
- Tremolo note-up-note p-mf-p
- Tremolo note-downnote p-mf-p
- Harmonics
Bends:
- Bend half-tone up
- Bend half-tone down
- Bend whole-tone up
- Bend whole-tone down
- Slow bend half-tone up
- Slow bend half-tone down
- Slow bend whole-tone up
- Slow bend whole-tone down
- Octave drop (crescendo)
- Octave drop (decrescendo)
SFX:
- Resonance-dissonance-resonance
- Resonant clusters with Arc
- Dissonant clusters with Arc
- Under-bridge Arc
- Resonant clusters
- Under-bridge
- Bridge to E
- Sul tasto clusters
- Ponticello clusters
- Seagulls
- Percussive clusters
- Glissando-down clusters
- Glissando-up clusters
Short Notes:
- Pizzicato
- Spiccato
- Bartok Pizzicato
- Spicc ostinato with dynamic control (CC1), 1/4 (tempo synced)
- Spicc ostinato with dynamic control (CC1), 1/8 (tempo synced)
- Spicc ostinatto with dynamic control (CC1), 1/16 (tempo synced)
- Bartok hits (1/4)
Sustains:
- Sustains with dynamic control (CC1)
- Marcato
- Dynamic waves
- Tremolo with dynamic control (CC1)
- Tremolo riser with tail
- Tremolo riser with no tail
- Crescendo slow
- Crescendo fast
- Harmonics
- Decrescendo slow
- Decrescendo fast
- double-attack sforzando
Microphone Positions:
- Binaural (VR/Headphone position)
- Mixed
- Decca (Tree)
- Wide
- Far
- Spot 1 Independent Position
- Spot 2 Independent Position
- Spot 3 Independent Position
- Spot 4 Independent Position
- Spot 5 Independent Position
Requirements:
- Full Retail version of Kontakt 5.6 or later required
- Kontakt 5 is 32 and 64-bit compatible on both PC and Mac platforms
- Legion Series: 66 Basses requires 14 GB of hard drive space
- Runs as a stand-alone application, VST® or Audio Units plug-in, AAX® under Pro Tools
- Minimum: 4 GB RAM. 8 GB of RAM or more is highly recommended