The Crow Hill Company has released Amp Bass, their latest addition to the free Vaults series.
The Crow Hill Company’s Vaults series has delivered some inspiring sounds since it came on the scene and is, perhaps, starting to fill a gap left by LABS, as many users jumped ship at the mention of a subscription plan.
One of the last and most interesting releases is Wavering Choir. If you haven’t heard it yet, it’s a bit weird and a bit wonderful.
The latest addition to the vault is Amp Bass, the much-loved sound of a Precision bass, or the sound of brown, according to The Crow Hill Company.
The Fender P-Bass tone is the driving force behind so many hit records and, in fact, entire genres. That iconic fuller tone, which’s always punchy and clear, is never more evident than in the sound of Motown and the legendary James Jamerson.
If you play like James Jamerson, you’re doing better than most; for the rest of us, plugins like Amp Bass are a must-have.
Amp Bass comes from a 2016 vintage re-issue Precision bass, played with a pick and thumb style.
The instrument has the standard Vaults interface with two large dials and four small ones. The first dial is Fuzz, which dials in the sound of the bass running through a SansAmp Bass Driver (then power drained).
The second dial lets you blend between the Pick sound and thumb-style playing.
The first of the small dials is a custom tilt EQ, allowing you to add more high-end clarity, perfect for melodic lines/solos.
The next is Sub, which resynthesizes the current note an octave lower for a subtle but noticeable rumble.
Echo (delay) and Splosh (reverb) are the last controls, as standard on all Vaults plugins. The cool thing about these two effects is that you can reverse the chain; you can have the delay going into reverb or vice versa.
Amp Bass is a nice addition to a growing collection of impressive and usually quirky instruments.
If you haven’t downloaded Vaults Chorus Synth (Juno-6-inspired) yet, grab it now before it leaves the vault forever.
The Vaults plugin is available in AU, VST, VST3, and AAX formats for macOS(10.15 and higher) and Windows (10 and higher).
Download: Amp Bass (FREE)
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Last Updated on January 27, 2025 by Tomislav Zlatic.
