ScarBee 2:35 Trilian 5:35 AmpleSound J 11:58 AmpleSound P 13:35

Great Job..Finally people reviewing these software's that are real MUSICIANS.....

AmpleSound is insane, their guitar stuff sounds incredible too!

Man, if I didn't know any better, you'd have a hell of time convincing me that this entire demo track (no matter what bass used) wasn't a real live band. Sounds amazing.

Me: “Wow, this guy really knows how to play a virtual bass!” He: “Sorry, it sounds like I need a little bit more practice.” 😂

My favourite plugin was Ample Sound J, it just sound perfectly and funky because the dynamics and stuff, also it sounds very real and reached every sound just on point. In the mix sounds so fine, you can hear it just in the right place. I might say that plug in is the best for this type of music.

I've been playing bass guitar for 15 years. I would have a hard time telling the difference between a real player and ScarBee in a dense mix. Of course, it's obvious when played unaccompanied. ScarBee was the most realistic in terms of dynamics. The other three had moments where they lost the human element. Overall, the average listener would not notice.

Nice touch my friend! I play many instruments, but I always thought of myself as a bass player since that was my favorite to play. I was fortunate enough to be asked by Frank Zappa to fill in for Tom Fowler when he broke his finger on their mid west tour in the fall of 74. Great experience. Played several dates with them and even recorded at Caribou with them. I also played left hand keyboard bass on a Seq Circuits Pro One simultaneously with right hand keys for many years. I waited years for someone to do a plug in of the Pro One, and U-he just did it. Great sounding bass on that synth. I'll be downloading it in the next couple of days. But I love your style. So smooth. Nice chords! Although I really like the Scarbee, the AmpleSound did indeed have a nice touch thing going on. I have the Scarbee, but might have to look into the AmpleSound now that I've heard it and it's nuance. But I still play real bass when I record. There's things that I can do with it that I just can't quite emulate from a keyboard.

Trilian filled my speakers. (Dynaudio BM5) Such a bass!!! Scarbee has clean mids but it doesn't go that low. Amplesound....I am rying to find it in my speakers. It has some lows but there is no presence. My verdict: 1. Trillian 2. Scarbee 3. AmpleSound Bass

I appreciate the demos. One thing I think would have been cool at the end is if you put the same MIDI track on all of them and switched between them.

one thing is sure you're better bass player than bass players....ones of the beautiful grooves i ever heard are in your review...great job...wished collaborate with you...as a (Keyboard) bass player..great tone great control great play and groovy beautiful music.

Damn, All the score goes to that sweet groove you're playing man!

This is what you call a good video review - where there's enough content from each contender, everyone can decide for themselves. The reviewer likes AmpleSound, but most of the viewers liked the other two :)

Trilian have a lot of articulations, many more then others. Just learn the program first. Click magnifier glass in edit page/soundsource and you will have a bunch of options. Trilain is most powerfull and realistic bass engine in my opinion. Best regards!

Thanks for being honest. Excellent and true. You are first to be frank in your critique. I was informed by the company because I actually don’t play live bass. (I did not mention the company by name on purpose) I re-sold the instrument. Truly disappointed in sound on sound review of the instrument.

Excellent arrangements, brilliant bass playing. What a great music

It takes a lot of effort to have all the articulations you need in Live Mode, but they're there for you. The results are amazing. To not have an aggressive attack in every note with slaps, see in the Edit page (the 4 squares on the right) , adjust the Velocity Value to a slight negative curve, and the Attack knob, to have a softer attack and feel, then you must disable the Ampeg emulation and use Revalver or Amplitube sims. Trilian is not easy, as almost every Spectrasonics product, but they worth it! :)

Love when a reviewer has good music haha

I thought the Scarbee poked through the song the best... but it may have just been turned up louder, it had the right balance between tone and slap for my taste. :)

I'm not sure which is more awe-inspiring: these plugins or your performance. You HAVE to break this music down and explain the idea behind each track, for us aspiring composers and mid-level musicians out there.

Hi hifimidi. Thanks for doing these reviews. Most especially useful for newbies like me. More power to you!

Just FYI the Scarbee MM bass you demo'd is a direct bass sample library. For proper comparison it needs to be run through an amp VI such as Amplitube. Completely changes the tone (in a good way).

I was just about to buy Trillian when you reminded me about Ample Sound, thanks!

Great demo session. Depending on the project. I like Ample Sound and Scarbee. I'm currently using the Ample Sound bass because of the simplicity and its low RAM consumption. Also. The Scarbee bass tends to occasionally crash in Logic Pro X for no apparent reason (perhaps the Kontakt player needs to be updated). More than likely I'll be switching to the Ample Sound P bass based on performance.

I use Scarbee bass on all my recordings but now I am tempted to check the others out. Thank you so much. subbed

Excellent demos. Ample Sound P Bass for me. Captures that punchy sound quite well. Great for instant midi input as long as you stick within the range of the best sampled sweet spot. Higher up the register gets a little weird on all of them. But then nothing really compares with the touch and feel of a real bass :).

this would sound great in grand turismo love the playing!

You have a lot of talent , dude. Thanks for this.

Thanks. I think I might have to switch my go to bass from Scarbee to Ample! hehe! I particularly liked the palm mute. Very musical and punchy.

Belle démonstration, bon groove , bravo et vive la musique !!!

im listening on Bose headphones... and I must say that the low on trillian is what is going to make trillian my purchase

I haven't seen Scarbee with the Musicman Bass before. I've been using the Scarbee with the Fender Jazz, it has a really nice sound.

Really loved hearing your playing! I actually really liked Scarbee as it fits really well in house music.

Interesting video, but a lot of what you reported about Trillian was incorrect. It is incredible articulate when you know how to trigger the key switching. Watch the Jordan Rudess videos on his use of Trillian, and the how to videos put out by Spectrasonic. The plugin has amazing depth, warmth, and articulation (round robin notes, multi-samples, keyboard expression...) once you learn the app. Don't get me wrong, the Ample Bass (and all their products) are amazing and easy to use as well, but Trillian has a vast array of types and styles all in one package, and with disk streaming, ram isn't really an issue. Otherwise, I truly enjoy your videos!

Your review's style is great, complete and useful, I really enjoyed it. Thank you

I am so glad i found these older videos, no one knows about Scarbee Jay Bass, it is now top of my wishlist for next vst.

the use of the right kind of controller makes the difference for Trillian and keycapes for sure

I came to hear the bass differences, I left wanting to listen to the full version of the song. amazing song mate

scarbee Bass is the best real bass and the best soul and funky feeling!!

You performed them live? Thats awesome, most people just use pre-prepped midi clips! Nice playing man

Damn, I could listen to you play VST bass all day!

Scarbee and Ample sounds great. Ample slap you played brilliantly.

I'm really impressed by your playing. so nice. thank you

Your enormous reverse gate reverb on the snare covers most of your basses intricacies. It is also way out of character for funk which needs a really short snap tight dry snare. That's why only the trillian slap bass manages to cut-through albeit far less natural than the rest.

Love your sound! Great demos.

I would LOVE to see a tutorial how to make this music but perhaps that is not what you meant people to ask for? Good job, fan of your vids and subbed. (about 2 minutes in) and some bands who have or still make this kind of music.

Amplesound would be a good bass for Reggae especially with the palm mute feature

Scarbee is amazing !

hahaha C'mon boss! Scarbee Hands down...! It has the most articulation and script so far. You really need to give it fare test by going over it... I use it all the time and people think its a real player... Not once they have said its fake... Trillian is just stupid loud and takes for ever to load... Ram Hog Useless.... THe last bass has the same approach as the Scarbee Bass Libraries...

You have blessed fingers hand arms what ever you call it 🙌🙌 Hail Hifi midi

Digging your tune here. Very funky

yeah you used the trillian absolutely wrong! you have to load it on the top, you loaded only one articulation

Amplesound is supreme i got all their guitars.

When you make a review but it’s a whole jam session

Great review and very good playing!

bruh! you've got heck of a blessed pair of hands

Awesome comparison, awesome track and skills... Subscribed.

Обратите внимание, что Scarbee звучит ясно и разборчиво через динамики компьютера. Note that Scarbee sounds clear and intelligible over computer speakers.

Best thing to do is record the bass line and then add some articulations. That’s what I do with Reason Electric Bass!

Very enjoyable video (Even though I disagree strongly with ample sound bass sounding the best.) Trillian cut through and made the mix gel more to my ears.

I like the Trilian, it sits nice and full with the track.

Wow! Both impressed with the amplesound basses and your skills. Great track. Is it your composition?

very nice demonstration, I like the last song!

Ah! Come on, I think Scarbee Bass sounded the best.

There’s a few different basses Trilian uses. I think you were using the Music Man. They also have a Fender Jazz. Trilian by far most authentic. Got to use the true staccato feature.

This tune is awesome. Trilian gets my vote!

Dude, you are nice on the keys!

your music is fantastic,as are your reviews.

Trillian, hands down!

Trilian Studio Slap bass sounds impressively synthetic at stand-alone :) Sounds okay in most of the mix though, but as soon as it sticks out just a bit it hearable... Interesting.

i think you nailed it with the slap preset in trilian awesome

Hi hifimidi, great play !...I love the MM-basse, i do lot of song with this.

great service, Ruben I like your playing. I play some fusion and blues and doing more jazz these days but I tend to use my Nord Electro and Lead 4. I have Komplete 9 and youve inspired me to use it. Ive been using ACID for a DAW but just bought Ableton so I think I can get some new stuff happening. The neatest thing i found for interesting loops is Launchpad IOS so youve inspired me to get something out of the Native Instruments BYW what is that fusion jazz song you use in the demo sounds like Bob James?

Just awesome ,i watched this video after 5 years,But awesome 👍

what the the guitar VSTs are you using in your demo. I can hear one lead electric and the other something like funky strumming one. Thanks.

What is guitar vst that is panned to right?

excellent playing, all can be tweaked to fit track easily.

That’s some sick baselines there, while it’s a great review I enjoy listening to the music as well :)

Ample sounds just awesome..Ample plugins are really deluxe.

You remembered the bass line EVERY TIME ! :O :D Very nice work, nice tune too! kind of a Bob James feel. This took time and effort! Thanx! What controller keyboard was that?

Hey! this was really informative! thank you so much :) I'll go fo that amplesound bass

Awesome playing. Very authentic feel.

Drums sound really good and realistic. What plugin did you use?

nice review, and nice playing, thanks.

dude I need to know what the untitled guitars are in this track. Came for the bass, stayed for the guitars lol

Great shootout review and a very nice track you got there too, definitely feeling it. Did you use VSTs for the other guitar parts or are they real instruments?

Very good and interesting rewiew ! Thank Youuuu !

Trilian Best

For (fast) walking bass, ive yet to find anything better then Trillian, for fusion I do sometimes use Scarbee. I like them both, but Trillian is just better (imho) Personally, i dont care for more RAM usage, i have more then i could ever use up

Great vid! Now how did you get Ample Bass to play notes on the 5th fret rather than open? I am trying out the free version and I cant stop it from playing open D and open A. I want to play it to play those notes on the 5th fret when I am using a Midi keyboard live.

If you want to sound like Marcus Miller and other signature artists, get Trillian, if you want to sound like jazz anything and maintain a style all your own, get the other plugins. It's that simple :)

Great video! And what a sweet bass line mon...

What would be the best vst to sound like you recorded someone playing bass with all its imoerfections (and also the good sound) all this basses sound too clean and smooth. Thanks.

Nice 1st attempt at a rather complex topic. The basses are not models, they are sampled from real bass guitars. So you're literally comparing a Music Man to Fender Jazz, for example when talking about tone differences. Also it's clear that you are a good keyboardist, however a large aspect of the $$ for these instruments is their programmability within a DAW. The whole assignment of CCs and keyswitches bit, which you did not really get into. I am thinking of getting Trillian, and was hoping your video would shed some light on the inner details in comparison to Scarbee, which I already own.

ilya efimov bass is the best for me

Great review. Really nice to hear them side-by-side. Can I ask what your rhythm guitar is?

Plugin rhodes please???

DUDE YOU'RE GET'IN OFF REALLY LIKE YOUR TOUCH

u are cold as ice my brotha

Nice review man, btw what vsti did you use which you named "Paul Reed Guitar"?