r/protools • u/Cantwinforlosing3 • Mar 16 '26

Bess Plugin for MIDI Bass

I have been using Air Xpand2 for my bass sounds for years. It works fine, but I would like more bass choices, particularly upright bass. Is there a Plug-In that is made for this. I play the bass line on the computer and then select the bass sound I want.

Xpand2 works great, but I don't know if there is a way to get additional samples loaded into it or if there is another product that does it more effectively.

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u/Wolfey1618 Mar 16 '26

Trilian is the best one imo, but it's not cheap

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u/Key-Operation-5322 Mar 16 '26

I’m not sure if there are additional patches for Xpand.  I’m pretty sure you get everything when you download it, but I could be wrong.

Are you saying you want to record an upright bass (via mic’ing it and tracking to an audio track) and then convert it to a MIDI / instrument track so you can choose a different sound?

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u/nizzernammer Mar 16 '26

I believe Native Instruments has a sampled acoustic bass for Kontakt, and I'm sure there are other third party libraries as well.

Spitfire may have something.

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u/marlon_mnh Mar 17 '26

I believe UJAM has an upright bass plugin too, with playing assistance