IK Multimedia’s Tonex amp modelling eco-system has introduced guitarists a humiliation of riches, with signature collaborations with Joe Satriani, software program suites impressed by Eddie Van Halen’s incendiary electrical guitar tone, the superlative Tonex and Tonex One {hardware} pedals – plus the Tonex Cab, the FRFR speaker to play them by.
But not it has come for the bass guitar, assembling 150 Tone Models that carry you digital emulations of among the most iconic bass amps in historical past, and all of the mod cons and performance that the Tonex platform gives.
Described by IK Multimedia as “the last word library of bass tones,” the Tonex Bass Signature Collection was assembled in a similar way to its guitar equal, with traditional gear captured with a bit of assist from the model’s AI know-how.
You can use these Tone Models throughout the Tonex eco-system. You may preserve all of it within the field, all in your laptop computer, or you may get your self the Tonex or Tonex One mini-pedal for bass, and obtain these sounds to your pedalboard for a high-functioning and super-portable fly-in stay rig.
You may by no means must take an amp the scale of a fridge up three flights of stairs once more. All the large names are modelled right here: Ampeg, Aguilar, Gallien-Krueger, and extra. All types are catered for. The demo movies providing a style of the plugin’s Funk, R&B, Rock and Slap sound simply scratch the floor.
There are the American Classics such because the Ampeg SVT-CL and SVT-VR, and Fender’s Bassman 100 and Bassman 300. “These captures provide the unmistakable thump, roar, and authority of those stage and studio legends,” says IK Multimedia. “Whether you want deep, clear low finish or gritty tube drive that fills the combination, these classics ship the muse of recent bass.”
There are the US-voiced combos, excellent for these plummy R&B and soul sounds. Then you’ve bought the fashions of high-wattage modern powerhouses from Orange, Trace Elliot, Marshall et al, and there’s a vary of modelled stompboxes to additional form your tone. You know the drill. There are choices, presets, user-sharable tones, and IK Multimedia guarantees “excellent” dry/moist section correlation for top-class sounds when mixing DI and amp sounds.
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The pedals themselves have an aluminum-silver enclosure, with the full-sized Tonex Pedal Bass Edition priced at $/€429, which arrives preloaded with 150 “gig-ready” presets, and the Tonex ONE Bass Edition priced at $/€199, arriving with 20 presets. The pedals come bundled with licenses for the Tonex Signature Bass Collection, Tonex CS, Tonex Modeler, and Tonex Editor, AmpliTube 5, plus AmpliTube SVX 1 and a pair of Collections.
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The Tonex Signature Bass Collection can be utilized as standalone software program in your DAW and is priced $/€99.
For extra particulars, head over to IK Multimedia.
