There is a significant new addition to the amp plugins in Logic Pro 10
called Bass Amp Designer for playing live
or processing recorded audio in software instruments.
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I can bypass it here on the left edge of
the plugin so that you can hear the original recording.
The bass guitar coming in direct.
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I'll take it out of bypass. And hear it again with the track.
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Let's expand the view and take a look
around the plug-in, now using the Modern Stack preset.
Bass Amp Designer emulates three famous bass amps.
You can see them right here in this menu. I'm currently using the Classic Amp.
There's also the Modern Amp and the Flip-Top.
Let's put it back on Classic.
And here are the speaker cabinets used with them.
This preset is using the Classic 8 by 10. These are some of the other options.
The interface of this plug-in is laid out very intuitively from
the pre-amp tube on the left to the speaker on the right.
Each preset has an amp and a cabinet that can be combined with an awesome
integrated cue here on top that can switch between graphic or parametric.
Use this toggle for
the type.
There's also compression down below to further alter the tone.
Here to the right, three different virtual mics you can choose
from to pick up the signal of the emulated amp and cabinet.
When I switch these, watch the microphone change up above.
When you hover your mouse over the speaker you can change the position of the mic
in relation to the center of the speaker
cone and really experiment with the tone and EQ.
So far, the mic cabinet and heads are features similar to
the options in Amp Designer, just more suited for the bass guitar.
Here is the cool new feature in Bass Amp Designer.
When recording many bass players use
a direct connection to a mixing board often
using a passive non-powered or active DI box.
The use of a pre-amp with passive or active EQ and a hardware
compressor instead of or in addition to a DI box is extremely popular too.
Amp Designer specifically emulates a professional level American DI box.
I'll click to
display it.
Here is the slider to adjust your mix between the mic to amp and the DI.
You can use these independently or blend them with this slider.
If the blend slider is not set to the far right or far left position
but positioned in the center, the two channels are used in parallel.
Bass Amp Designer is really a two channel
design, one for the pre-amp and one for the DI box.
On the DI box the boost knob can be used to adjust the input gain, the high
pass filter cut button beneath to turn on a high pass filter to reduce noise.
The tone knob sets the tonal color of the DI box when you enable tone.
Let's have a listen to these.
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There's also a few cool new stomp boxes in pedal board.
Let's open that up. Just click here to insert it.
Like the TieDye Delay and, well let's listen to this one first.
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A little extreme.
This one's also one of the new stomp boxes, the Flange Factory.
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There's a whole bunch of other new stomp
boxes you're going to want to play around with.
They're great for bass', guitars, synths or anything
else in need of a little creative edge.
Whether you're mixing a live or electronic bass sound, Bass Amp Designer
is sure to introduce a convincing and powerful sound to your bass track.
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