Product Description

• Introducing Bass Pedals – An endless source of wall-shattering subs
• filthy bass drones and obese analogue tones!  Bass Pedals for Kontakt 4 (and above) is powered by over 3200 meticulously recorded multi-sampled sounds
• driven by a custom scripted Kontakt 4 engine and intuitive graphical interface. Inspired by the sought-after Moog Taurus Mk1 bass synthesizer
• Bass Pedals combines powerful analogue source sounds with modern sound shaping capabilities to create a versatile and fully programmable bass synthesizer! Please Note: The FULL version of Kontakt 5 is required in order for this product to work. This instrument DOES NOT work with FREE Kontakt Player. Bass Pedals For Kontakt Features Four Main Editing Pages: Preset Page The preset page is able to load 28 extensively multi-sampled patches designed and recorded from a vintage Moog Taurus MK1 bass synthesizer. All preset patches boast 3 x round robin sample variations and long sample lengths to help capture the imperfections and quirkiness of the original instrument. Sounds from this page can be further edited and mixed with Bass Pedals' 'raw oscillators' (see below) to create interesting 'hybrid' patches Raw Oscillator (Synthesizer) Page Synthesize your own 'Taurus like' sounds using Bass Pedals' raw oscillators... Raw mode boasts 2 analogue oscillators (each with switchable saturated waveforms courtesy of an Empirical Labs Fatso)
• 1 switchable sub oscillator
• noise source
• and oscillator unison modes
• all of which are individually powered by an extensive set of carefully looped waveforms recorded from a Taurus MK1 analogue bass synthesizer Effects Page The effects page boasts a number of fully editable effects as well as specially created reverb IR's (Impulse Responses) recorded from our Eventide DSP-7000 Harmonizer Controls Page The controls page gives you control over the instruments mono mode with selectable note priorities
• portamento
• pitch bend range
• keyboard velocity and curve response. It is important to note that just like the original Moog Taurus; Bass Pedals has been designed to be a monophonic instrument. A custom Kontakt script is used to realistically 'mute' previous notes once a new key is played
• even when using long amp release settings Features 4.5GB core sound library including 3207 multi-sampled 24-bit WAV samples Heavily scripted custom Kontakt 4+ instrument and intuitive graphical interface (requires full version of Kontakt) 28 heavily multi-sampled (including 3 x round robin) Taurus MK1 patches  40 carefully programmed Bass Pedals presets and starting points making use of the instrument's Raw Oscillator page System Requirements Kontakt 4+ Instrument 24-bit Quality 3.9 GB Important Notes: The FULL Version of Kontakt 5+ is required in order to use this instrument. You will be stuck in DEMO MODE if trying to use this instrument in the FREE Kontakt Player. Wave Alchemy Bass Pedals Review At Music Tech Bass Pedals is the second meticulously sampled analogue instrument from Wave Alchemy
• a company best known for its extensive libraries of carefully crafted drum hits. Where the first instrument took apart the classic Prophet One
• this new library delves into the depths of the original Moog Taurus... Read More Note: Spectrum is used as the example. Install Instructions You must have a full registered version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5.1 or higher to use Spectrum. This (non-licenced) Kontakt instrument does NOT work with the free Kontakt Player. 1. After purchasing Spectrum
• fully download all 6 RAR files to the same location on your hard drive. 2. IMPORTANT - Only double click the first RAR file to unpack the library files. (You cannot unpack part 2 by itself for example) You should now have a folder named 'wa_spectrum'. Put this somewhere safe on your hard drive. How to Load the Instrument into Kontakt 1. In Kontakt
• open the 'Browser' on the left (the folder Icon at the top). 2. Locate the "wa_spectrum" folder. 3. Double click the 'Spectrum.nki file' (or drag it into the main Kontakt window) to load the instrument. Installing the Kontakt Snapshots Snapshots
• introduced as part of the Kontakt 5.4.1 update
• offer a way of saving variations of any Kontakt instrument for easy recall. You can access the snapshot view in Kontakt via the ‘camera ico’n in the instrument header. You can switch back to the familiar Info view by clicking the 'i' icon. Spectrum ships with over 250 uniquely designed custom presets in Kontakt snapshot format. To install the snapshots; copy the folder named ‘Spectrum’ from the main 'wa_spectrum' folder to the root folder of the following location: Mac: Macintosh HD/Users/Your Name/Documents/Native Instruments/User Content/Kontakt PC : C:\Users/Your Name/My Documents/Native Instruments/User Content/Kontakt Please Note: If you do not see a folder named ‘Kontakt’ in the aforementioned location (Native Instruments/User Content/)
• simply create a new folder called ‘Kontakt’ To load a snapshot click the camera icon and open the drop down menu in the instrument header (see below). You will now be able to see and load any of Spectrum’s factory snapshots/presets. Spectrum will now be ready for use in within your DAW!

Additional Information

About the Wave Alchemy Bass Pedals

The Wave Alchemy Bass Pedals combines traditional design with modern performance for Kontakt Instrument enthusiasts.

Why Choose the Wave Alchemy Bass Pedals?

• •Authentic Wave Alchemy craftsmanship and design
• •Versatile sound suitable for multiple musical genres
• •Professional build quality and reliable performance
• •Part of Wave Alchemy's respected Kontakt Instrument lineup

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