Waves Bass Slapper

Slapping bass with your thumb makes such a cool sound, but it’s impossible to sample… right? Not anymore. 3,700 multisamples, with round-robin note assignments and articulations, nail the 70s bass sound that players like Larry Graham and Bootsy Collins used to power funk, disco, and pop.

Select a warm, old-school sound, or bright modern—even choose the neck position where notes play, because the same note sounds different at different positions. It’s all about slap bass realism.

Features:

1. Sampled with natural sustain—no looped samples
2. 11 interactive playing positions with automatic string switching
3. Choose 5 different legato modes, including “always” and “off”
4. Pre-amp FX: compressor, phaser, overdrive, triggered wah, chorus
5. Adjust MIDI parameters, such as velocity curve and depth
6. Use as a plugin in your DAW or play as a standalone instrument
7. Control dynamics by selecting the number of velocity layers
8. Full 5-string articulation: thumbing, popping, mutes & more
9. 4 amp sim + cabinet options, so your tone can purr or growl
10. Post-amp FX: delay (with sync-to-tempo) and reverb
11. Alter sustain, transpose, note release sound artifacts, and more
12. NKS-ready for NI Maschine and Komplete Kontrol

Requirements:

• mac
  • cpu:Intel or Silicon Architecture
  • ram:8
  • disk:16
  • version:macOS Catalina 10.15, Big Sur 11, Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14
  • additional_requirements:Minimum: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024
    Recommended: 1920x1080
    USB displays are not supported as the primary display.
• windows
  • cpu:X64 compatible Intel or AMD CPU
  • ram:8
  • disk:16
  • version:Windows 10 64 bit and Windows 11
  • additional_requirements:Minimum: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024
    Recommended: 1920x1080

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