Fretless - The Fretless bass simulations in the Bass30 shape the attack of your instrument by combining an auto swell on the high frequencies, a subtle wah on the mid range, with detailed equalization. The choices of fretless simulations range from --(bypass), F1 (fretless into an Ampeg SVT), F2 (Fretless into a Trace Elliot), F3 (Fretless into a SWR), F4 (a bowed upright bass), and F5 (a plucked upright bass). The Gain parameter controls the amount of swell. The EQ and Gate controls operate the same as the Amp Models.
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Bass Synth - The Bass Synth simulates the bass sounds found in many popular synthesizers. The Bass30 utilizes 4 different waveforms and 3 variations on each waveform. The waveforms include rectangle (r1, r2, and r3), triangle (t1, t2, and t3), saw-tooth (S1, S2, and S3), and pulse width (P1, P2, and P3). Two dashes --indicate that the Bass Synth is bypassed. Variation 1 is an upward sweeping envelope, variation 2 is a downward sweeping envelope, and variation 3 is a manually controlled envelope (4 - Bass Synth Speed must be assigned to the Expression Pedal in order for any of the third variations to work). The Bass Synth incorporates the use of synthesized waveforms, sub-harmonics, and an octave shift into the sound. There are 10 parameters associated with the Bass Synth: Gain (fundamental frequency mix), Treble EQ (octave mix level), High-Mid EQ (high tone control), Low-Mid EQ (low tone control), Bass EQ (the sub-harmonic mix level), Speed (rate of envelope sweep), Depth (intensity of wah or envelope sweep), Amount (percentage of duty-cycle for pulse width wave forms), Level (Bass Synth mix), and Gate (see noise gate definition). When the Bass Synth is active, the Compression, Wah, and Auto Wah are disabled.