Topic: Bass Note Decay

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Replied December 26, 2020 at 18:12 #2686951
michaelfjacob
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Apologies for the multiple edits. I thought I found it, but I really didn’t. After pulling in an audio track and playing with both the velocity and sustain automation tools, I thought it was having the desired effect, but I forgot to take the audio file out of the mix and that is where the effect was coming from. I still haven’t been able to achieve this effect on a pure midi note within EZ Bass. It appears so far the only thing I found that works is using the audio volume automation in my DAW.
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Replied February 3, 2022 at 14:58 #2872315

pete redfern
Participant

Hi Joe, did you solve the problem of natural note decay?

EZbass version: 1.0.9
Operating system: Windows 10

Replied April 14, 2022 at 03:39 #2904679

Daniel Roy
Participant

In MODO bass it’s called ‘let ring’. It’s super frustrating that there’s not an obvious option to do this. The software is kind of useless to me if I can’t do this.

EZbass version: 1.0.8
Operating system: Windows 11

Replied May 30, 2022 at 15:34 #2937386

neomusica
Participant

Same here. This too soon decay drives me nuts creating bass line. They should’ve put options. This really sucks.

Replied July 22, 2023 at 02:15 #3118364

Anthony Aguilera
Participant

I’m going to assume there’s no option to let the note decay naturally as a bass guitar would and that we’re stuck with this infinite sustain (until key release) of each note?

EZbass version: 1.1.8
Operating system: macOS Monterey (12)

Replied July 24, 2023 at 15:25 #3119132

Glenn Stanton
Participant

the default “modern” and “vintage” basses mimic real life – so notes decay 🙂 i think if you got an synth bass, then having the notes sustain as long as desired would work. and in your DAW, you could have 2 basses – one “natural” for the initial transients and tone, and a synth to sustain. (not unlike the old days of record with a double bass for sustain (plucked and bowed) and depth and an electric bass for transient and clarity – e.g. wrecking crew) 🙂

EZbass version: 1.1.8
Operating system: Windows 11
Glenn

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Replied July 24, 2023 at 16:03 #3119140

michaelfjacob
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If they decay for you please let us know how you got it to do so. Myself and others experience EZBass behaving like a synth bass. The notes sustain at the same volume until the end of the midi event at which time they abruptly stop. A lot of the articulations mimic real life and are pretty good, but not this one, at least for us. Any tips you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Replied July 24, 2023 at 17:36 #3119165

Glenn Stanton
Participant

when i create a note (e.g. C4) and extend it 6 measures, you can clearly hear the note decaying and is mostly gone by the end of 6 measures. just as if i plucked the note on my personal Fender Precision (which has a number of mods like badass bridge and updated tuners etc) which sustains the notes for a long time (longer than the EZBass does… 🙂 ) (by design) so if your EZBass instrument is not decaying, then must be a setting which causes it – examples may be you’re using it in a DAW and have a compressor / expander causing it to elevate volume, an automation control, etc otherwise i’m not able to reproduce a situation where the notes are not decaying.

in my experience (as a long time pro bass player), the modern and vintage instruments seem to operate as expected.

EZbass version: 1.1.8
Operating system: Windows 11
Glenn

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www.reverbnation.com/fossile

Replied July 24, 2023 at 18:49 #3119188

michaelfjacob
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Interesting. If you don’t mind, one more question about your workflow. If I create a track using the audio tracker, I get a result similar to the one you described. I could be mistaken, but I thought the decay was coming from the original audio and not the midi note. Perhaps EZBass is somehow adjusting the midi volume by tracking the audio volume? Conversely, if I create a new note directly from the grid editor without an audio tracker file, it does not decay the same way. Both of these are running through the same track in different measures in my DAW so they have identical compression, yet they behave differently from each other. Do you create your tracks directly in the grid editor or do you use the audio tracker? Thanks for your feedback. Much appreciated!

Replied July 24, 2023 at 20:48 #3119215

Glenn Stanton
Participant

i generally drag directly from EZKeys (or other source MIDI), and if i use the audio tracker to import and generate the MIDI, then i tweak that. or import the MIDI via drums/keys (mainly keys).

but i don’t find the MIDI note decay an issue.

Glenn

www.runnel.com
www.reverbnation.com/fossile
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