[Errol Schwartz]

Hans,

I had the same question.

The 119 velocity adjustment did not make my bass pop like fireworks on new year’s eve. Then I realised something from mimicking a slap/pop on an imaginary bass guitar: A bass player pops on a higher pitched string before slapping onto a lower pitched string. This means that in EZbass your pop note must sit above your slap note – higher up on the piano roll.

In the modern EZbass library:

• Add two notes (A and B) in the grid editor and space A an octave above B;
• Nudge A to about a 16th note before B;
• Select the slap/pop articulation for A and B;
• Hit play;
• Happy new year!

Achieving the slap/pop articulation in this way is a very intuitive and accurate representation of slapping and popping on an actual bass guitar. Adjusting the velocity for A (or B, or any note for that matter) changes the note’s dynamic, not the articulation assigned to it.

Let me know if this worked for you.

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