Featuring custom MIDI and presets as well as a bass that can muster the entire range from vintage thud and thump to razor-sharp high fidelity, this EBX takes you right to the crossroads where the addictive groove of classic funk intersects with the intricacy of modern-day fusion. If you’re looking to expand your EZbass with sounds that radiate with vintage charm but with every bit of modern edge intact, this is your new go-to EBX.
This EBX for EZbass was built around the idea of providing the ultimate instrument to bridge the gap between two genres in which the bass has been the rhythmic backbone since day one: funk and fusion. The bass in question is a flawlessly luthier-built current-era instrument designed to offer the highest standard of sound, dynamics and tonal depth. Needing the ability to handle the subtleties of jazz as much as the output of rock, this bass was handpicked from a selection of instruments as the bar-none choice ticking all those boxes. It was sampled using the traditional finger and quintessential slap techniques as well as an articulation all-new to EZbass, called left-hand mute. The latter will allow you to produce tight and distinct performances, very much resembling palm mute on an electric guitar and crucial to the sound of these genres.
In addition to the bass itself, this EBX also includes a broad selection of presets as well as a basic collection of basslines tailored for funk and fusion. The presets cover the full spectrum from the classic to the modern and include anything from the basic and muffled to the big, spacey and saturated. The presets even offer a layer of an FM synth, allowing you to seamlessly blend in a texture of classic synth bass on top of the regular instrument. Moreover, the MIDI has all the ingredients you’ll need to get going with any funk- or fusion-inspired track.
Expect an EBX with an absolutely off-the-charts groove factor, providing all the slap, pop, slide, rhythmic, syncopated and cosmically groovy sounds and tidbits you’ll need for your funk and fusion. If you’re looking to make songs where the bass does way more than just tag along, this is an expansion for you.
