Pfundstein Audio Plugins Releases Tiefkraft, a Virtual Bass Guitar Collection

The useful part

Pfundstein Audio Plugins has released Tiefkraft, a virtual bass guitar collection that brings eight sampled bass guitars together in a single VST3/AU instrument. The new plugin combines the developer's previous bass instruments into one MIDI-playable suite for macOS and Windows. The collection includes six conventional 4- and 5-string basses, each with different woods, pickup configurations and construction characteristics.

How it works

• The remaining two instruments are 8-string basses with paired strings, producing an octave effect similar to a 12-string guitar.
• Tiefkraft is designed around a straightforward workflow.
• This type of bass has been used by players including John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, Joey DeMaio of Manowar, Mike Rutherford of Genesis and Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick.
• Pickup options include neck, bridge, humbucker and single-coil configurations, with clean DI and processed amplified outputs available.
• Tiefkraft includes multiple velocity layers and round-robin samples for more natural performances.

What to take from it

Available articulations include fingerstyle, pick up/down, slap, tapping, palm muting, slides, bends, hammer-ons and pull-offs.

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