User guide
The Upright
The Upright is a beautiful Chinese Upright Bass (Double Bass) recorded in detail from three microphone perspectives.
Overview
THREE WAYS TO HEAR A DOUBLE BASS
The Upright is a Chinese 4/4 four-string upright bass (double bass), recorded in detail from three microphone perspectives.
Around 2772 samples: 6 velocity layers for the sustain with two takes of each note (2 round robins), 14 velocities for the release, plus hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides and slaps.
Interface
Features
Three microphone perspectives
The bass was recorded with a pair of overheads, a microphone next to the F-hole, and the pickup.
Their volumes are mixed on the right of the interface, so you can shape the sound towards more bass, more roundness or more detail and finger noise.
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Mics
Overheads: the level of the overhead pair.
Bass: the level of the microphone next to the F-hole.
Pickup: the level of the pickup.
Legato, slides and slaps
Play legato and The Upright connects the notes with real hammer-on and pull-off samples, or with slides. The legato mode and legato distance decide what an overlapping note does and how wide an interval it applies to.
A slap effect can be switched on with its own volume and sensitivity, and an advanced vibrato sits on the modulation wheel.
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Default interface
Legato mode: choose whether playing legato triggers hammer-ons, slides, sustains, or has no effect: Off (E4), Hammer (F4), Slide (F#4) and Legato (G4).
Legato distance: the maximum interval over which the legato applies.
Slap: turns the slap effect on or off (D4), with Volume and Sensitivity controls.
Release volume: the level of the sound produced when you release a string while a note is ringing.
Sensitivity: sets the minimum volume for velocity 1, from a narrow to the full dynamic range.
Percussion and noises
Harmonics, ghost notes and string hits are all sampled, the small details that make a bass line sound played.
There are also percussion samples with round robins: hits with the hand on different parts of the bass.
Technical specifications
Sample player
The Upright plays in UVI Player (formerly UVI Workstation), UVI's free sample player. We provide it with every library you buy, so you don't need an expensive sampler to use our products. It works on Mac (macOS 10.14 or later, Intel or Apple silicon) and Windows (10 or later), standalone or as a plug-in (VST / VST3 / AU / AAX), in 64-bit only. More about it here.
Copy protection
We use the iLok system to protect our products and you can choose to register your license to your computer or to an iLok dongle. If you decide to use an iLok dongle, both V1 and V2 are compatible with our products. You can activate your license on up to 3 computers or iLok dongles at the same time and you can deactivate one and activate another as many times as you want.