Ample Bass Acoustic is a sampled virtual instrument from Ample Sound that recreates a Guild B-54 CE acoustic bass. It includes 13 articulations, multi-mic sampling and the Riffer 4 MIDI editing engine for producing acoustic bass parts.
Ample Bass Acoustic is built from multi-mic recordings of a Guild B-54 CE acoustic bass, captured with body, room and DI signals. The developer positions it for folk, pop, acoustic rock and cinematic scoring. The instrument covers a wide range of playing techniques, and its MIDI tools let you write and edit parts on a piano roll or in tab view. Because it is a plugin, it runs inside your DAW alongside your other tracks and can be recorded and arranged like any other instrument.
The instrument is sampled from a Guild B-54 CE acoustic bass, with separate body, room and DI signals so you can balance the natural acoustic character against a more direct sound. Thirteen articulations cover techniques including slap, tap, pop and harmonics, giving you more expressive range than a single sustained tone.
A polyphonic legato engine handles slide transitions between notes, and the instrument supports drop tuning down to B0 for lower registers.
Riffer 4 is the MIDI engine behind the instrument. It offers Piano Roll and Tab views and string-aware MIDI editing, so notes can be entered with string context in mind. Full MIDI import and export are included, and Tab Reader 4 supports Guitar Pro files from versions 3 to 8.
The vibrato tool generates a vibrato curve for all notes with one click, and a new chord system is designed for non-strumming instruments like bass. Swing quantization adds groove control to MIDI parts.
A virtual bass amp system provides 3 amp heads and 4 cabinets, and each cabinet offers four mic types: U87, C414, MD421 and SM57. Onboard effects include an 8-band EQ, a compressor, a delay and a convolution reverb, so you can shape the tone without loading external processing first.
A library of acoustic bass MIDI riffs is included for starting points when you need ideas.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | Ample Sound |
|---|---|
| Type | Plugin |
| Category | Virtual Instruments |
| Formats | VST3, VST2, AU, AAX, Standalone |
| Operating systems | Windows, macOS |
| Architecture | 64-bit |
Ample Bass Acoustic is available in VST3, VST2, AU, AAX and Standalone formats. It runs on Windows and macOS and is 64-bit.
On Windows, it requires Windows 7, 8, 10 or 11 in 64-bit. On Mac, it requires macOS 10.9 or higher. The developer lists 10 GB of hard disk space and an Intel i5 or higher processor.
Yes. Tab Reader 4 supports Guitar Pro 3 to 8 formats, and Riffer 4 provides full MIDI import and export.
