MODO BASS 2: Physically Modeled Electric Bass Plugin by IK Multimedia

MODO BASS 2 creates its sound through modal synthesis. The developer describes the engine as modeling how each string responds to the player, and how the string interacts with the fretboard, body and pickups of the bass. An analog-style amp and effects chain is added to the signal path.

The library includes 22 bass models, among them 2 fretless basses and 2 double-bass instruments. Any standard bass can also be turned into a fretless model using the instrument's controls. Because the engine does not rely on samples, the developer notes that the plugin uses little storage space.

The Play Style section offers finger, slap, pick and mute articulations, with pick thickness and downstroke or alternating picking settings. You can also move the playing hand to change where the strings are played.

String settings cover string count (4, 5 or 6), gauge, scale length, action, string age and construction. The Electronics section provides 32 interchangeable pickup models that can be moved along the string, a switch between active and passive electronics with parametric EQ, and an under-bridge piezo pickup with blend.

The Patterns section includes filters for genre, song section, length and time signature to audition ready-made grooves. The effects and amp section adds 7 stomp box effects in a 4-slot chain and two amps, Solid State and Tube, derived from AmpliTube.