Scoring Bass by Heavyocity Kontakt bass instrument library artwork

Scoring Bass: Bass Guitar Kontakt Instrument by Heavyocity

Rated 4.5/5 on Plugin Boutique (76 ratings)

Scoring Bass is a Kontakt instrument from Heavyocity that offers sampled bass guitars, tempo-synced grooves, rhythmic pedals and pads for cinematic scoring. It runs in Kontakt and is available as a stand-alone, VST, AU and AAX plugin.

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01Overview

Scoring Bass is built around multi-sampled bass guitars that Heavyocity says were captured and processed by its sound design team. The library combines playable bass instruments with a large set of production-ready material: tempo-synced grooves, rhythmic pedals and pad elements. Its content is organized into Kontakt instruments and presets, so a composer can start from a finished pattern or build a bass part from individual layers. The developer positions it as a companion to its Scoring Guitars line, with content designed to sit alongside those instruments.

Best for

Cinematic bass lines
Tempo-synced pulses
Driving scored grooves
Bass and guitar layering
Ambient pad textures

Developer: Heavyocity
Category: Kontakt Instruments
Requires: Kontakt
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

Three multi-sampled bass guitars in a playable three-channel instrument
8 pulse groove menus split into core and FX sets
48 core and 48 FX rhythmic pedals with 48 blend instruments
10 complex pads plus ambient and short pad elements
Motion page for volume, pitch and pan pattern creation
Playable Trigger FX for real-time control
300+ Motion Presets (NKA’s)
5.7 GB uncompressed, 3.9 GB compressed

03In depth

Bass Grooves, Pedals and Pads

The library includes 8 pulse groove menus split into core and FX sets, plus 8 rhythmic pedal menus with 48 core pedals, 48 FX pedals and 48 pedal blend instruments. Pad content is covered by 10 complex pads, 2 pad element menus, 30 ambient pad elements and 30 short pad elements.

Because the rhythmic material is tempo-synced, patterns follow your session tempo. The pedal blend instruments let you mix core and FX pedal layers in one instrument.

Motion Control and Playable Trigger FX

The Motion page gives you control over volume, pitch and pan patterns, and Motion Presets provide more than 300 starting points. Playable Trigger FX allow real-time control while you perform, so you can shape the sound live rather than only through automation.

Scoring Bass ships as a Kontakt library and includes a three-channel Playable Basses instrument with three multi-sampled bass guitars for direct playing.

04Specs

Will it run?

Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.

Developer	Heavyocity
Type	Plugin
Category	Kontakt Instrument
Requires	Kontakt
Formats	Kontakt
Operating systems	Windows, macOS

05FAQ

Questions, answered

What do I need to use Scoring Bass?

Scoring Bass requires Kontakt. It is powered by the Kontakt 6 Engine and needs Kontakt 6 (Player) or later. Komplete Kontrol integration is also listed.

What formats and operating systems does Scoring Bass support?

It is available as a stand-alone application, VST, AU and AAX. The listed operating systems are Windows and macOS. The developer lists macOS 10.12 to 10.14 and Windows 7, 8 and 10, with an Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU and 2 GB of RAM.