Electric key bass and 808
ISI Bass
Vintage soul. Modern control. A deeper low end.
A playable key bass, a bass synth and a hip-hop 808 in one instrument, with tone, drive, amp and cabinet, and the real key noise of a vintage keyboard bass.
$49
Play it like a real key bass: mono by default with true legato, so a line keeps singing when you roll from one key to the next, and glide when you want it. Switch the engine to 808 for long, sliding sub hits, or to the synth for round R&B and gospel lows, plucks, Reese and drones.
What is inside
- Three engines
- A sampled key bass, a dual-oscillator bass synth with sub and a 24 dB filter, and a dedicated 808 with pitch drop, punch, drive and tone.
- 808 mode
- Decay, pitch drop and drop time, punch, drive, tone and octave. Tap a key and the 808 rings out, every press hits again, and holding one key while you press the next slides. A gate switch lets key-up release it instead.
- True mono legato
- Hold one note, play the next, let go of the first: the new note keeps ringing. Release the top key and it falls back to the one still held.
- Instrument voices
- Classic, Round, Sub and Reese oscillator voicings, plus a synth page for oscillators (each with its own octave), filter, envelope and drive.
- Tone and character
- Bass, Mid and Treble with Soft, Normal and Hard key response, then Drive, Compress and Saturate in Clean, Warm, Punch or Grit.
- Amp and cabinet
- Classic, Bright and Fuzz amps into Vintage 1x15, Modern 4x10 or Tight 1x12 cabinets, with a wet/dry mix.
- Real key noise
- Mechanical key click, key-off tick, pedal thud and damper release noise, each with its own level and an on/off switch.
- Performance
- Glide, pitch bend range, velocity sensitivity with a curve you can drag, hold, and humanize for timing and velocity.
- Modulation and sidechain
- An LFO with a macro, and sidechain ducking from your kick.
- Workflow
- A full-width playable keyboard, A/B compare, undo and redo, and the Isiata LED meter.
- Presets
- Over 30 factory sounds across key bass, R&B, gospel, funk, hip-hop, synth, drone and 808.
Who it is for
Producers making hip-hop, R&B and gospel who want key bass, synth bass and 808s from one instrument.
Specs
- Formats
- Windows: VST3 and Standalone. macOS: VST3, AU and Standalone. The Tsukuyomi Drum Engine also ships AAX for Pro Tools.
- Install
- Every plugin ships as its own folder and zip, plus a bundle with Install All and Uninstall All.
