Ample Bass Manual: Beijing Ample Sound Technology Co. LTD
Ample Bass Manual: Beijing Ample Sound Technology Co. LTD
Ample Bass Manual: Beijing Ample Sound Technology Co. LTD
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Contents
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4.2.6 Slide In from below & Slide Out downwards (Original) ........................................................... 31
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4.12 BUZZ................................................................................................................................................................. 43
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1. Continue to install.
3. Select plugin formats to install. Change Location if you want to install sample library in a
different place.
4. Close to exit.
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1. Continue to install.
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9. Finish to exit.
*Please install Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable if program cannot run.
*If encountered with error shown above, please close and simply ignore it.
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4. Online Activation: fill in User ID and password and click "Activate" to complete activation. Click
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5. Offline Activation: please send Challenge Code and User ID to service@amplesound.net . Our
customer service will send you Key Code within 24 hours. Fill in User ID and Key Code and click
"Activate" to complete activation. Keep your User ID and Key Code in case of reinstallation.
6. After activation succeeds, please close Activation Manager and restart program.
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2 Parameters Setting
1. Save/Load Preset
2. Instrument Path Setting
3. Master Tune
4. MIDI Out
5. Max Voices
6. Real Time Memory Display
7. Velocity Sensitivity
8. Real Time Voices Display
9. Velocity Layer Thresholds
10. Bender Range
11. Poly Bender
12. Mod Wheel Range
13. Auto Mod Wheel
14. Hold Pedal Noise
15. Cycle Mode
16. Cycle Plus
17. Cycle Reset
18. MIDI Guitar Mode Setting and Toggle
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You can save your current parameters setting as local file for later use with other projects or
DAWs.
You can move sample library folder indicated by original path to anywhere, and set path to new
location.
Default tune is in 440Hz. You can set tune to any non-standard between 430 and 450Hz.
Toggle on MIDI Out, add a MIDI track in project and set the input to MIDI Out of Ample Bass.
Then any note being played will be converted to MIDI, including those by tab.
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Defines the maximum number of voices which can be played simultaneously. Voices will be
Each Cycle: Separate sample cycle for each note and each velocity layer, greatly improving
humanization.
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Sliders control velocity thresholds of corresponding layers. Adjust them according to your play
style.
When toggled on, open string and multiple notes can be bended.
You can switch cycle mode among Each Cycle (default), Round Robin (Kontakt like) and Random.
When toggled on, more cycles will be available for each note
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Toggle on when you use midi guitar as input. Make sure the input channel of midi track is set to
all.
All buttons, knobs and sliders on GUI can be controlled by MIDI Controllers. Alt + click or
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2.12.2 Automation
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3 Instrument Panel
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Used for playing high position arpeggios with open strings. When toggled on, notes will be
played priorly on open strings regardless of Capo Logic. G#6 can toggle it on with high velocity
When keyboard mode is on, multiple notes can be played on same string simultaneously. When
solo mode is on, only one note can exist at a time. Both keyboard mode and solo mode will mute
Auto Legato.
When two notes on the same string overlap and keyboard/solo mode is off, a legato will be
automatically made. D#6 can switch auto legato mode, high velocity for Auto SL and low velocity
3.6 Tuner
You can tune every string by turning its corresponding tuner, 2 semitones down at most. Tuning
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4 Main Panel
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4.2.2 Metal
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4.2.3 Sustain
Keyswitch is C0.
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Keyswitch is C#0.
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Keyswitch is D0. Subsequent note of low velocity will be dead note. If you press C0 and D0 at the
same time, subsequent notes of high velocity will be Sustain and notes of low velocity will be
Palm Mute.
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Keyswitch is D#0. When D#0 is before a note, Slide In is triggered. When D#0 lies in a note, Slide
Out is triggered. The velocity of slide is determined by D#0. Articulation will return to Sustain
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Keyswitch is E0. Two notes of Legato must overlap and E0 must be ahead of first note.
Articulation will return to previous one when second note ends. Legato triggered by E0 of high
Poly Legato (Original): The rule is same with mono legato except you only need to press the
highest note of second set if you want to slide upward, or lowest note of second set if you want
to slide downward.
Slide Smoother: The speed of a long legato slide (slide more than 2 frets) is determined by the
Auto SL: When keyboard/solo mode is off and auto legato mode is Auto SL, two overlapped
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Keyswitch is F0. Two notes of Legato must overlap and F0 must be ahead of first note.
Articulation will return to previous one when second note ends. Legato triggered by F0 of high
velocity will change fret position if it goes beyond. Low velocity will not.
Auto HP: When keyboard/solo mode is off and auto legato mode is Auto HP, two overlapped
Poly Legato (Original): The rule is same with mono legato except you only need to press the
highest note of second set if you want to hammer on, or lowest note of second set if you want to
pull off.
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4.2.9 Staccato
Keyswitch is F#0.
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4.2.10 Slap
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4.2.11 Tap
Keyswitch is G#0.
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4.2.12 Pop
Keyswitch is A0. Subsequent note of low velocity will be pop noise. If you press G0 and A0 at the
same time, subsequent notes on string 3&4 will be Slap and string 1&2 will be Pop.
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Ample Bass Acoustic is recorded via Mic and DI simultaneously. You can solo or mute either and
set EQ separately. Two mono and stereo modes are available. In addition, you can adjust mic and
When toggled on, a noise will be randomly applied to sustain articulation depending on
frequency.
In real performance, hand is constantly moving and touching fretboard. Without fret sound
After pick strokes string, it takes around 50ms to get the string really vibrating. Ample Bass
preserves the moment of the stroke, otherwise it will sound like piano.
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Set Start Time to 50ms and Track Delay of DAWs to 0ms as shown in the figure above on the left
Set Start Time to 0ms and Track Delay of DAWs to -50ms as shown in the figure above on the
If your DAW doesn't support Track delay, you will need to drag tracks a few ms (according to start
time) forward manually, or use the formula of Time to BPM: Track Delay(beat) = Time(s) * Tempo
/ 60, e.g. for 50ms, you need to drag tracks 0.1 beat or 48 ticks forward when Tempo = 120.
You need to export audio one bar earlier after Track Delay is set as shown in the figure below.
For Ample Bass Acoustic, since DI channel transmits earlier than Mic channels, you can adjust DI
4.8 Capo
Vibrato can be controlled by hand like a real musician does. An intensive vibrato is triggered
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4.10.1 StrMan
Specify a string to be played manually. E6-G6 correspond to 4th string-1st string. High velocity
StrMan will affect fret position while low velocity will not.
4.10.2 CapoMan
Switch to a fret position manually. Press A#0 and the CapoMan line (yellow) will appear. Then
press E1-A#2 to switch to position 0-18 respectively. For metal, press B0-E2 to switch to position
0-17 respectively.
Note FX Sound
G#4 Hit Top (Mute)
A4 Hit Top (Open)
A#4 Hit Rim
F5 Scratch 1
F#5 Scratch 2
G5 Accentuation Noise
G#5 Slap Noise by Left Hand
A5 Slap Noise by Right Hand
A#5 Fx Slide 1: SIO on E string
B5 Fx Slide 2: SIO on A string
C6 Fx Slide 3: SO on E string
C#6 Fx Slide 4: SO on A string
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4.11.2 Metal
Note FX Sound
D#5 Downstroke Noise
E5 Upstroke Noise
F5 Scratch 1
F#5 Scratch 2
G5 Silent Press
G#5 Fx Slide 1: SIO on B string
A5 Fx Slide 2: SIO on E string
A#5 Fx Slide 3: SIO on A string
B5 Fx Slide 4: SO on B string
C6 Fx Slide 5: SO on E string
C#6 Fx Slide 6: SO on A string
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4.12 Buzz
Press B4, C5, D5 and E5 will respectively trigger descending fourth, unison, ascending fifth and
ascending octave of current note or last ended note with octave shape.
You can press C#5 and D#5 to repeat notes being played or last ended note. Multiple notes are
supported.
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5 Tab Panel
1. Track Select
2. Load a Tab
3. Reload Tab
4. Host Playback
5. Tab Sync
6. Go to...
7. Tab Play Toggle (Note A6)
8. Tab Loop Toggle
9. Velocity Proportion
10. Velocity Humanization
11. Tab Swing
12. Tab Duration Proportion
Ample Bass supports four formats of tab, GP3, GP4, GP5 and GPX. Tab name and path can only
contain numbers and English letters. After you edit a tab, you can click Reload button to refresh.
Click the play button to play a tab. When loop toggle is on, tab will start over again when it
reaches end. When loop toggle is off, tab will stop. A6 can toggle on tab play with high velocity
and off with low velocity. Use A6 to control tab play when exporting audio.
When toggled on, tab can respond to host playback. Make sure the time signatures of host and
Velocity Proportion controls the percentage of original velocity with which to play tab.
Controls the percentage of sustain notes' duration with which to play tab.
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6 Edit Panel
You can adjust both pitch and gain of every sample according to your own need. Editor can
correspond to sample currently being played. You can save your tune setting for later use or load
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