MIDI BASS
Revolutionary Bass-to-MIDI and Multi-FX processor
Play synths and virtual instruments
Add any synth or virtual instrument to your bass guitar effect arsenal!
Your trusted old bass guitar can now
Sound like Anything
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Frequently Asked Questions
I’m a total beginner... how do I get started?
MIDI Bass is rocket science only inside. Its nicely wrapped and easily accessible.
- Download the free trial application.
- Run it and press “help” – an interactive setup tutorial will show up.
- Read and follow the instructions.
- Have fun with the built in presets, then start to make your own.
In case you never connected a guitar to a computer, you need to visit your local music store and ask for a “audio/guitar interface” – that’s the “cable” (more precisely it’s a small pre-amp in a box that sits between your guitar jack and computer). The interface gets the sound from your guitar and into the computer, and back out to speakers/headphones. Get one with an input level control knob.
How can I use this with my DAW/recording/music software?
Please see the DAW setup guides for popular DAW’s at jamorigin.com/daw
What are the minimum system requirements?
Mac users:
MacOS X 10.7 and up
Any Dual core intel based Mac. (just about any Mac produced after 2006)
Guitar/Audio interface
Windows users:
-Any non-ancient version of Windows (ie. Windows 7 and up).
-A dual core processor, i3.i5,i7, m3,m5 or m7. Older netbooks will struggle.
-Guitar/Audio interface with ASIO driver installed
iOS users:
Currently there is no iOS version of MIDI Bass.
Can i use the license on 2 or more computers?
Yes, as long as they are yours.
I bought it, but don’t understand how to apply the license file?
Follow these steps:
1. Download your license file from the order confirmation email. (Note, the link is not a webpage – depending on email client it might open a blank page. But there is a file there. With some email clients you should right click the link and “Save As..” or “Save Target As…” and the license file will download to your computer). Save this file somewhere safe, for example to your Documents folder. The name of the license file is something like “[your name].license”. You only need to save the license file. You can not (and should not) open it.
2. Open MIDI Guitar/MIDI Bass and when the interruption dialog appear (that happens every two minutes when you use MG, unless you play the Test Piano) click on the “Apply License” button. A file dialog will pop up. Now navigate to the file directory where you saved the license file and select the license file.
3. Done.
Please, once more... what is MIDI Bass?
MIDI Guitar is a revolutionary piece of software that converts your bass guitars analog audio signal into a digital MIDI signal. This makes it possible to use your standard guitar as you would use a MIDI keyboard or MIDI controller. You can use this to play your favorite software synthesizers/samplers with your bass guitar, rather than a keyboard or record notation directly in recording software (digital audio workstations).
Traditionally bassists have had to seek out expensive and inconvenient hardware to be able to use a bass guitar as a MIDI controller. MIDI Bass removes the need for any kind of specialized hardware beside a standard guitar interface to connect your guitar to your computer. Just connect your guitar and let MIDI Bass do the rest. MIDI Bass is based on state-of-the-art audio recognition which is even more responsive than many hardware solutions, however, unlike the polyphonic MIDI Guitar, MIDI Bass is monophonic for now, meaning that you cannot play chords and have to be a bit careful with open strings.
MIDI Bass comes in a few variants: as standalone Windows/Mac standalone applications that can host VST/AudioUnit instruments and effects or as VST/AudioUnit plugins that can be hosted inside your favorite Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software.
The best way is to try it out. Run the MIDI Bass application and click “help” – an interactive tutorial will pop up.