EZbass Explained
Studio expert Eli Krantzberg delivers detailed EZbass tutorials! Checkout this in-depth video manual for Toontrack's amazing virtual bass instrument, and learn all of its features and functions, including how to use them to add bass so real, you would never know it was a plug-in instrument. These videos are designed for new EZbass users.
Videos
• Introduction to EZbass (03:23) - Learn what EZbass is all about, and where the central elements are accessed in the plug-in interface.
• The Sound of the Bass (03:18) - Explore some of the fingered and picked presets. Hear how the simple and effective tone controls are used to adjust the sound of the bass, including an optional subtle sub bass. Plus, see how the alternate tunings options effect the timbre of the instrument.
• Grooves Tab: Header & Display Controls (04:40) - Learn how the Grooves Tab header bar affects the behavior and presentation of the MIDI grooves.
• Grooves Tab: Using the Search Filters (05:26) - See how the Grooves Tab search filters and search field are used to narrow down the search results based on criteria like play style, type, resolution, family, and more.
• Tap2Find (03:46) - See how the exciting new Tap2Find feature allows you to search the library based on either rhythms you tap in, or short phrases you play in to EZbass.
• Working with User MIDI (04:39) - See how to incorporate your own MIDI files into the EZbass library, and how to use them as the basis for searches and search results.
• Song Track: Transport Functions (04:42) - Learn how to record directly into the EZbass song track.
• Song Track Tools (04:00) - See how the Pointer, Pencil, and Split tools are used to manage the different sections of the song blocks that populate the Song Track.
• Song Track: Header Controls (08:06) - Explore how the Add/Edit Chord, Transition, Replace MIDI, and Play Style buttons all work to influence the contents of the Song Track.
• Multiple Time Signatures & Tempo Changes (04:48) - Learn how to access and edit the tempo and time signature tracks.
• Editing the Song Track (05:33) - Explore ways of building up your arrangement in the Song Track using contextual menu commands independently for the song part, chord track, and MIDI blocks.
• Grid Editor: Header Controls Pt. 1 (07:11) - See options for customizing EZbass grooves, including changing articulations of individual notes within a groove, and working with grace notes and slide.
• Grid Editor: Header Controls Pt. 2 (06:14) - Watch how timing and other note editing adjustments are made from the Grid Editor header menus.
• Grid Editor: The Piano Roll (04:43) - Learn to work quickly using the Piano Roll contextual menus in the Grid Editor.
• MIDI Values Editor (05:24) - See how to edit velocity and pitch bend information in this MIDI Values Editor.
• Working with MIDI CC Messages (05:28) - Explore how damping and other bass tone controls are automated using MIDI Continuous Controller messages.
• Drums & Keys: Importing MIDI (07:25) - See how imported Drum and Keyboard based MIDI files are used as the basis for EZbass parts.
• Audio Tracker with Guitar (04:59) - Discover how to use the Audio Tracker feature to analyze and generate a bass part from a guitar recording.
• Audio Tracker with Drums (05:20) - Explore some interesting ways of using Audio Tracker to create a bass part from a recorded kick drum that includes live snare drum leakage.
• Bass Replacement (03:26) - Hear how the EZbass Audio Tracker is put to work generating a MIDI part from a live bass performance.
• Working with Key Switches (04:05) - See how key switch notes are used to trigger EZbass articulations on a part recorded directly into the DAW timeline.
• MIDI Import/Export (06:34) - Explore some workflows involving MIDI files. Program up your own part in your DAW, export it as MIDI, import it into EZbass, dress-up the part with articulations and slides, export from EZbass, import back into your DAW.
• Live Workflow (07:09) - Here is a short example of a possible workflow for those who want to record their own bass parts in their DAW, yet still take advantage of the elegant articulation handling within EZbass.
• Menus & Settings (06:38) - We wrap up our look at EZbass with a quick recap of the menu functions, and a look at the plug-in settings options.