Tracktion Corporation is delighted to present Dan Dean’s Essential Bass plugin featuring six meticulously sampled basses from his collection.

Multi-instrumentalist Dan Dean has achieved international recognition as a bassist, producer, composer, and software developer. A few of the luminaries he has played with include B.B. King, Peggy Lee, Dionne Warwick, and drummer Alex Acuna. Widely considered an innovator, his sample libraries, including Solo Strings, are firm favorites of musicians worldwide, having found their way into countless productions.

Dean has profiled six rare and exquisitely modified bass guitars from his collection in the Essential Bass plugin. This plugin features the clear, clean sounds of the Alembic Spoiler, the resonant and growly Alembic Fretless, the balanced, subtle Fender Precision, the deep, barky Fender Telecaster, the classic jazz bass tone of the Lull Jazz, and the versatile, punchy Washburn Fretless bass guitars. In this plugin, Dean has successfully fused his much sought-after tone and playing style with his deep knowledge of sample-based instruments. His attention to detail ensures the basses are perfectly balanced allowing them to fit effortlessly into any production.

The simple and intuitive UI offers rapid-fire tuning of attack and release, glide, release noise, and more. Additional character can be dialed in via an amp simulator, a dedicated FX page, or by simply loading one of over 100 presets. In addition, performance articulations can be achieved with the mod wheel and several key switches to give a variety of slides and harmonics.

Once again Dan Dean offers an outstanding sample library that is destined to become essential in both writing for and arranging bass guitar.