Waves Bass Fingers

What Waves Bass Fingers Is For

Waves Bass Fingers is a virtual instrument designed to produce credible fingerstyle bass lines in your productions. It suits styles such as pop, rock, funk, indie, R&B, soul, hip-hop, or soundtrack music when you need a bass that "breathes": nuanced attacks, natural releases, and tonal variations depending on the neck position. In the studio, it replaces a bass recording when you don't have an instrument on hand, and it speeds up writing by allowing you to switch from a clean, round playing to a more biting sound without changing tools.

Main Features

Realism Based on Deep Sampling

The engine is based on a 15.5 GB library with over 14,000 samples, featuring 8 velocity layers and 6 round robin variations per sampled note. The result: repeated notes retain an organic feel, and intensity changes naturally follow your MIDI playing. Sustain and decay management, as well as sampled releases, contribute to a bass that immediately sits well in the mix.

Articulations and Keyswitch for Credible "Right Hand / Left Hand" Playing

To go beyond a simple bass sound, Bass Fingers includes articulations accessible via keyswitch: legato, slides (up and down), squeaks (finger noises), hammer-ons, and pull-offs. These details make a difference in transitions, implicit ghost notes, and fast phrases. You can also manage your velocity ranges, adjust touch response, and control essential parameters like sustain, transposition, and other MIDI functions to tailor the instrument to your programming style.

Playing Positions on the Neck: Tonal Color in the Right Place

The same C note does not have the same timbre depending on whether it is played on a low string or higher up the neck. This is precisely the purpose of the adaptive fretboard: 21 interactive playing positions with intelligent logic, allowing you to choose where to "place your hand" and recover the timbral changes of a real instrument. To enhance realism, an option allows you to force the E, A, D, G strings to play as open strings, useful for obtaining the characteristic attack and resonance of open strings.

From Preamp to Amp: A Sound Ready to Produce

Bass Fingers includes a complete processing chain to quickly switch from a clean direct sound to a more aggressive bass. You have a 4-band EQ for shaping, an amp and cabinet simulation (several combinations), and pre/post-amp effects to enrich the texture. Whether you're looking for a round vintage low end, a present midrange to cut through the mix, or a brighter modern playing style, the instrument covers a wide range of characters without multiplying external plugins.

Presets and Studio Integration

With 97 presets (factory and artist), you save time targeting a specific aesthetic: balanced pop bass, edgier rock, punchy funk, or more processed texture. The instrument is NKS-ready for smooth integration with NI Maschine and Komplete Kontrol, and can be used as a plugin or in standalone mode depending on your workflow.

Technical specifications

Type

Full software

Downloadable

Yes

Library	15.5 GB	Open string option	force E, A, D, G strings to play as open strings
Disk space	16 GB	Sound character	round, full vintage, or modern bright
RAM	8 GB	Preamp FX	compressor, phaser, overdrive, triggered wah, chorus
Systems	macOS Catalina 10.15, Big Sur 11, Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14	Amp simulation	4 amp sims
Processor	Intel or Silicon Architecture	Cabinet emulations	4 cab emulations
Number of samples	over 14,000 samples	Post-amp effects	delay and reverb
Velocity layers	8	Equalization	4-band equalizer
Round robins	6 per sampled note	Usage	plugin or standalone instrument
Playing positions	21 interactive positions with intelligent adaptive fretboard	MIDI functions	velocity curve and depth, sustain, transpose, and more
Articulations	5-string articulation, natural hammer-ons and pull-offs, release and decays, sampled slides, and more	Control compatibility	NKS-ready for NI Maschine and Komplete Kontrol
Legato modes	5 (including "always" and "off")	Presets	97 artist and factory presets