Checking out Prime Bass, the newest bass virtual instrument!

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Prime Bass is a great new virtual electric bass, just going over some of the features and comparing it to the Scarbee Pre-bass.
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[@Maelzelmusic]

Great instrument. I find it more useful for the music I enjoy making an listening. I'm really happy they made this. Between Prime Bass and SubLab I think I've got bass covered

[@jefgibbons]

Great to hear, thanks for sharing!

[@MusicChannel-rf5zz]

Is SubLab a bass effect or bass guitar plugin?

[@BeauTylerMakesMusic]

NICE comparison, brother. I added your video in the description of mine in case people want to go deeper. Top notch content always.

[@jefgibbons]

Nice! Thanks Breausef!

[@hvhvgitaar]

“It’s a precise bass” 😂

[@DJIncendration]

Lots of precision in this bass library.

[@Sedyon]

@@DJIncendration After seeing you in the comments section of countless videos talking about Yamaha keyboards and a MIDI version of Giygas themes I see you here 😂

[@DJIncendration]

@@Sedyon Hi again!

[@jeffthomas4246]

Right on time Jeff thank you!

[@jefgibbons]

Most welcome Jeff!

[@randypiano11]

anytime i'm looking for a good demo of a Native Instruments product i check your videos. Great Job Jef!

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Rand Man, appreciate the support!

[@QuincyValentine]

Prime Bass has a bit more of a funk and Rock sound in the presets where the Pre Bass is more clean sounding. Great customizability in Prime Bass and is a step up from Rickenbacker Bass in that regard. Great review!

[@jefgibbons]

I agree!

[@AdrianEarnshawMusic]

Appreciate you saying not to buy if it isn't for you. Too many get distracted by GAS instead of asking themselves "How would this fit in with my style of music composition?" Great video as always

[@jefgibbons]

Yes! So important to buy the right things, and that’s different for everyone.

[@andrewholcroft.1945]

Thanks for the review. I bought it (Bassed) on it, it was also half price in NI's summer sale. Looking forward to putting it through its paces.

[@SpiralFlip]

Digging your style

[@jeffthomas4246]

Thanks Jeff I appreciate it! I wish I could take your classes man! But for now I'll just keep learning via KZbin! Thanks again!

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Jeff! Keep toying with the idea of making some courses... I'll be sure to post a video about it if I do!

[@thomaslthomas1506]

I've got a big project coming up this might be perfect for. I've been using the UJam Slap&dandy but this seems a bit more in line with the next project might need. Thanks for the good review.

[@DrBleepBlip]

Love this channel, thanks as always Jef.

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks for the support!

[@KaitavSapreMusic]

Prime Bass sounds gritty. Nice idea to compare with another NI bass library. As someone else said in the comments, Prime Bass seems like a Rickenbacker Bass upgrade. Thanks for the video, Jef. Would make sure to use your link if I decide to get this one. 🙏

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks as always Kaitav!

[@synchronizerman]

Can this be made to sound cleaner, or is the grit kind of baked into the recording?

[@KaitavSapreMusic]

@@synchronizerman Good point. From what I understand, the grit seems to be baked in. I also want a way to make it sound cleaner. I think tweaking some presets might help a bit.

[@synchronizerman]

@@KaitavSapreMusic Wait, so was it not recorded dry?

[@KaitavSapreMusic]

@@synchronizerman I guess these days almost everything is recorded through some kind of analog gear/processing, so maybe not through an amp but not completely clean/dry either. Just my thoughts, I am not exactly sure.

[@Rickytee2]

Great demo Jef downloaded it yesterday perfect for my style I have all the other Ni bases this is their best so far.

[@puresoulg]

Exactly 💯

[@vewilli]

As I just purchased this bass, this is a very good video for me! 👍🏻👏🏻🙏🏻

[@billbradleymusic]

It's definitely getting better. They're both very useable for different things. Vibrato on the pitch...bout time.

[@damelos4039]

Great demo. Thanks Jef.

[@RodKruz]

Great video Jef, thanks.

[@carbonvibes]

Great video Jeff, thanks for posting.

[@jefgibbons]

Most welcome Carbon!

[@Capt-Cran]

Subscribed - love the quality and content of your videos ... great job ... wishing you continued success with your channel!!

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks so much! Support from people like you makes it happen!

[@ROQSTAR]

It's an amazing virtual instrument. Great to see new possibilities in Session Guitarist virtual instruments.

[@afmfintech]

I love the comparison to Pre-Bass - one of questions I always have is whether I already have something that does this.

[@jefgibbons]

For sure, no need to reinvent if you have something that works in those situations!

[@ot-mills]

"A very precise bass I wont mention the name of" lol...got it!😂😂

[@hleet]

Thank you for this tutorial, very inspiring

[@jefgibbons]

Appreciate it!

[@sammpaul]

Nice one. I hope we get the Swing More tutorials since this one has been heavily requested.

[@albertoguglielmi10]

i think the scarbee pre bass is very clean and i love it for that , the session prime is more rocky and grindy , i personally like more scarbee pre bass for a more rounded tone , i was trying to go through the preset of the prime bass but i cant seem to find a good round tone , so far all are pretty grindy and rock oriented , anyway both great

[@KiDAppleBorg]

Hey, Jef. Thanks for this video. I caught MODO Bass SE on sale and that has plenty to explore. Although this plugin isn’t for me I wanted to say thank you for your time; I know you’re a family man and time is of the essence. Cheers and see you in the next video!

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks! You’re right man… I’ll have to check out MODO!

[@BarryDanielMusic]

Super excited to get my hands on this bad boy. Ready to slap da bass

[@jefgibbons]

Yes! Really nice slap sounds here…

[@tonylancer7367]

10:10 That's one of the things I was hoping for as well, it would really allow the SESSION instruments to have depth.

[@amitabhaelliott]

This was a great review. I will definitely be buying it and I hope NI keep coming out with more basses. I hope they come out with cleaner options as well, however it sounds like this one can clean up for some of the more muffled sounds. I hope they bring out like 5 regular basses with different flavours before venturing into upright and fretless.

[@jloiben12]

“It’s a very precise bass if you know what I mean.” Haha good one

[@xp50player]

Everything has its place regarding tones, doesn’t have to be a good/bad judgement vs other libraries.

[@peteryoung9991]

naaaa Jef. I just had it in my inbox (Germany) and you made already a vid about it (CAN). You amaze me 🙂. Thx.

[@jefgibbons]

Yup! Got the heads up on this one ;)

[@filipjonathan]

Hey Jef! Wonderful content, as always! One Cubase question, when I use the midi drag function in Addictive drums for example, a new midi track is created with the name of the midi groove I dragged. I notice that doesn't happen to you. Is there an option to disable the creation of a midi track?

[@AliAlZayer]

yes you need to go to preferences you will find how to stop this .

[@jefgibbons]

@@AliAlZayer Right! thanks Ali!

[@filipjonathan]

@@AliAlZayer Couldn't find it. Mind telling me what section it is under?

[@AliAlZayer]

@@filipjonathan VST sections i believe or could you explain more about your Idea i feel that i didn't give same what you want . anyway. there is 3 option 1 to open with midi trak.2 with instrument track. 3 with that default 2 track.

[@abielfernandezmusic]

Excelent review man

[@jefgibbons]

Appreciate it Abiel!

[@babymixswing2269]

SESSION Drums, SESSION KEY, SESSION Electronics are coming soon. My money is ready. SESSION BASS can drag and drop MIDI, so this is already a production tool. You can change any tone by yourself. All guitars in SESSION are very good, this system is very good.

[@cedricsimonakafrozenjazz]

Thanks for the detailed review, and for the comparison with the other P Bass. I would have loved if you had also compared totally dry / D.I. basses, as you said, changing presets changes the sound drastically; simply going to amp/fx section and disabling it would show the D.I. sound. I love the Session Guitarist but always completely disable the amp/fx session to use my own amps anyway.

[@djba]

Thanks Jef … I learn a lot from your videos. I am finding on PrimeBass when I am playing a pattern and take my fingers off the keys the bass continues to play a couple of more notes. Is there a setting that I can use to fix this?

[@jeffthomas4246]

Okay Jef!

[@OnlineMusicFoundry]

Prime Bass sounds fantastic. Great review!

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks my friend!

[@jeffthomas4246]

Hey Jef, problem resolved! Kontakt 6 needed to be installed. With it being installed, it works beautifully! Thanks again Jef! I really appreciate it! I started to get a little frustrated. Have you made a video on Guitar Rig yet? If not, I can't wait to see it!

[@jefgibbons]

That’s great Jeff! Nothing on GR6 yet… still hope to!

[@WickedBoss]

That a huge monitor !

[@MusicChannel-rf5zz]

How does this compare with Icon bass?

[@mainmandev]

Nice

[@mainmandev]

Jeff I follow all your videos. Keep teaching....Salute

[@glennvogelsang3048]

Hi Jeff, great video as always. I usually use Rickenbacker - in your opinion is this different enough to warrant the purchase? Thanks

[@Magichandzpro]

Prime Bass or Modo Bass ? Great video also ! Thanks

[@velvetdog2211]

Arrggghh! I just blew my budget on Woodwinds... Well. back to the tuuts.

[@jefgibbons]

Everyone needs a good set of woodwinds!

[@CFox.7]

6:30 Midi editing.. YES ! So this is their answer to EZBASS. Could be worth checking out - at the very least it will put pressure on EZ to go to sale 😃

[@jefgibbons]

Competition is a good thing!

[@sidenbigh8832]

you mentioned only going down to C. Is it simple to for instance put a dropped D onto the actual bass? cheers

[@geireinarsen3422]

Hey - just in as a subscriber! Great tutorials and reviews, kudos! I´m just a noob to everything Native Instruments, but have been producing for some time using mics, amps, basses and guitars along with some Toontrack plug-ins. But what really got me interested in Native Instruments is the Maschine Mk3. Now, I might not be the only one having old sausage fingers that usually have a cumbersome time whenever on a keyboard, so can I settle with just the Maschine hardware - playing all instruments with the pads, like for instance this Prime Bass or Session Guitarist Acoustic? Would be really interesting having you showcasing that, solely focusing in on the Maschine, and leaving out the Komplete Kontrol keys for a moment. Would that be an idea? Keep up the tremendously good videos, and thanks!

[@micahalston8974]

What size monitor do you have in your studio. Or is it a TV

[@Capt-Cran]

Also ... can you tell me about your studio desk? ... it looks exactly what I need ... thank you!!

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks! It's just a slab of live edge Acacia wood on legs!

[@atarifalcon]

What would you say is the biggest difference to Toontrack's EZBass? For me, EZBass is the best and most flexible bass plug. However, good Video. Thx

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks! I've used EZDrummer a ton, LOVE that one, but I've never used EZ Bass! Hopefully someone else can comment?

[@atarifalcon]

@@jefgibbons Ahh, ok. Thx for your feedback.👍 I will buy Prime Bass because i own all the Session Guitars Plugs from NI. Because that, i think it will be a good complement.

[@jefgibbons]

@@atarifalcon Great! Share back once you have some thoughts on how they compare!

[@atarifalcon]

@@jefgibbons Yes, i will give a feedback. By the way, you should give EZBass Demo a try. It's a beast. So many options.

[@jefgibbons]

@@atarifalcon I will!

[@johnboy10]

How do you get the patterns to play in key. ? Thanks

[@SychovskiBeat]

Hi Jeff, thanks for another great video man! I was wondering if it's possible for you to make a video of full track / song layout in Maschine? I have a lot of sketches and ideas laid out, but having hard time with arranging in the box. I usually use Bitwig for my songs arrangements, but wanted to check if you ever done one in Maschine standalone? Or may be you already did one and I just missed it? thanks again!

[@jefgibbons]

You bet! Here’s one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGS3aXWljNZjp8U

[@synchronizerman]

Can you play chords with this as you can with e.g. the Scarbee Rickenbacker, or is it monophonic?

[@nonchai]

I've got most of the SESSION range - those patterns are great but there seems to be a problem with how access or record/output the MIDI for the *generated* patterns being played. For so many reasons its vital to be able to go into the MIDI and tweak things. There is an option in Kontakt that lets the VST output MIDI to certain DAWs but I've had very mixed and weird results. Hope NI fix this.

[@jefgibbons]

Good to know, it works great in Cubase, which did you have issues with?

[@nonchai]

@@jefgibbons I tried Session Strings Pro 2 in Cubase - spewed out weird muddled MIDI in pattern mode. I'll try it on the guitar ones maybe tomorrow. really want to try it in Ableton but don't think Ableton supports this yet

Hi! Thanks for clear online tutoring! Maybe a stupid question, but a bit beginner in the field… How is it with major vs minor with the patterns when you are pressing a single note? Let's say you want a pattern for a Dm chord and you are pressing the single note D on the keys?

[@AC-pu2eh]

I already have scarabee and a lot of the other NI bass modules. I was thinking of getting trillium bass by Spectrasonics. Would you go with Prime bass or Trillium if you had to choose?

[@jefgibbons]

Trillium is in a different league, much more expensive, but has a bunch of spectacular basses! My goto for upright bass... electrics are great too. No patterns like you have in Prime Bass of course.

[@AC-pu2eh]

Sorry I asked the wrong question. If I have prime bass and all the previous NI bass plugins, would I need trillium? Is there anything trillium would be giving me that I don’t get from all the NI bass plugins?

[@jefgibbons]

@@AC-pu2eh Good question! Trillian has upright basses, and there aren't any really great ones in the NI products. The basic upright and jazz upright in Kontakt still do the trick though! You might be already good with the others though if you have a bunch of them.

[@JeffyG]

Ha Ha - never mind my FB message! Well done!

[@jefgibbons]

Ok! I never check FB anyhow ;)

[@royallmuzikproductionz]

Are there any reggae presets (old and new age )one drop style tones?

[@davidscott2095]

Hi, Jeff. Thank you for amazing content. However, can you help me? I am considering the MK3, but I have to make sure my computer purchase is correct beforehand. I went on a Reddit forum that focuses exclusively on Maschine. Some said to purchase a Mac with the M1 chip, while others said the opposite. Basically, the recommendations were all over the place and very contradicting of one another. Since I will be 100% sample based, I don't foresee myself having external synths connected or other external gear. I will only have one turntable, a deejay "scratch" mixer, and some plugins, of course. Can you please recommend a computer that will work well with the MK3, that won't cause me any issues with glitching, latency, etc. Thank you, Jeff, for all you do for Maschine users and enthusiasts.

[@TheAllang123]

M1 for sure eventually all the software will catch up.

[@JamesLloydKeyboardist]

TheAllang123 agreed

[@davidscott2095]

@@TheAllang123 👊

[@davidscott2095]

@@JamesLloydKeyboardist 👊

[@davidscott2095]

@Dom Anca Thank you.

[@Tsietsithelele]

Hi Jeff, is it possible to reduce the fret or string noise. It's quiet a lot although I know they tried to make it as true to the sound as possible

[@jefgibbons]

I found I couldn’t reduce it in terms of string buzz. I’ll check again though!

[@Tsietsithelele]

@@jefgibbons okay thanks

[@jeffthomas4246]

Hey Jeff can you use that firmware with the MK3 only. Komplete kontrol keyboard not in use at all?

[@jefgibbons]

Do you mean load Prime Bass in Maschine without Komplete kontrol? Definitely… put it in keyboard mode on Maschine and you’re good to go!

[@Zeisslermusic]

🇩🇰 i like but i need a or some bass for film scoring

[@gtamediaproductions1]

Prime Bass needs to be updated. It's so basic compared to others.

[@peterdabos9478]

Will the key switches for Prime Bass work on the Native Instruments S49 keyboard?

[@jefgibbons]

You should be good, the switches are right next to the notes.

[@jeffthomas4246]

Good morning Jef this is Jeff from LA. I purchased the new bass program that just came out. I downloaded it successfully. But I'm having run errors. I'm not using my Komplete kontrol keyboard. I'm using my Yamaha modx. No sound or instrument will load at all. What shall I do?

[@jefgibbons]

Did you update Kontakt via native access? It’s essential for the instrument…

[@jeffthomas4246]

@@jefgibbons yes Jef I'm up to date on all the kontact updates. Guitar Rig doesn't work in the same fashion too!

[@jeffthomas4246]

@@jefgibbons thanks Jef! I looked again today to see if I needed to load any up-to-date firmware. You were right I needed to load kontacts 6. Now it works beautifully! Thank you again Jeff!

[@lancestewart8821]

I know its and older product but That Pre Bass sounds beefy

[@carldock5223]

Much better to have audio loops played by professional bassists than fake, cloying, super quantized midi without any soul. Listen to the midi loop from minute 8:26 I would realize even drunk that it is a soulless midi. Without groove.

[@gtamediaproductions1]

I purchased this just several days ago, and I am not too happy be honest with you. I am finding the sound not as realistic as I thought I would find them. Most of the bass sounds I hear them digitized too much. That's midi for you. Maybe I am just too picky but that's me. Sorry. Maybe I will spend more time with it and see if I could be satisfied with some manipulation to the sound.

[@salvobeats_]

Just learn the bass.

[@JoshrryCam88]

🤣🤣🤣🤣, P bass