• Seinfeld Bass kontakt instrument panel

Seinfeld Bass

(9 customer reviews)

5.00 plus VAT

Relive the poppin’ sound of Seinfeld 😀

Description

Remember Seinfeld? Remember that poppin’ slap bass sound all over the show – in the titles, in the end credits, in every sting and transition? Well, this is the little box of tricks that made that sound. The 360 Systems MIDI Bass was an early sampled bass unit, later upgraded to a Pro version that rackmounted. It was a limited but (for its time) powerful-sounding machine that had swappable EPROMS to access additional sounds. We managed to score an original tabletop MIDI Bass plus a set of EPROMS covering a range of both classic and unusual sounds with a distinctly 80s vibe. There is, of course, ‘that’ Seinfeld Slap bass; but if you don’t fancy reliving the glory days of American comedy, there are seven other sounds to choose from – a great Fender Jazz bass, through a punchy 80s synth bass to a rather cool Stick bass (think  Tony Levin playing Peter Gabriel’s live gigs and you’ve got it)… and more.

MIDI Bass hardware Kontakt instrumentThe MIDI Bass is a simple little device – MIDI notes go in, bass sounds come out – so we’ve kept things simple for our recreation, which just adds some useful compression and tube saturation controls and leaves the rest up to you and your funk.

(If you want to know more about how the Seinfeld theme was written, you can read this interview with Jon Wolff, its composer. You’ll notice that he says the bass is sampled, but doesn’t actually say he sampled it himself. So why do we think the MIDI Bass is responsible? Because one of the original design team says so: take a look here for insights on the original 360 Systems machine, plus old-school design from back in the day!)


(All our Kontakt instruments require a full copy of Native Instruments Kontakt v4.2.3 or higher (including all versions of Kontakt 5). Kontakt Player is not supported: instruments will load, but will time out after 15 minutes. See the FAQ for further information.)

9 reviews for Seinfeld Bass

  1. E (verified owner)

    I have a bunch of NI Kontakt commercial samples libraries. It happens to have owned this hardware synth back then. I didn’t expected to be using its sound again. Interface is comfortable and sonic-wise it may interest for those on early digital. Well done!

  2. meem

    exactly what it says on the box – great!

  3. dustin (verified owner)

    De lujo!

  4. jj

    awesome

  5. Camiboy (verified owner)

    love it!

  6. Dre (verified owner)

    Really Unique Sound! Great bass sounds like this are hard to come by.

  7. Zvone

    I absolutely love it!

  8. Caleb Hoh (verified owner)

    Fantastic! All the funk I need!

  9. Tomislav (verified owner)

    This is a fantastic little bass machine for 80s synth lovers. Tons of fun to play and definitely useful if you need some of those fat 80s style bass sounds for your music. The samples sound great and the custom Kontakt interface provides easy access to different sample sets.

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