Studio Upright Bass
by Vienna Symphonic Library · Instrument · Sampled jazz upright bass
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A sampled jazz upright bass from VSL's Studio Series, played in the Synchron Player.
It covers plucked short notes, sustains, legato, repetitions, upbeats, and noises and effects, in a 1 GB install for €49.
Best for: Bass, Acoustic Instruments. Genres: Jazz, Acoustic & Classical.
Keywords: bass instrument, sample-based, monophonic, plucks, upright piano, film & game audio.
What it does
Studio Upright Bass is a compact sampled "upright bass with jazz articulations" from Vienna Symphonic Library. It was played by Austrian jazz bassist Bernd Konzett and recorded on VSL's fairly dry Silent Stage, and is aimed at jazz, swing and crossover work.
- Plucked jazz playing: the library is built around pizzicato upright technique as a jazz bassist plays it, not orchestral bowing.
- Articulations: short notes, sustains, legato, repetitions and upbeats, plus a set of noises and effects for realism.
- Flow View: a playing view in VSL's Synchron Player meant to make switching articulations easy and natural from a keyboard.
- Mixer presets: presets place the bass as it would sit on the Vienna Synchron Stage.
- Reverb on or off: the player's internal reverb can be switched off, so the dry recording can go into your own room or reverb.
- Footprint: 6,198 samples.
It runs in the Synchron Player.
Source: Vienna Symphonic Library product page
When to use it
Studio Upright Bass is the pick when you want a real, played jazz upright for walking lines and combo parts at a low price. Compared with MODO BASS 2, it is a sampled recording of one player rather than a modelled instrument, so it has jazz-specific articulations and noises but none of MODO's many electric basses or physical tweaks. Compared with Trilian, it covers only the upright, but goes deeper into jazz playing for far less money. It is also much smaller than broad sample libraries.
- Best for: walking bass lines, jazz trios and big-band rhythm sections, swing, and lounge or film-noir cues.
- Genres: jazz, swing, acoustic and crossover.
- Look elsewhere if: you need bowed or orchestral double bass (an orchestral library such as BBC Symphony Orchestra Core) or electric basses (MODO BASS 2 or Trilian).
Where to buy
- Best Service: $55
- PluginFox: $55
- Vienna Symphonic Library: $55.64 (Listed at €49; converted at €1 = $1.1355 (ECB rate, 29 Sep 2026))
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