New Plugin - BassMuse
Re: New Plugin - BassMuse
Thank you. Very nice. I can’t test it right now, as I am finalizing a module of a comping course and must deliver my homework of three weeks tomorrow in a five minute video. Hard for me, but a lot of learning and fun. After that axe-on-head deadline I will have some freedom for a while.
Re: New Plugin - BassMuse
Version 1.8.0 is out. Here's what's new:
Flow — a new per-section knob that ties each note toward the next one across empty beats, so sparser lines hold together and breathe instead of leaving gaps. Every style ships with its own Flow default; dial it to 0 for the old detached feel.
Two new bassist styles — Sustained (Long Shadow), a held, root-anchored voice built to show off Flow, and Reggae (One-Drop), a deep, behind-the-beat dub bass. That brings the built-in roster to 18.
Follow section on play — during playback the selected section now tracks the playhead, so each part's controls come into view as your arrangement plays. On by default (File → Follow section on play to toggle).
Plus a Windows fix so the plugin now reports its correct version in file properties.
Flow — a new per-section knob that ties each note toward the next one across empty beats, so sparser lines hold together and breathe instead of leaving gaps. Every style ships with its own Flow default; dial it to 0 for the old detached feel.
Two new bassist styles — Sustained (Long Shadow), a held, root-anchored voice built to show off Flow, and Reggae (One-Drop), a deep, behind-the-beat dub bass. That brings the built-in roster to 18.
Follow section on play — during playback the selected section now tracks the playhead, so each part's controls come into view as your arrangement plays. On by default (File → Follow section on play to toggle).
Plus a Windows fix so the plugin now reports its correct version in file properties.
Re: New Plugin - BassMuse
Version 1.9.0 is out, and it's all about transitions.
Fill — a new per-section control that builds a short bass run into the end of a section, landing right on the approach to the next chord. Turn it up for a longer, busier run (up to a full bar). Each built-in style has its own Fill default.
Per-bar Fill markers — want a fill on a specific bar? Right-click any bar and pick Light, Medium or Heavy (or No fill here to mute one). Every bar shows an F badge so you can see your fill map at a glance — handy for landing fills on, say, bars 4 and 8 of an 8-bar verse.
Fill direction — choose which way the run travels: Auto (toward the next chord), Up (always ascend), or Down (always descend). Set it per section, or override a single bar.
Fill — a new per-section control that builds a short bass run into the end of a section, landing right on the approach to the next chord. Turn it up for a longer, busier run (up to a full bar). Each built-in style has its own Fill default.
Per-bar Fill markers — want a fill on a specific bar? Right-click any bar and pick Light, Medium or Heavy (or No fill here to mute one). Every bar shows an F badge so you can see your fill map at a glance — handy for landing fills on, say, bars 4 and 8 of an 8-bar verse.
Fill direction — choose which way the run travels: Auto (toward the next chord), Up (always ascend), or Down (always descend). Set it per section, or override a single bar.
Re: New Plugin - BassMuse
Version 1.10.0 is out, with two big additions:
Live variation trigger — pick a MIDI note and, during playback, tap it to re-roll the bass pattern for the section you're in, live. It's a "variation pad" for performing: each tap steps to a new take, it lands cleanly on the next downbeat, and it's deterministic so a take is reproducible. Set it up under File → Variation trigger (Learn note, pick a channel, enable). A ▲N badge shows which sections are on a variation, and Bake current variations into song keeps one you love.
Choose where dropped chords land — drag a MIDI clip onto the arranger and pick the target: whole song, the selected section, the section or measure you dropped on, or append after the last bar. If the clip is longer than the target, BassMuse asks whether to clip it or extend.
Grab it at simplybassproductions.com. Your songs and settings carry over.
Thanks for playing.
Live variation trigger — pick a MIDI note and, during playback, tap it to re-roll the bass pattern for the section you're in, live. It's a "variation pad" for performing: each tap steps to a new take, it lands cleanly on the next downbeat, and it's deterministic so a take is reproducible. Set it up under File → Variation trigger (Learn note, pick a channel, enable). A ▲N badge shows which sections are on a variation, and Bake current variations into song keeps one you love.
Choose where dropped chords land — drag a MIDI clip onto the arranger and pick the target: whole song, the selected section, the section or measure you dropped on, or append after the last bar. If the clip is longer than the target, BassMuse asks whether to clip it or extend.
Grab it at simplybassproductions.com. Your songs and settings carry over.
Thanks for playing.
Re: New Plugin - BassMuse
Version 1.11.0 refines how dropped MIDI chords land on the arranger.
When you drag a chord clip onto a bar and pick "From this measure," BassMuse now fills the progression forward from that bar toward the section's end — and leaves the bars beyond your clip untouched. If the clip is longer than the space left, you choose to clip it to fit or extend the section. The upshot: dropping chords no longer inserts bars mid-section, so it never quietly changes your arrangement's length.
When you drag a chord clip onto a bar and pick "From this measure," BassMuse now fills the progression forward from that bar toward the section's end — and leaves the bars beyond your clip untouched. If the clip is longer than the space left, you choose to clip it to fit or extend the section. The upshot: dropping chords no longer inserts bars mid-section, so it never quietly changes your arrangement's length.
Re: New Plugin - BassMuse
BassMuse 1.12.0 is out, and it's a big one — four new features:
Variation browser. The live variation trigger now shows the effective seed for each section, and ◂ / ▸ buttons (or a learned MIDI note) let you step back and forth through your rolls to find and reproduce a line you love.
Capture chords from MIDI. For DAWs that won't let you drag a MIDI clip in, arm File ▸ Capture chords from MIDI, play a chord track into BassMuse, and the chords land in the grid.
Per-section time signatures. Right-click any section band ▸ Time signature to set its meter (13 options now) — a 3/4 verse into a 5/4 chorus, right where you build the song. Odd meters like 7/8 finally play at their true length.
Per-section grid resolution. Right-click a band ▸ Grid resolution to edit one busy section at a finer grid without re-gridding the whole song.
Variation browser. The live variation trigger now shows the effective seed for each section, and ◂ / ▸ buttons (or a learned MIDI note) let you step back and forth through your rolls to find and reproduce a line you love.
Capture chords from MIDI. For DAWs that won't let you drag a MIDI clip in, arm File ▸ Capture chords from MIDI, play a chord track into BassMuse, and the chords land in the grid.
Per-section time signatures. Right-click any section band ▸ Time signature to set its meter (13 options now) — a 3/4 verse into a 5/4 chorus, right where you build the song. Odd meters like 7/8 finally play at their true length.
Per-section grid resolution. Right-click a band ▸ Grid resolution to edit one busy section at a finer grid without re-gridding the whole song.
Re: New Plugin - BassMuse
BassMuse 1.13.0 is out — a focused release for building dynamics into your arrangements.
Silence a section or a bar. Right-click a section band ▸ Mute Section, or a bar ▸ Mute bar, to make the bass lay out there — a rest, or a "drop" before a big return. The section keeps its place, chords, style and length; nothing is deleted. Muted regions are dimmed and labelled in the arranger.
Keep the lead-out fill. Turn on "Keep fill when muted" and a silenced region still plays its transition fill — the bass drops out but the pickup that leads back in survives. The classic drop-then-fill.
Silence a section or a bar. Right-click a section band ▸ Mute Section, or a bar ▸ Mute bar, to make the bass lay out there — a rest, or a "drop" before a big return. The section keeps its place, chords, style and length; nothing is deleted. Muted regions are dimmed and labelled in the arranger.
Keep the lead-out fill. Turn on "Keep fill when muted" and a silenced region still plays its transition fill — the bass drops out but the pickup that leads back in survives. The classic drop-then-fill.
BassMuse 1.13.1 is out
A small but handy update: BassMuse 1.13.1.
Window size is remembered. Resize the plugin window and it stays that way — across reopens, new instances and sessions, even without saving the project. (Both width and height)
New Bypass button. A header toggle that silences BassMuse's output while it stays in the chain — a quick "mute" for the plugin, saved with your song.
Also: the "Update to Verdion x.x.x" button now sits neatly between Activate and Community.
Window size is remembered. Resize the plugin window and it stays that way — across reopens, new instances and sessions, even without saving the project. (Both width and height)
New Bypass button. A header toggle that silences BassMuse's output while it stays in the chain — a quick "mute" for the plugin, saved with your song.
Also: the "Update to Verdion x.x.x" button now sits neatly between Activate and Community.
Re: New Plugin - BassMuse
A quality update: BassMuse 1.13.2.
Lines stay in key. Busy styles could occasionally throw an out-of-key note that just didn't sit right. BassMuse now keeps every generated note in your song's key — chord tones always play (so a chord you chose still sounds, even an out-of-key one), and everything else lands on the nearest in-key tone. Set the Key, or leave it on Auto, and your lines stay clean.
Also fixed: sharp chords (like D#) now save and load correctly in songs and bundles.
Lines stay in key. Busy styles could occasionally throw an out-of-key note that just didn't sit right. BassMuse now keeps every generated note in your song's key — chord tones always play (so a chord you chose still sounds, even an out-of-key one), and everything else lands on the nearest in-key tone. Set the Key, or leave it on Auto, and your lines stay clean.
Also fixed: sharp chords (like D#) now save and load correctly in songs and bundles.
1.13.3 regression fix
A quick maintenance update: BassMuse 1.13.3.
If you have an older song that started playing a wrong chord — one chord seeming to override another — this update fixes it. A bug in earlier versions could leave a stray chord stacked on the same beat as another; BassMuse now keeps just the real chord, so those songs play correctly again (and re-saving cleans them up).
Nothing else changes — your songs, styles and settings carry over.
If you have an older song that started playing a wrong chord — one chord seeming to override another — this update fixes it. A bug in earlier versions could leave a stray chord stacked on the same beat as another; BassMuse now keeps just the real chord, so those songs play correctly again (and re-saving cleans them up).
Nothing else changes — your songs, styles and settings carry over.