The other tracks have Guitar Rig -I use two tracks for convenience, it can be done on just one of course. Right click on the Record button and choose 'Record: output' and from the second drop down menu 'Record: output (MIDI)' This makes the Folder track ready to convert audio to MIDI after you've recorded the audio. The Folder track has the audio-to-MIDI converter vst and the bass Vsti, both disabled. The track template I use for this operation is a Folder track and two tracks within it.
In fact you can experiment with pitching up the audio any amount, for perhaps better MIDI conversion results whenever bc of course once it's MIDI it can easily be transposed back to wherever you want. When finished recording I run those items through an audio to MIDI converter and record the MIDI that can then be run through a bass Vsti such as Amplebass.Ī couple of things to note: If using tuning lower than standard you can use Reapitch to transpose the audio track an octave higher so the audio-to-MIDI converter can read it better, as higher pitched frequencies are more easily detected. Often I don't know what the bassline is until playing/recording over a couple of looped bars a bunch of times, 'feeling out' the line.
There's a preset called '70s Octave Solo' which gives a good enough impression of bass gtr for recording purposes. The free Kontakt Player has the free version of Guitar Rig.
