01 · Capture
Real Bass Tone
Voiced from the captures used on the records, not generic presets. The starting point already sits in a mix.
Drop it on a bass track and it splits one signal into parallel studio-captured layers: sub, body, dirt and room, blended back into one bigger instrument. Built from real Box Of Rules captures. Free and finished: the beta grew up and became Box of Bass.
Downloads always point at the newest build, so there is never a stale link to chase. Free for any use, commercial productions included. The code is source-available (not open source). If it earns a place on your tracks, throw a coffee in the tip jar.
Voiced from the captures used on the records, not generic presets. The starting point already sits in a mix.
One signal fans out into parallel layers, sub to driven mics and rooms, each owning its slice of the spectrum, then glued back into one instrument.
v0.2.2 closes the beta, with WIDTH backported from Box of Bass as a parting gift. It keeps working forever; it just stops changing. Got two minutes? Tell me what the beta got right and wrong.
1. Download the build for your platform above: macOS .dmg, Windows .exe, or Linux VST3 zip. 2. Run the installer, or drop the VST3 / AU into your plugins folder. 3. Rescan plugins in your DAW and load Bass Better-er on a bass track.
The macOS build is Developer ID signed and notarized by Apple, so it installs and opens with no Gatekeeper prompt. Windows is unsigned, so SmartScreen may warn: More info, then Run anyway. Hit a snag? Drop me a line.
It is free, for any use, commercial productions included.
v0.2.2 is the final Bass Better-er release; the beta grew up and became Box of Bass, its free successor. Bass Better-er keeps working forever; it just stops changing. The two install side by side, and existing sessions keep resolving to Bass Better-er.
VST3, AU and a standalone app on macOS, Windows and Linux, plus PACE-signed AAX for Pro Tools inside the macOS installer.
It takes one bass signal and splits it into parallel studio-captured layers (sub, body, dirt and room), then blends them back into one bigger instrument. Since 0.2.0 every drive strip offers two characters, FUZZ and DIST.
Download the dmg and run the installer. The build is Developer ID signed and notarized by Apple, so it installs and opens without any Gatekeeper prompt.
No: it is source-available. The code is public for transparency, but the plugin and its measured impulse responses remain proprietary to Box Of Rules. The released binaries are free to download and use, including on commercial productions. It is built with the JUCE 8 framework under the JUCE 8 EULA.
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