Sometimes a bassist needs a different feel without fumbling for a pick, or when the fingers are feeling stiff. Picking Fingers voices a signal to sound like it was played the preferred way.
Downloads always point at the newest build, so there is never a stale link to chase. Free for any use, commercial productions included. If it earns a place on your tracks, throw a coffee in the tip jar.
The plugin counts anonymous usage (never audio or personal data), with a clearly labelled opt-out in its SYS panel. Details in the privacy policy. Picking Fingers is proprietary software, © Box of Rules, all rights reserved; its measured voicing filters may not be redistributed. Built with the JUCE 8 framework in line with the JUCE 8 EULA.
Measured with multiple bassists, amps, inputs and players the differences became precision minimum-phase voicing filters, level-matched through the low end so switching voice changes the character of the note, never the weight of the low end.
Pick treble rings on through the note, while fingers put their brightness into the attack thump. ATTACK applies that measured per-note character; BITE adds a gritty chunk on the front of each note only, so sustains stay clean. VOICE to choose preference.
With standard IN / OUT trims and a ±6 dB TONE tilt that is a true bypass at flat. Zero latency: safe for tracking. Mono or stereo. Free, for any use.
1. Download your platform's build above: the macOS .dmg runs an installer that puts the AAX, AU, VST3 and LV2 in the system plug-in folders; on Windows and Linux unzip and drop the bundle into your VST3 / LV2 folder. 2. Rescan plugins in your DAW and load Picking Fingers on a bass track.
The macOS build is Developer ID signed and notarized by Apple (PACE-signed AAX for Pro Tools included), so it installs and opens with no Gatekeeper prompt. Windows is unsigned, so SmartScreen may warn: More info, then Run anyway.
It voices a bass signal played one way to sound like it was played the other: fingerstyle in, pick out, or pick in, fingers out. The transform is measured from real matched pick/fingers captures of the same basses playing the same parts, not a guessed EQ curve.
It is free, for any use, commercial productions included. No account, no dongle. If it earns a place on your tracks there is a Ko-fi tip jar.
VST3, AU (Logic) and LV2 on macOS (with PACE-signed AAX for Pro Tools in the macOS installer), plus VST3 and LV2 builds for Windows and Linux. It runs mono or stereo and is zero-latency, so it is safe for tracking.
It counts anonymous usage: a random install id with the plugin version, OS and DAW; never audio or personal data, batched roughly hourly, with a clearly labelled opt-out checkbox in the SYS panel that stops everything immediately. Full details are in the Box of Rules privacy policy.
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