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Instrument

Model

Performer

Date

Location

Technicians



Distance

Microphone

Interface

Format

 

 

Double Bass

Anton Krutz (2004)

Mike White

May 11, 2012

Anechoic Chamber

Shane Hoose, Zach Zubow, Brian Penkrot

5 feet

Earthworks QTC40

Metric Halo

16-bit, 44 kHz, stereo and mono, 16-bit, 44kHz and 24-bit, 96 kHz stereo and mono files available in zip format at the bottom of this page

Arco

Stereo
Bass.arco.sulC.pp.C1Eb1.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulC.mf.C1Eb1.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulC.ff.C1Eb1.stereo.aif

Bass.arco.sulE.pp.E1Bb1.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulE.pp.B1Bb2.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulE.pp.B2Db3.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulE.mf.E1B1.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulE.mf.C2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulE.mf.B2E3.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulE.ff.E1Bb1.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulE.ff.B1Ab2.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulE.ff.A2Db3.stereo.aif

Bass.arco.sulA.pp.A1B1.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulA.pp.C2Bb2.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulA.pp.B2Ab3.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulA.mf.A1B1.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulA.mf.C2A2.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulA.mf.Bb2A3.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulA.ff.A1B1.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulA.ff.C2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulA.ff.C3A3.stereo.aif

Bass.arco.sulD.pp.D2Bb2.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulD.pp.B2A3.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulD.pp.Bb3C4.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulD.mf.D2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulD.mf.C3B3.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulD.mf.C4D4.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulD.ff.D2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulD.ff.C3Bb3.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulD.ff.B3D4.stereo.aif

Bass.arco.sulG.pp.G2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulG.pp.C3B3.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulG.pp.B3Gb4.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulG.mf.G2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulG.mf.C3B3.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulG.mf.C4G4.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulG.ff.G2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulG.ff.C3B3.stereo.aif
Bass.arco.sulG.ff.C4G4.stereo.aif

Mono
Bass.arco.sulC.pp.C1Eb1.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulC.mf.C1Eb1.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulC.ff.C1Eb1.mono.aif

Bass.arco.sulE.pp.E1Bb1.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulE.pp.B1Bb2.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulE.pp.B2Db3.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulE.mf.E1B1.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulE.mf.C2B2.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulE.mf.B2E3.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulE.ff.E1Bb1.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulE.ff.B1Ab2.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulE.ff.A2Db3.mono.aif

Bass.arco.sulA.pp.A1B1.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulA.pp.C2Bb2.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulA.pp.B2Ab3.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulA.mf.A1B1.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulA.mf.C2A2.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulA.mf.Bb2A3.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulA.ff.A1B1.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulA.ff.C2B2.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulA.ff.C3A3.mono.aif

Bass.arco.sulD.pp.D2Bb2.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulD.pp.B2A3.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulD.pp.Bb2C4.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulD.mf.D2B2.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulD.mf.C3B3.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulD.mf.C4D4.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulD.ff.D2B2.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulD.ff.C3Bb3.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulD.ff.B3D4.mono.aif

Bass.arco.sulG.pp.G2B2.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulG.pp.C3B3.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulG.pp.B3GbG4.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulG.mf.G2B2.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulG.mf.C3B3.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulG.mf.C4G4.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulG.ff.G2B2.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulG.ff.C3B3.mono.aif
Bass.arco.sulG.ff.C4G4.mono.aif

Stereo - Zip Files
Bass.arco.stereo.1644.1.zip
Bass.arco.stereo.2496.zip

Mono - Zip Files
Bass.arco.mono.1644.1.zip
Bass.arco.mono.2496.zip

Pizzicato

Stereo
Bass.pizz.sulC.pp.C1Eb1.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulC.mf.C1Eb1.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulC.ff.C1Eb1.stereo.aif

Bass.pizz.sulE.pp.E1B1.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulE.pp.C2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulE.pp.C3E3.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulE.mf.E1B1.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulE.mf.C2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulE.mf.C3E3.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulE.ff.E1B1.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulE.ff.C2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulE.ff.C3E3.stereo.aif

Bass.pizz.sulA.pp.A1B1.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulA.pp.C2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulA.pp.C3A3.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulA.mf.A1B1.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulA.mf.C2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulA.mf.C3Ab3.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulA.ff.A1B1.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulA.ff.C2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulA.ff.C3A3.stereo.aif

Bass.pizz.sulD.pp.D2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulD.pp.C3B3.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulD.pp.C4D4.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulD.mf.D2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulD.mf.C3A3.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulD.mf.Bb3C4.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulD.ff.D2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulD.ff.C3B3.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulD.ff.C4D4.stereo.aif

Bass.pizz.sulG.pp.G2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulG.pp.C3Bb3.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulG.pp.B3Gb4.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulG.mf.G2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulG.mf.C3B3.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulG.mf.Db4Gb4.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulG.ff.G2B2.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulG.ff.C3Bb3.stereo.aif
Bass.pizz.sulG.ff.Bb3Gb4.stereo.aif

Mono
Bass.pizz.sulC.pp.C1Eb1.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulC.mf.C1Eb1.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulC.ff.C1Eb1.mono.aif

Bass.pizz.sulE.pp.E1B1.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulE.pp.C2B2.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulE.pp.C3E3.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulE.mf.E1B1.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulE.mf.C2B2.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulE.mf.C3E3.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulE.ff.E1B1.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulE.ff.C2B2.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulE.ff.C3E3.mono.aif

Bass.pizz.sulA.pp.A1B1.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulA.pp.C2B2.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulA.pp.C3A3.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulA.mf.A1B1.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulA.mf.C2B2.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulA.mf.C3Ab3.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulA.ff.A1B1.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulA.ff.C2B2.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulA.ff.C3A3.mono.aif

Bass.pizz.sulD.pp.D2B2.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulD.pp.C3B3.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulD.pp.C4D4.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulD.mf.D2B2.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulD.mf.C3A3.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulD.mf.Bb3C4.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulD.ff.D2B2.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulD.ff.C3B3.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulD.ff.C4D4.mono.aif

Bass.pizz.sulG.pp.G2B2.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulG.pp.C3Bb3.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulG.pp.B3Gb4.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulG.mf.G2B2.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulG.mf.C3B3.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulG.mf.Db4Gb4.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulG.ff.G2B2.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulG.ff.C3Bb3.mono.aif
Bass.pizz.sulG.ff.Bb3Gb4.mono.aif

Stereo - Zip Files
Bass.pizz.stereo.1644.1.zip
Bass.pizz.stereo.2496.zip

Mono - Zip Files
Bass.pizz.mono.1644.1.zip
Bass.pizz.mono.2496.zip

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