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Spectrasonics Trilian 1.5 Bass Virtual Instrument Software (Boxed)

Software Bass Virtual Instrument Plug-in with Acoustic, Electric, and Synthesized Bass Sounds - Mac/PC Standalone, VST2, VST3, AU, AAX Native
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Rich Bass Sounds — the Follow-up to a Classic!

Be ready for incredible bass tracks with Trilian, Spectrasonics' "Total Bass Module" plug-in. Inside, you'll find a huge core library of rich-sounding acoustic, electric, and synth basses — all really playable and immensely tweakable, so you can develop the right bass sound for your tracks. One cool feature in Trilian is its extensive "Round Robin" sampling, which helps to make bass lines with repeated notes sound natural and expressive, instead of mechanical. The follow up to the award-winning Trilogy software bass plug-in, Spectrasonics takes the low-end to new heights, with Trilian!

Cutting-edge STEAM Engine technology

Spectrasonics based Trilian on their advanced STEAM Engine technology, first introduced in Omnisphere. What you get are tremendous expression and realism — Trilian lets you sculpt and adjust all the right controls, to bring your bass tracks to live. Also, because Trilian and Omnisphere are based on the same engine, Spectrasonics made them fully compatible with one another. You can use any of the Trilian sounds right inside Omnisphere, so you can stay in the same environment as you develop everything from bass to melody to ambient pads and effects.

Delivers ultra-natural bass line

Trilian is all about giving you natural-sounding bass lines when you want them — though you can always take them in your own unique direction using Trilian's integrated FX racks. Our favorite feature here at Sweetwater that gives you those natural lines, though, is Trilian's extensive "Round Robin" sampling feature. When you play a bass line with repeated notes, Trilian plays subtly different samples — that way your tracks sound musical and dynamic.

Preserve every musical idea with Flow Capture

Few things are more frustrating than losing a spontaneous musical idea while you set up your DAW to record it. That's why Spectrasonics created Flow Capture. This revolutionary feature enables you to record an entire performance — the full audio, MIDI, and sound settings — directly from the standalone Keyscape application. What's more, the created files are auto-named and timestamped for added convenience. You also get full control over tempo with an adjustable metronome, and tap tempo can be MIDI learned for live performance synchronization. Thanks to Flow Capture, every one of your spur-of-the-moment creative ideas will be preserved.

Spectrasonics Trilian Bass Virtual Instrument Plug-in Features:

  • The long-awaited successor to the award-winning Trilogy software plug-in
  • Massive core library includes multiple acoustic, electric, and synth basses
  • Includes enhanced versions of all the original Trilogy patches
  • Based on powerful STEAM Engine technology — like Omnisphere
  • Arpeggiator with Groove Lock for instant bass line syncing to any RMX groove or MIDI Files
  • Omnisphere library integration: use any of the Trilian sounds inside Omnisphere
  • Integrated FX racks, including all effects from Omnisphere
  • 8-part multitimbrality allows access to multiple articulations in a single plug-in
  • High-definition streaming sample playback with multichannel audio architecture allows easy mic, DI, and release sound source mixing within a single layer
  • Extensive "Round Robin" sampling for natural-sounding bass lines with repeated notes
  • Expressive multisampled dynamic slides — realistically slide from one note down to another
  • Live Mode allows 8 dynamic bass articulations loaded at once with instant, seamless key-switching
  • Stack Mode allows user-configurable key/velocity/controller articulation mapping
  • Custom Controls main page for rapid editing, access to the most useful controls, and user interface customization for each patch
  • State-of-the-art browser with searching, attributes/tags, and images
  • Edit Page offers very powerful sound manipulation features including timbre shifting, FM, Flex Mod, modultable FX, dual-voice harmonia, and more
  • Flow Capture records your musical ideas while in standalone mode

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Tech Specs

  • Software Type: Bass Synth
  • Platform: Mac, PC
  • Upgrade/Full: Full
  • Download/Boxed: Boxed
  • Bit Depth: 64-bit
  • Format: AAX, VST 2.4, AU, Standalone
  • Hardware Requirements - Mac: Intel Dual Core 2.0GHz or higher (M1 support), 8GB RAM or more recommended, 40GB free hard drive space
  • Hardware Requirements - PC: Multi-core 2GHz or higher, 8GB RAM or more recommended, 40GB free hard drive space
  • OS Requirements - Mac: macOS 10.13 or later
  • OS Requirements - PC: Windows 7 SP1 or later
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 3TRL

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Rated 5/5

Top Of The Line In Music Production

This plugin really is my go-to for acoustic bass and bass synthesizers (as well as general synths and leads). It can practically build a full beat by itself with some cleverly placed notes and a good arpeggiator preset. It can make trash sound amazimg, while making great work sound professional with way less processing than leser quality competitors. Definitely worth every cent if you have the money and cpu specs. Beware of the size of its sample library.
Music background: Music Producer, Songwriter, & Engineer.
Rated 5/5

The ultimate bass solution

I have dabbled with many VSTs and software, and nothing comes close to this in terms of sound quality. The presets themselves sound amazing, clear, and loud too! Obviously not loud in a bad way, it seems to have a good amount of built-in compression and processing that makes these presets good to go without much editing. If you're into sound design you can also edit a ton of parameters. I've been able to make neo-soul, soul/R&B, rock, even some acid house/techno type sounds on this thing. Long story short it is an absolute beast and worth the relatively expensive price tag. Btw the fretless bass sounds in here are unreal. I highly recommend this product.
Music background: Music Producer
Rated 5/5

Trillian Bass and Synth sounds

First, they have samples from perhaps the greatest bass player ever, got to be in the studio with Abraham on a project years ago. Nice authentic bass sounds and nice synth sounds as well. They make it easy to install and authorize and have good customer service. Have been using Trillian for years now.
Rated 5/5

Simply the best.

I had put off getting any bass software since I am a bass player first. But since I'm currently posting soundtracks on Spotify and many other sites from my synthesizer studio, I thought I'd give Trilian a try. Because Omnisphere and Keyscape are in my arsenal of software, I thought, why not give it a chance. Trilian is simply the best bass software I have ever played and coming with 3 sections, Acoustic, Electric, and Synth basses, it completely covers all of the bases, pun intended.

Spectrasonics jam packs their softwares with tons of presets and features making them complete for your workstation. Without hesitation go for this bass software and you will be amazed at what it has to offer.
Music background: Bass player since high school. Synthesizers since the 80's.
Rated 5/5

Totally authentic

I had a problem: as a worship leader, sometimes I can't get all the players I need for a Sunday service. I run this plugin when a bass player is unavailable. It runs from Ableton Live where I play stems to the front-of-house and a click/monitor feed to my drummer (when I have a drummer). I send it through its own output from a Focusrite Scarlet 4x4 interface to the input of a Fender bass amp on stage. The sound, nuance, and detail are incredible. Using the multis gives me the ability to customize glisses, slides, and percussives to an incredible level. It uses a normal amount of CPU power so I generally don't render these tracks unless my computer starts choking. This is my go to on almost every song. Very happy with this purchase.
Music background: Worship Leader

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Aaron Smith

If low end is what you're after, Spectrasonics Trilian is the answer. This is THE library for acoustic, electric and synth bass. I have used this in literally every single session since I added it to my studio. Do yourself a favor and add it to your virtual instrument arsenal. When your next studio session comes around, you'll be giving your bassist the day off.
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