Bass Amp Designer is an amp simulator that emulates three iconic tube bass amplifiers from the 1960s–1980s, along with their speaker cabinets and integrated compression and EQ. It models professional bass guitar amplification systems with virtual microphone placement, allowing direct signal processing or parallel blending with a D.I. box emulation for flexible recording and tonal shaping.
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Route your tone through parallel signal paths and rearrange effects in real-time to dial in everything from subtle texture to wall-shaking distortion. Eight assignable macros let you control complex pedalboard setups from a single MIDI controller.
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