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"When we're in search of exciting new ideas, we can always trust the Bloom instruments to spark some inspiration."KLAX. Drum & Bass production trio with releases on Warner Bros, Critical, Shogun Audio and more.
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"The Bloom series will help your music blossom. It's a great addition to your setup when looking for that extra spark."Attack Magazine. A magazine dedicated to dance music production and culture.
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"Bloom Bass Groove has become a real secret weapon of ours. Having all these high-quality basslines plus the FX and modulation options means we can get the tones we need fast."GEST. Top-tier, industrially-minded Drum & Bass duo on Shogun Audio.
Upgrade Note: This is an upgrade for owners of Bloom Bass Groove Lite. The full version of Bloom Bass Groove is also available.
Soulful Bass
Meticulously sampled from real electric bass performances by professionals, Bloom Bass Groove unites the rich tones of slap bass, fingerstyle bass, and picked basses alongside an array of articulations and performance one-shots. Run these tones through custom-built amp simulations, filters, and dynamic shaping and you have the perfect bass sound to root your track to.
Bloom Bass Groove captures the soul of the bass guitar, whether it's the slap of Chic-fuelled funk, the catchy basslines of Dua Lipa, or the smooth sounds of golden-age hip-hop.
Want to audition multiple bassists to find the perfect part? Utilising Bloom’s intuitive Phrase Player, Bloom Bass Groove allows you to switch between different riffs, playing styles, and articulations, mirroring the dynamics and intricacies of a real-life bass performance.
Why Upgrade?
Expanded preset and sample library
Over 150 additional presets and over 50 new vocal samples added to the Bloom instrument.
Randomise the selection
At the click of a button, switch out samples seamlessly and discover new [category] combinations.
Banks View
Switch out presets on the fly with the Banks View, a drag-and-drop workflow that streamlines the workflow.
Sampler Edit
Fine-tune the samples with in-depth parameters, playback control, and tuning capabilities.
Import Your Own Samples
Personalise the instrument by adding your own samples into the engine.
Phrase Player
A unique approach to sequencing and modulating, the phrase player allows you to trigger, and draw sample sequences and modulations.
Effect Sections
Unlock rearrangeable FX modules that can be chained in any combination and tweaked to your taste.
What Can Bloom Bass Groove Do?
- Deliver Slap, Picked, Fingerstyle, muted bass guitar loops, and one-shot articulations.
- Audition different playing styles in key and in time with your track
- Sequence complex basslines effortlessly with the Phrase Player.
- Manipulate sounds extensively using three distinct effects and four unique macros for ultimate sound shaping.
- Infuse instant groove into your tracks with 250 presets crafted by professional sound designers.
- (New!) Allow you to import your own samples and personalise the instrument.
The Art of Performance
Excite Audio built Bloom Bass Groove with a focus on capturing the nuances of live bass performances with a combination of slaps, muted one-shots, and dynamic playing styles, delivering the expressive quality achievable only through real bass performances.
They recorded professional bass players using a variety of world-renowned bass guitars. Their performances were captured using diverse recording techniques, from DI signals routed directly into the mixing desk to advanced studio amping methods. Excite Audio’s team of sound designers took these recordings, combined them in the phrase player, and processed them using Bass Groove’s built-in effects and macros.
This resulted in over 250 presets across 7 categories:
- Clean (CLN) - Clean, smooth basslines with no distortion or heavy processing
- Experimental (EXP) - Abstract & unique sound design-focused presets
- High Energy (HI) - Upbeat, fast and busy basslines
- Low Energy (LO) - Delicate, slow and spacious basslines
- Melodic (MLD) - Bass notes that can be played melodically with the white keys
- Processed (PRO) - Basses that use heavy processing & effects
- Rhythmic (RHY) - Basses focused on rhythmic & percussive slap bass
How It Works
Start in your desired tempo, choose a sample bank or preset, and trigger one of 14 bpm-synced samples spread across two octaves. White notes set off bass samples and loops, while black notes alter properties like playback speed and pitch and trigger sequences and effect modulation.
Four powerful macros control a specialised chain of effects, fine-tuned to the diverse samples that form Bloom Bass Groove.
The Main Page
There are eight banks of sounds to choose from - organised into easy to find categories, and the sounds in each bank can be dragged onto any of the 14 white notes.
Audition and Load Samples & Banks
The Edit Page: Shape Your Sound
The Edit page is the central hub for refining and making the library of samples your own. Adjust start and end points, manipulate playback speed and direction, and tweak the timbre with pitch and formant controls.
Sample Edit Section
Import Your Own Samples
Make the Bloom instrument your own with the ability to drag and drop audio files into it. You can do this via the waveform view on the edit page or any empty slot on the banks page. Set the key and BPM of your samples to make them integrate seamlessly with the Bloom engine.
Sample Import
Sequencing Reimagined
The Phrase Player lets you sequence bass samples with precision. Assign one of the five black keys to trigger a pattern of samples, modulate pitch, velocity, hi-cut/lo-cut filters and dive deep into the three effects: Speaker, Filter and Dynamics. Familiar arpeggiator features like Rate, Latching, and Swing provide a familiar but powerful foundation for your workflow.
Phrase Player Section
Bloom Bass Groove combines three bespoke effects modules: Speaker simulates different reamping techniques and loud speakers, from handheld devices to guitar amps to studio monitors, Dynamics for transient shaping, gating unwanted noise and applying compressions and an Envelope Filter for audio-responsive frequency sculpting.
Effects Section
Features
- 14 Sample Keys
- 5 Factory Modifiers: Half-time, Double-Time, Reverse, Octave Down, Octave Up
- 5 Custom Modifiers
- 8 Sample Banks / 112 Bass Samples
- Samples Synced to Host BPM
- Key Selection
- Sample Randomise
- 4 Macros: Tube, Digital, Sub-EQ, Realism
- 5 Main FX Parameters: Filter, Speaker, Dynamics, Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut
- Global Bypass
- 250 Presets
- Import up to 112 of your own samples (these can be swapped at any time)
Edit Page - Sample Edit
- Waveform Display
- Playback Direction: Forwards, Backwards, Pendulum, Loop
- Playback Modes: Hold, Latch, Relative
- Playback Speed: Normal, Double, Half
- 4 Choke Groups
- Start / End Markers with Snap to Grid, Snap to Transient
- Sample Crossfade, Attack, Release, Pan, Volume
- Sample Pitch, Fine, Formant, Pitch Warp
Edit Page - Phrase Player
- Sample Mode for triggering sequences
- FX Modulation: Filter, Speaker, Dynamics, Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut, Pitch, Velocity
- Playback Direction: Forwards, Backwards, Pendulum, Loop
- Sample / Modulation Randomise
- Phrase Rate, Sync, Swing, Steps, Latch, Beat Retrigger controls
Edit Page - FX
- 3 Rearrangable Effects: Filter, Speaker, Dynamics
- Filter Mode: Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut, Peak
- Filter Parameters: Frequency, Slope/Peak Gain, Resonance, Env Amount, Env Threshold, Env Attack, Env Release, Mix, Input, Output
- Speaker Mode: Device, Cabinet, Hi-Fi, No Speaker
- Speaker Parameters: Size, Mix, Distance, Age, Bass Thru, Tone, Input, Output
- Dynamics Parameters: Attack, Sustain, Mix, Gate, Comp, Attack, Release, Input, Output
- Global Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut, Tone, Dry, Wet
Learn More About Bloom Bass Groove
Version Comparison
System Requirements
macOS
- macOS 10.15 or higher (Intel / Native Apple Silicon supported).
- Plugin Formats: VST, VST3, AU, AAX, Standalone.
- DAW's Supported: Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason + more.
- Compatibility: 64-bit compatible only.
- Recommended Buffer Size: 512 Samples or higher
Windows
- Windows 7 or higher
- Plugin formats: VST, VST3, AAX, Standalone
- DAWs supported: Ableton Live, Pro Tools, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason + more.
- Compatibility: 64-bit compatible only.
- Recommended Buffer Size: 512 Samples or higher
Please Note: An internet connection is required to authorise this software.
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