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The Dan Dean Essential Bass Black Friday deal takes 40% off this sampled bass instrument from Tracktion, bringing it to $59.40 until Nov 6, 2026.
It is a virtual instrument built around six basses from Dan Dean's own collection, sampled by Dan himself.
The maker lists six instruments, each with its own character:
The maker describes the set as record-ready and says it captures his signature tone and playing style.
Each bass has its own interface. Key performance controls cover pitch, decay and release times, noise values and glide, plus other core parameters.
Several modeled amplifiers sit alongside the basses to add depth and punch with a single switch. The options are Vintage, Round, Wooden, Subtle, Classic, Acoustic and Modern.
A separate FX page adds more processing. It has a dedicated EQ panel with high, mid and low shaping, plus 4 independent FX slots.
Each slot loads a compressor, chorus, distortion, phaser, filter, delay or reverb module. An FX master knob on the performance page sets how much of the processing you blend in.
The instrument ships with over 100 presets, from a subtle chorus to a gnarly distortion.
The maker added performance articulations for realism. Harmonics trigger per note with the mod wheel, while key switches call up the other articulations to cover more of the playable range. These include slides over a variety of ranges.
Dan Dean is a multi-instrumentalist, bassist, producer, composer and software developer. His credits include playing with B.B. King, Peggy Lee, Dionne Warwick and drummer Alex Acuna. His sample libraries, Solo Strings among them, have turned up in countless productions.
The Dan Dean Essential Bass VST runs on three systems:
Yes. The Dan Dean Essential Bass Black Friday deal takes 40% off, bringing the instrument to $59.40. It runs until Nov 6, 2026.
Six basses from Dan Dean's personal collection: the Alembic Spoiler, Alembic Fretless, Fender Precision, Fender Telecaster, Lull Jazz and Washburn Fretless. Dan sampled them himself, and each one has its own interface.
Seven modeled amps (Vintage, Round, Wooden, Subtle, Classic, Acoustic, Modern) and an FX page with an EQ panel and 4 slots. Slots take a compressor, chorus, distortion, phaser, filter, delay or reverb.
Mac runs AU, VST2 and VST3 on macOS 10.11 or later, 64-bit. Windows 10 and 11 run VST2 and VST3, 64-bit. Linux gets VST2 and VST3, tested on Ubuntu 18.04, 64-bit.
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