Impact Soundworks Shreddage 3.5 Darkwall KONTAKT

A powerful, modern metal bass with monster low end and aggressive attack. 3 distinct pickups for maximum range. If you’re looking for a prog metal bass that delivers power, mayhem, and punishing attitude, look no further than Shreddage 3 Darkwall. We’ve captured every last gritty detail of a Dingwall bass in all its brutal glory: a colossal low end, an aggressive attack, and a massive versatility of tone. Available in Drop E as well as standard tuning, Shreddage 3 Darkwall is mix-ready and primed to breathe fire into every kind of production from prog metal to djent to heavy rock.

About the Library
After over a decade of killer metal virtual guitars, it’s time to introduce the first dedicated metal bass in our Shreddage line: Shreddage 3 Darkwall! This library combines the stunning realism and power of our Shreddage 3.5 engine with a signature metal sound brought to fame by Nolly, Lee Sklar, Jacob Umansky, and others: a monster low end, an aggressive attack, and an impressive versatility in tone thanks to the three individually sampled pickups.

Choose the Drop E tuning if you want that mega-low doom sound, or go with standard tuning for a wide variety of metal and heavy rock sounds. The weight and body of Shreddage 3 Darkwall is primed for prog metal, but it shines in everything from heavy djent to hard core punk to grunge.

Bring the growl, the doom, the malice, and the power of this towering bass into your productions without the expense or the months-long wait time of buying an actual Dingwall. Thoroughly sampled and optimized for a realistic performance, Shreddage 3 Darkwall brings you a low end with seismic power, a percussive attack, and an incredibly versatile tone that will set fire to your prog metal, djent, numetal, and heavy rock tracks.

Going the Extra Distance to Capture THAT Sound
For our first dedicated metal bass, what could possibly be more inspiring than a Dingwall NG3 6-string bass? With its fanned frets, 37″ B string, three pickups, and famed Darkglass Tone Capsule, the NG3 is renowned for its massive low sound and an incredibly versatile tone.

The internal hardware limitations of the NG3 prevented us from recording neck, middle, and bridge pickups separately through the Darkglass preamp. But that didn’t stop us. We got our hands on three Darkglass preamps and wired them separately, outside the physical bass, to each of the pickups. The result was identical performances captured in the three distinct tones of the pickups.

Designed for Plug and Play - OR Create Your Own Unique Sound
Shreddage 3 Darkwall lets you perform realistically right out of the box — no need to dive into editors. The Shreddage 3.5 Engine automatically moves around the neck and frets in the way a live player would, using a natural picking style. You can also quickly audition a huge variety of well-designed tones using the 30 provided snapshots. Each snapshot comes with its own unique signal chain in the Console page as well as specific configurations on the Main page.

Or, if you’d rather make it your own, Shreddage 3 Darkwall makes it easy to pop the hood and start customizing both the performance and the tone.

On the Main page, choose specific fret positions and strings to get the just sound you want — the way a live performer would. Further tailor the performance by choosing from several picking modes.

If you’re looking to build a custom tone from scratch, the Console section gives you everything you need. Create your own signal chain for each of the pickups and master channel with over 25 effects, including cabinets, amps, dynamics, IQs, pedals, reverbs, phasing effects, and others. Or send your signal directly into a separate amp sim, such as our Shreddage Amp XTC.

Articulations
We strove for ultra-realism by sampling up and down strokes on every string, along multiple frets, in an array of dynamics and articulations: sustains; sustain shorts; staccato longs; staccato shorts; palm mutes; hammer-ons and pull-offs; legato slides; tapping; harmonics; buzz trills; and pitched and unpitched release samples. All articulations are conveniently mapped and editable.

Kick that dreaded machine-gun effect to the curb: we’ve provided up to four round robins per note, so no robot sound here! And, no matter how much you play, the strings will never wear out, and you’ll never have the expense of paying for custom length strings.

Requires Native Instruments Kontakt Player or Kontakt FULL v6.7.1 and higher!

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