Bass Machina

Kiesel Virtual Bass for Metal

Bass Machina delivers punishing low-end for metal, djent, and aggressive modern productions. Built from the ground up using Craig Peters’ custom 5-string Kiesel bass—with a swamp ash body, antique ash finish, and a 3-piece walnut and bloodwood neck—it captures every detail with massive clarity, resonance, and punch. Strung with D’Addario Pro Steel .45–.130, the instrument offers tight attack, deep growls, and a biting top end.

Multi-sampled in full detail, the library includes pick sustains, mutes, slaps, pops, taps, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and programmable slides at multiple tempos for fluid, lifelike performance. Raw D.I. tones provide maximum flexibility for reamping through amp sims or external chains, while the fully customizable interface gives direct access to real-time articulation switching, advanced mapping, auto-strumming, a deep sequencer, and a complete FX rack.

Choose between full, lite, D.I., and simplified presets to match the needs of any session. The FX rack includes 27 studio-grade modules—amps, cabs, distortion, modulation, EQ, compression, and convolution reverb with 99 room and hall impulses plus 40 creative FX spaces. Every parameter is designed for power, control, and brutal precision. Bass Machina isn’t just another virtual bass—it’s engineered to dominate.

Product Specs

• 2 NKI instrument banks in Kontakt 8 Player format
• Custom 5-string Kiesel bass with a swamp ash body strung with D’Addario Pro Steel .45-.130 strings
• Pick sustains, taps, slaps, pops, and mutes, plus programmable slides at various tempos
• Pristine D.I. recordings, ready to be run through your favorite amp sims and plugins
• 5,192 Stereo Samples in locked .ncw format
• 6.32 GB Installed
• Works with the Kontakt "Libraries" browser and Native Access.

Made for the free Kontakt Player (version 8.1+), Komplete Kontrol, all S-Series Keyboards and NKS software and hardware by Native Instruments.

This product requires the free Native Instruments Kontakt Player, the latest version can be downloaded through Native Access, Native Instrument’s download manager!

The minimum required Kontakt version for this product is stated in the product description or can be found on the manufacturers website.

System Requirements:

Mac:

• macOS 11, 12, 13
• 64 bit
• Intel Core i5 or Apple Chip
• RAM: 4GB (6GB recommended)

Windows:

• Windows 10 or 11
• 64 bit
• Intel Core i5 or similar CPU
• RAM: 4GB (6GB recommended)

Supported Interfaces:

• Mac (64-bit only): Stand-alone, VST, VST3, AU, AAX
• Windows (64-bit): Stand-alone, VST, VST3, AAX

Legacy Versions:

If you require legacy installers of Kontakt Player please refer to this Knowledge Base Article.