Darwin's Cat

OrbitBass releases: the version history of the bass amp sim

This page lists the versions only: what each one added, fixed and changed, newest first. What the bass amp sim itself does is on the OrbitBass page.

OrbitBass is released together with RedGrooveBass, in the shared Darwin’s Cat Bass release: one package holds both.

  1. v0.2.0

    The CAB on two sliders, the builder's presets in its list, the SGT-DI at new levels

    • The CAB works the way OrbitAmp's does: the dozen on a slider under the picture, and custom IRs from Darwin's Cat/Bass IRs on a second slider above it, shown only while the folder holds any. The slider whose list plays shows its cap; a small triangle at each end steps back or on, as LEFT and RIGHT do on the keyboard.
    • The cabinet's name on the border opens the whole list: the dozen, then BUILDER with Orbit Bass Cab Builder's forty presets by style, BLUES, METAL, PUNK and ROCK, and its MY PRESETS once some are saved in the builder app, then the custom IRs. IR files, a folder of them or a zip dropped on the CAB go into Bass IRs, and the first of them plays.
    • The CABINETS menu and the cabinets' window are gone: new cabinets are made in Orbit Bass Cab Builder and arrive through BUILDER. Cabinets kept under MY CABINETS stay as files in Darwin's Cat/Bass Cabinets and are no longer listed; a session or a preset that plays one still plays it. Under the picture a short line gives the IR's length, rate and bits, «100ms 48/24», and the cabinet's box stands at its right.
    • The SGT-DI capture is fed 16 dB softer, at −20 dB, and leaves 3 dB under its capture; the captures themselves are the same. COMP's MIX opens at three quarters instead of half, and MID FREQ at 1 kHz instead of 400 Hz; a session or a preset keeps its own.
    • Two of the dozen have new mics: 7: 1x15 THUMP's second mic is a D112 close to the speaker, where an RE20 stood 20 cm out, and 9: 1x12 SQUAT has an RE20 at the cap instead of an SM57 off it.
    • A, B, C and D, or 1, 2, 3 and 4, switch the registers from the keyboard, and LEFT and RIGHT step the cabinet that plays, without a modifier; a field being typed in keeps its keys.
    macOSdarwinscat-bass-0.2.0-macos.pkg35 MB
    Windowsdarwinscat-bass-0.2.0-windows-arm64.zip25 MB
    darwinscat-bass-0.2.0-windows-x64-setup.exe14 MB
    darwinscat-bass-0.2.0-windows-x64.zip25 MB
    Linuxdarwinscat-bass-0.2.0-linux-arm64.tar.xz19 MB
    darwinscat-bass-0.2.0-linux-x86_64.tar.xz23 MB
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  2. v0.1.1

    The cabinets' window from Orbit Bass Cab Builder 0.2.0

    • The cabinets' window is now the same as in Orbit Bass Cab Builder 0.2.0: 16:9, the back panels as pictures, the name across the frequency response, the mic's distance and angle stay in view as the pointer moves to them, and a "?" sign that explains what a comb is and why the line turns red. The cabinets themselves sound exactly as before.
    macOSdarwinscat-bass-0.1.1-macos.pkg35 MB
    Windowsdarwinscat-bass-0.1.1-windows-arm64.zip25 MB
    darwinscat-bass-0.1.1-windows-x64-setup.exe14 MB
    darwinscat-bass-0.1.1-windows-x64.zip25 MB
    Linuxdarwinscat-bass-0.1.1-linux-arm64.tar.xz19 MB
    darwinscat-bass-0.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.xz23 MB
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  3. v0.1.0

    First release: the whole bass chain and cabinets of your own

    • OrbitBass comes out in Darwin's Cat Bass, a package of the bass amps of its own, together with RedGrooveBass. The guitar amps are not in it: they install from their own package. There is an installer for macOS, an installer or a zip for Windows x64, a zip for Windows ARM64, and an archive with an install script for Linux. The installers and the script let you pick the amps and the formats to install. One plugin holds every bass amp in each format: Darwin's Cat Bass as VST3, CLAP and, on a Mac, AU. Each amp is also an app of its own that needs no host.
    • Inside is a capture of a real Ampeg SGT-DI bass preamp, both of its voices: B15 and SVT. OrbitBass holds the whole bass chain. The twelve factory cabinets sit on a slider with twelve positions, and the CABINETS menu has them all: these twelve, every preset of Cab IR Generator, its typical cabinets by style and by size, 190 in all, and your own.
    • A cabinet of your own: NEW FROM copies a factory one under a new name, and EDIT opens it in the cabinets' window, with the box, its back, the horn, two mics and FIND, and every change is saved to its file at once. SAVE AS, RENAME and DELETE are there too. Your own cabinet files (IRs) open as well, under MY IRS.
    • The cabinets come from Cab IR Generator: a cabinet's sound is calculated when it is chosen, so no cabinet files need to be installed. There are twelve factory ones, the most different from each other among its punk, rock, metal and modern presets, each with a number and a name, such as "7: 1x15 THUMP".
    • The shared data is installed once, into the same Factory folder as the guitar amps' data. Each package adds its own files there and, when it is removed, takes away only its own.
    macOSdarwinscat-bass-0.1.0-macos.pkg35 MB
    Windowsdarwinscat-bass-0.1.0-windows-arm64.zip25 MB
    darwinscat-bass-0.1.0-windows-x64-setup.exe14 MB
    darwinscat-bass-0.1.0-windows-x64.zip25 MB
    Linuxdarwinscat-bass-0.1.0-linux-arm64.tar.xz19 MB
    darwinscat-bass-0.1.0-linux-x86_64.tar.xz23 MB
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