Move a bass performance between pick and fingers after it was recorded.
Downloads always point at the newest build, so there is never a stale link to chase. Free for any use when you pick $0, commercial productions included.
Measured with multiple bassists, amps, inputs and players, the differences became precision minimum-phase voicing filters, level-matched through the low end so switching voice changes the character of the note, never the weight of the low end.
Pick treble rings on through the note, while fingers put their brightness into the attack thump. ATTACK applies that measured per-note character; BITE adds a gritty chunk on the front of each note only, so sustains stay clean. VOICE to choose preference.
With standard IN / OUT trims and a +/-6 dB TONE tilt that is a true bypass at flat. Zero latency: safe for tracking. Mono or stereo.
Same engine, no laptop. Picking Fingers is a native block for the Darkglass Anagram, so the measured pick and fingers voicings run on the pedal itself and dial from its own screen. Drop it in a preset next to whatever else you are running. It is on the Anagram marketplace under Box Of Rules, and it is free there too.
Box of Bass is on the Anagram too, if you want the whole rig on the pedal.
"First of all awesome idea. It combines very well with MIDI Bass "Loki Bass 2" and also recorded bass too. Perfect for djent actually."
Download your platform's build after checkout. The macOS installer puts the AU, VST3 and LV2 in the system plug-in folders and includes the PACE-signed AAX for Pro Tools; on Windows and Linux, unzip and drop the bundle into your VST3 / LV2 folder. Rescan plugins in your DAW and load Picking Fingers on a bass track.
It voices a bass signal played one way to sound like it was played the other: fingerstyle in, pick out, or pick in, fingers out. The transform is measured from real matched pick/fingers captures of the same basses playing the same parts, not a guessed EQ curve.
You decide. Pick $0 and it is free, for any use, commercial productions included, no account, no dongle. The paid tiers are the tip jar: same download, and everything you chip in funds the next plugin.
VST3, AU (Logic) and LV2 on macOS (with PACE-signed AAX for Pro Tools in the macOS installer), plus VST3 and LV2 builds for Windows and Linux. It runs mono or stereo and is zero-latency, so it is safe for tracking.
It counts anonymous usage: a random install id with the plugin version, OS and DAW; never audio or personal data, batched roughly hourly, with a clearly labelled opt-out checkbox in the SYS panel that stops everything immediately. Full details are in the Box Of Rules privacy policy.
Picking Fingers is proprietary software, © Box Of Rules, all rights reserved; its measured voicing filters may not be redistributed. Built with the JUCE 8 framework in line with the JUCE 8 EULA. The plugin counts anonymous usage (never audio or personal data), with a clearly labelled opt-out in its SYS panel. Details in the Box Of Rules privacy policy.
