Hi EL34,I did come across a couple of octave shifters,and your right they sounded really messy and unnatural.I've tried playing around with eq settings with no good results.I'd love to find an effect to make an acoustic guitar sound like a stand up bass.I'll keep looking.Thanks,G.
Yeah,nothing beats the real thing.I'm sure I could find a bass around here for $150-200.Thanks again.Oh,checked out some of your recordings.A very nice variety of work,G.
I did manage to find something that sounds reasonably ok if you find the right settings.It's called madshifta,but I think it's more geared for hip-hop,dance and dj stuff.G.
Follow up note:To obtain a bass sound from a guitar in mixcraft.Go to the sound tab near the bottom of the screen.You can change the pitch for any particular track.Drop the pitch an octave(-12.0).Too easy.Don't know why I didn't think of it early.Cheers,G.
I have a DigiTech RP-250 effects pedal that has an effect that turns your guitar into a bass. I bought it used on eBay for $122, specifically to use with my Mixcraft.
If you can play keys at all, any cheap keyboard from walmart will have a neat sounding bass tone.
I bought one for $135.00 and it has some really cool tones.
It also has a midi interface which will allow me to use it with virtual instruments, but I have not done so yet.