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Trilian

$299 Instrument BassAcoustic and electric
Trilian plugin interface, Spectrasonics
About

Spectrasonics' Total Bass Module: a 34 GB library spanning acoustic, electric and synth bass, with over sixty electric basses recorded fingered, picked, fretless, slapped, tapped and muted. Version 1.5 brought in synthesis functions from Omnisphere.

Signature Sound
Full, professional bass across electric, acoustic and synth, sampled rather than synthesised. Reached when a track needs a played bass part instead of an 808.
In a session
Used for
Acoustic and electric bass lines, Sub layering under 808s, Live feel basslines
Subgenres
Trap soul, New jazz, Hip-hop
Chain position
Sound source
Producers who use it
Metro Boomin
Heard on
None listed
Pairs with
Omnisphere 3

Source Metro Boomin names it in his top five plugins in a ProducerGrind video interview (January 2023), for bass. Reported from write-ups of the video; the video's own transcript is not machine-readable.

On WAVS
Sounds to go with Trilian

Drums, loops and one-shots from WAVS creators that sit next to Trilian in a session.

Browse trap samples
Video reviews
Spectrasonics Trilian | Review | PlayingWithPlugins
PlayingWithPlugins Review
Spectrasonics Trilian Demo & Review
musictrackjp Review
Trilian Synth Demo (Part 1)
SpectrasonicsVIDEO Official
Specs
Type
Instrument
Engine
Sample, Multisample
Price
$299 · One-time
Free option
No demo. Spectrasonics states none is offered because of the library size.
Rent to own
Not offered
Formats
VST2, VST3, AU, AAX, Standalone
Systems
macOS, Windows
Apple Silicon
Native
Authorization
Account login, challenge and response
Version
1.6
First released
2009
Presets
3,189
CPU load
Heavy
Learning curve
Worth an afternoon
MPE
Not listed
AI features
Not listed

Price checked 17 September 2026. OS X 10.15 Catalina or higher; Microsoft Windows 10 or higher; 8GB of RAM or more recommended; 36GB free drive space CPU load and learning curve summarise published reviews and user forums, not our own testing.

Links
Product page Manual Developer Price source
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