My name is Takahiro Furukawa. I’m a professional bassist, composer, and the creator of FuruBass.

To be honest, bass instruments and I used to be pretty far apart.

That might sound strange coming from someone who creates a bass instrument library, but as a bassist, I had always believed one thing:

“If it’s bass, I’ll just play it myself.”

For most of my career, that was simply the obvious choice.

At the same time, I also work as a composer and producer, so I’ve spent years using virtual instruments and learning how software instruments are designed.

I knew the major bass libraries. I understood what was available.

But as someone who actually plays bass, none of them quite felt right to me.

Not because they were bad.

But because the sound, feel, and role of the bass inside a track often felt different from what I personally wanted to hear.

Things started to change when I began collaborating more frequently with musicians outside my own studio.

Bringing gear to sessions became difficult.

Laptop, MIDI keyboard, audio interface…

And if I could only bring one physical instrument, realistically, it had to be guitar — because guitar is much harder to recreate convincingly with MIDI.

That often left bass to whatever virtual instrument happened to be available.

And honestly, that bothered me more than I expected.

As a bassist, I’ve always cared deeply about how bass should feel inside a mix — its weight, tone, and role in supporting the song.

The sound I wanted to hear simply wasn’t there.

At some point, I found myself thinking:

“I wish there were a bass instrument that actually sounded like my bass.”

That was the beginning of FuruBass.

FuruBass became my attempt to bring together everything I had learned — as a bassist, composer, and recording engineer.

Why the name “FuruBass”?

“FuruBass” is a combination of my last name, Furukawa, and Bass.

“Furu” comes from Japanese pronunciation and sounds closer to “foo-roo” than “fur” in English.