Now and then a real bass player will choose to move the hand a longer distance than is strictly needed in order to get the desired sound (high or low frets) or make certain slide/pull-off/hammer-on articulations possible. This simulates how a real bass player normally chooses frets that are within a comfortable distance from the current hand position along the neck. The hand position determines the range of frets preferred for the next note you trigger. Please note that when you perform a long slide the hand position (shown as a little horizontal bar above the fretboard display) is automatically moved - just like a real bass player's hand would move. On a real bass if you play a note on fret number 4 on some string it is not possible to slide down an octave since you would reach the end of the string before reaching the imagined slide end note. Your reply didn't contain any confirmation of whether you had checked this. If you are planning on sliding down say 12 semitones, then please ensure that there actually are 12 frets available on that string in the direction you want to slide. before you start to actually slide) there'll be a marker indicating what string and fret is used. When you play the source/attack note of the slide (i.e. Please have a look at the virtual fretboard in the user-interface.
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