VOICE analog monophonic machine with subtractive synthesis.
A voice is composed by 2 identical oscillators + 1 sub oscillator + 1 white noise circuit. Some controls on the panel are shared and some functions must be selected by tabswitch, for instance: if you want to edit VCO1 the tab must be in the relative position 1, more advanced functions are accessible only by combo of edit button + keys.
OSCILLATORS main characteristics:
| VCO1 / VCO2 | SUB OSCILLATOR |
| waveforms | sine / triangle / pulse / saw | sine / pulse /square |
| pulse width | yes | - |
| octaves | 16' 8' 4' 2 | 1 / 2 octave below VCO |
| tune | yes | - |
| level mix | yes | yes |
| sync wave | osc1 > osc2 | - |
PERFORMANCE some special keyboard functions:
- keyboard can be shifted to -/+ 3 octaves range
- aftertouch can be assigned to VCF cutoff, LFO1 on VOC1 pitch and LFO 2 frequency.
- velocity can be assigned to amplitude EG or vibrato
- legato mode with manual glide time or autoglide
- wheel can be assigned to LFO1 OSC1-2 pitch, filter cutoff and LFO2 filter
- MIDI all parameters are mapped to Midi CC# and system responds to Midi sysex.
FILTER resonant analog filter at -2 /-4 poles and 3 modes:
- lowpass
- highpass
- bandpass.
The VCF offers some extra functions:
- acid: is an emulation of the TB303 diode-ladder filter for acidish and squelchy basslines
- overdive filter : adds a pleasant distortion
- external feed: line signals can be filtered and processed by the VCF
- keytrack mode set.
LFO up to 2 digital modulators with 0-190 Hz frequency range:
| LFO1 | LFO2 |
| Destination | pitch | pulse width / filter |
| Wheel control | yes | yes |
| Depth adjust | yes | yes |
| Delay start | yes | yes |
| Retrig modulation | yes | yes |
| Waveforms | tri/ saw / square / S&H | tri / saw / square / S&H |
| Slew lag (smoothes the waveform) | yes | yes |
ENVELOPE 2 X 4-segments EGs ADSR:
- EG1 amplitude (hardwired)
- EG2 AUX can be assigned to VCO1-2 pitches, filter cutoff or pulse width.
ARPEGGIATOR 4 octaves range, swing, latch and 8 play directions:
- up
- down
- up & down
- up & down mode 2
- random
- pendulum: plays from the first step to the last then from the last step to the first
- played: notes in the order in which they are played
SEQUENCER features 4 tracks with basic step entry mode with pause or legato tie
SYNC arpeggio, sequencer and LFO can be synched to internal frequency (range 40 to 240 BPM) or synched to external Midi clock with 35 different time dividers.
MEMORY:
- 128 slots
- 32 arpeggio patterns
Sound creations can be backup to Midi Sysex or USB dump.
EDITOR some utility for computer sound editing:
| name | platform | price | link | demo |
| bass station II editor | PC/MAC | $$ |
| patch editor | MAX MSP | free |
VST PLUGIN / SAMPLED VERSION there are some free bass station II sample pack:
| name | price | download | demo |
-novation heritage
-francispreve
sample pack 100MB | FREE
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polynominal.com | FREE!
15 mb4 bass patches for KONTAKT | n/a |
RELATED FAMILY:
| Bass station keyboard Mk1:released in 1993. |
| NovationBass station 1 rack: same as Mk1 plus new cv features and memories.
NovationSuper bass station 1 rack: enhanced bass station with sub and new features.
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AUDIO DEMO
| Official Novation demo 1 | | Official Novation demo 2 | | Moog like | | Monophonic solo | | Another solo | | monolead | | high frequency lfo | | bass plastic | | bass 2 | | Sub blow speaker | | sample and hold sequence | | kinda drone | | 8 bits nes | | 8 bis nes II | | aggressive | | bass boring | | bass wet | | old house organ | | 60' organ | | glissando party | | robot talk | | robot talk 2 | | percussion decay | | Ringmodulator | | Slooowwww |
| | bouncy | | wooblez | | torsion 1 | | torsion 2 | | voicez1 | | Duo bass station 1 & 2 | | Duo bass station 1 & 2 | | Duo bass station 1 & 2 | | Duo bass station 1 & 2 | | TEST: all waveforms | | TEST: rectangular width range | | TEST: suboscillator waves | | TEST: noise generator | | TEST: sync oscillators | | TEST: ringmodulation | | TEST: all LFO shapes | | TEST: all filter modes | | TEST: acid filter mode | | TEST: distortion | | TEST: overdrive | | TEST: portamento | | TEST: arpeggiator patterns | | TEST: arpeggiator swing mode | | TEST: external source filtering |
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VIDEO CLIP SELECTION | intro | Playing ALL 70 Presets | Sounds |
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