Description

Equally at home on stage and in the studio, Bass Station II is a classic analogue synthesiser that can sound as warm and mellow or aggressive and hard as you want it to. Modulate the filter to make it sing, crank the distortion to toughen up that bass, and push the resonance to self-oscillation to get those lead lines screaming.

 

Featuring two tuneable oscillators, plus a sub-oscillator for enhancing the all-important low end, as well as noise and ring modulation, Bass Station II more than delivers when it comes to generating raw tones. It’s also got two distinct analogue filter types – the Classic multi-mode filter of the original Bass Station and the 24dB/octave Acid filter, with its darker, smoother sound – plus plenty of modulation in the shape of two LFOs and a pair of ADSR envelopes.

Key Features

• Create a huge variety of sounds — two tuneable, syncable analogue oscillators with a selection of four waveforms, plus sub-oscillator, noise and ring modulation
• Classic analogue filter — switch between low-, high – and band-pass modes with 12 and 24dB/octave slopes – with an aggressive overdrive
• Get instant inspiration — record notes, ties, rests and rhythms in real time using the step sequencer and arpeggiator, then store them for use with any patch.
• Flexible modulation — triangle, sawtooth and square LFO waveforms, as well as sample and hold and two ADSR envelopes

Much more than bass

This synth can sound as mellow or aggressive as you want. Seek out sweet spots with the filter mod to make it sing. Crank the distortion and it will growl with pent up anger. Push the resonance to self oscillation to create shrieking leads. Bass Station II can sound however you feel.

Easy controls for complex design

We put as many controls as possible onto Bass Station II, so you can totally lose yourself in discovering and creating new sounds. Of course, we also laid out all those controls in the clearest and most useful way, to keep sound design as straightforward and fun as possible.

Editor’s Choice Award

Electronic Musician

15 of the Best Affordable Hardware Synths

MusicRadar

Keybuy Award

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Save and load patches

We loaded Bass Station II with 64 diverse patches that showcase its huge sonic variation. We also left 64 slots free, so you can easily save and load your own patches on the unit, or in the free librarian software.

Instant inspiration

Bass Station II’s pattern-based arpeggiator and step sequencer are a fun and immediate way to find new inspiration. The sequencer lets you record your own notes, ties, rests and rhythms in real time, then store them, recall them and use them with any patch you like. Easily and automatically sync them to your music software or hardware setup, or even add swing to get your groove going.

Connect to just about anything

Bass Station II is fully class compliant, so you can plug into anything via USB and start playing. It also has MIDI I/O on 5 pin din ports, so you can connect your other MIDI gear. You can even connect an external instrument and run it through Bass Station II’s analogue filter and effects.

Overview

• 25 note synth-action keyboard
• Aftertouch can be assigned to modulate filter frequency, LFO 1 to Osc pitch, Osc 2 speed
• Pitch wheel
• Modulation wheel can be assigned to LFO 2 to filter frequency, LFO 1 to Osc pitch, Osc 2 pitch
• Octave up/ down buttons
• 64 factory presets
• 64 slots for user patches (and patch dump facility for storing more)
• Master volume dial

Dimensions

Length                      457mm
Depth                        273mm
Height                       76mm

Software compatibility

• Mac OS 10.12 Sierra
• Mac OSX 10.11
• Mac OSX 10.10
• Mac OSX 10.9
• Windows 10
• Windows 8

Power requirements

• USB bus powered
• 9V DC power supply included
• Maximum power consumption 9V DC 300mA

Inputs and outputs

• USB 2 socket for MIDI (for connecting & powering Bass Station II via host computer)
• Mono output on 1/4″ TRS jack
• Headphone output on 1/4″ TRS jack
• External input on 1/4″ TRS jack
• Sustain pedal input on 1/4″ TS jack
• MIDI IN / MIDI OUT ports on 5 pin din
• DC power input
• Switch between power off / DC powered / bus powered