Novation Bass station II (2013)
Analog Synthesizer

Analog monophonic synthesizer made in UK.

A Reboot from previous model Bass Station Mk1 from 1993 with new design and modern features.

KEYBOARD 25 velocity keys with aftertouch. Main panel features a simple 3-segments display, 13 buttons, 24 knobs, 11 switches and 4 sliders. On the left side 2 wheels for pitch and modulation.

Back panel terminal connectors:
- headphones
- mono line out
- line input
- Midi interface
- USB interface.

Power supply external PSU 9V DC, 500 mA power supply +) ordirecly by USB.

 

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
	polynominal.com	FREE! 15 mb4 bass patches for KONTAKT		n/a

 

RELATED FAMILY:

	Bass station keyboard Mk1:released in 1993.
	Novation Bass station 1 rack: same as Mk1 plus new cv features and memories. Novation Super bass station 1 rack: enhanced bass station with sub and new features.

 

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

 

 

VIDEO CLIP SELECTION intro Playing ALL 70 Presets Sounds

 

 

Novation BASS station 2 MANUAL

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