Leer mij donderdag: virtuele versie van het novation Bass Station

You have undoubtedly heard that Novation partnered with analogue-modelling pioneers GForce Software to create the definitive virtual version of the Bass Station. GForce Bass Station is included for free with Novation Launchkey MK4, SL MkIII, and FLkey MIDI keyboard controllers, and can be purchased directly from GForce. But do you know about the rich history of the Bass Station?

Released in 1993, the original Bass Station synthesiser was the second piece of hardware ever created by Novation and it's now hailed as one of the most important in the company’s history. The success of Bass Station resulted in a demand for more, leading to the release of Bass Station Rack in 1994. This was much more than just a key-less version of Bass Station and featured several huge improvements. The next addition to the range, Super Bass Station, featured a sub oscillator that greatly expanded its sonic palette. A ring modulator and a white noise generator further increased Bass Station’s sound design abilities.

Now a classic in its own right, the latest addition to the Bass Station family has all of these famous qualities distilled into one feature-packed unit. Bass Station II is a fully analogue monosynth with digital control for instant patch storage and recall. In 2019, Novation released the Bass Station II Firmware v4.14 update, the headline feature of which came about through a direct collaboration with electronic music legend Richard James, aka Aphex Twin.

Het resultaat was de AFX Mode, waarmee elke Bass Station II patch toets voor toets kon worden aangepast om subtiele veranderingen op en neer het keyboard te introduceren, het keyboard in meerdere zones te verdelen die elk hun eigen geluid spelen, of hele drumkits te creëren in één enkele preset. AFX Mode, een echt inspirerend systeem, opende Bass Station II voor een hele nieuwe wereld van geluidsontwerp en uitvoeringsmogelijkheden.

De Bass Station-reeks is in veel populaire producties gebruikt door artiesten als Massive Attack, Orbital, Everything Everything, Josh Wink, Nine Inch Nails, Super Furry Animals, Underworld, Apollo 440, RZA (Wu Tang Clan), Radiohead, Jimi Tenor, Laurent Garnier en Sneaker Pimps om er maar een paar te noemen. Voeg het klassieke Bass Station-geluid toe aan je productie, hetzij met de hardware Bass Station II of de plugin-versie die wordt meegeleverd met je Launchkey MK4, SL MKIII of FLKey-controller.