Triggersoniq - Bad AsStation

Originally launched in 1993, Bass Station's roaring oscillators and glowing analogue signal path defined numberless dance and electronic hits. With the help of advance sampling technology, the iconic sound of the modern classic is
now ready as a Kontakt instrument.

Modern Classic Redefined

The Triggersoniq team has recreated the TB-303 influenced portable bass synthesizer. Painstakingly modeled over a three-month period, capturing the behavior of the original hardware; from the filter frequency range, to the pulsating LFO effect. The original unit used a pair of digitally controlled analogue oscillators (DCOs) with pulse, square and sawtooth waveforms, plus an LFO with random, triangle and sawtooth waveforms which replicated the sound of a monophonic twin- oscillator analogue synth. According to wikipedia, there are some famous users including William Ørbit, Massive Attack, Orbital, Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead and Underworld.

The highly tweakable little monster can create a wide range of sound, from deep fat bass, screeching leads to special effect. The mix of refined original and stunning fresh sounds create the warmth and resonance which is absent in today's digital synths.

Bad AsStation features:

• Create authentic analogue bass sound powered by 12 Round Robin samples working behind the twin oscillators.
• Create extreme lead sound with attitude, modulate synth audio signal just like the original hardware.
• Create special effect, wobble bass sound with the extended modulations like LFO and Envelope Generator.
• Spice up your tracks and mixes with some classic synthesizer tone and warmth.
• Process and create unlimited synth sound with dedicated "Chorus Tape Echo" Multi Effect unit (TRE-501).
• Start producing your own track with the 100 factory sound presets, or you can easily create your own sound sets.

Sampling:

• 24-bit 96kHz.
• 6 times Round Robin on each waveform oscillator.
• Sampled through Neve grade preamp.
• Sample length 12 sec. (Each Note).
• All samples perfectly looped.
• 61 key mapping • Total 1464 samples.
• Size: 6.09 GB (3.56GB compressed rar file for download).

Synth Engine Design:

• 2 Oscillators with selectable waveforms (Saw, Square, Pulse).
• Tune + Fine Tune + Octave switch on Oscillator 2.
• 12 & 24 dB/oct filter (like the original).
• 1 LFO (Selectable waveform: Sine, triangle, Pulse, Ramp Up, Ramp Down, Random) for Oscillator Pitch and Filter.
• 2 Envelopes (Filter & Amp).
• Portamento.
• All synth functions including selectable Oscillator modulations and filter envelope faithfully recreated.
• Filters and LFO rate carefully modeled according to the original unit.
• Dedicated filter envelop section.
• More than original – extra LFO waveform including pulse, ramp up & down, random, etc.
• Extra keyboard track switch.
• Individual level knobs for both oscillators.
• Custom User friendly GUI.
• 100 preset patches originally designed by Triggersoniq Master James Ting.
• Additional effect unit included: Chorus Tape Echo (TRE-501)
  • ■ Chorus.
  • ■ 6 tape presets.
  • ■ Echo.
  • ■ Reverb.
  • ■ Tone (Bass + Treble).
  • ■ Sat (Saturation).

Walkthrough: {See video at top of page}

SoundCloud Demo: SoundCloud.com/loopsample-com/badasstation-demo-by-james-ting

System Requirements:

• Kontakt 5 (Full version).
• Mac OS X 10.8, 10.9 or 10.10 (latest update), Intel Core 2 Duo.
• Windows 7 or Windows 8 (latest Service Pack, 32/64-bit), Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2.
• 4 GB RAM.
• 8 GB hard disc space.