Reviewed By tommyzai [all]
October 9th, 2013
Version reviewed: 1.3.0 on Mac
TAL BassLine-101 is a silky-smooth re-creation of the vintage Roland SH-101monophonic (one note at a time) analog bass synth with an optional poly-mode feature. TAL has been producing excellent quality no cost or low-cost plugins for many, many years, and they are always of the highest quality. BassLine-101 is no exception. This synth is authentic, elegantly designed, and easy to use. The sound is raw with great filters. The default startup patch shows-off the analog filter with plenty of crunch, growl, and buzz. The sub basses are capable of producing lows that go deep, beyond my MacBook's speaker range. There's a lot of power under the hood of the TAL BassLine-101. The crisp, clean GUI is nicely arranged. Just like its hardware counterpart, all of the sound is generated from within — no samples are used. The unit comes with lots of factory presets, which are easily selected and managed from the selector that is top center. The presets are very usable, but programming your own sounds will be irresistible. It has a built-in arpeggiator and step sequencer that makes auditioning easy. Not surprisingly, one of BassLine's biggest strengths is its ability to generate 303 style lead bass lines. BassLine is a natural fit for dance tracks creation; yet, it lends itself to any genre of music that moves and shakes! It's also capable of drums, percussion, and haunting atmospherics.
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TAL BassLine-101 is inspiring and fun for making music. It's suitable for any e-musician, producer, sound designer, DJ, etc., who digs rhythmic bass lines and all the other goodies this plugin can produce. Best of all — the price. It should sell for much more, but thankfully, it doesn't :-). Tommy Zai gives BassLine-101 two pulsating thumbs up. Thank you TAL for creating an awesome audio plugin.
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I have read many online comments comparing TAL BassLine-101 to D-16 Group's LUSH and arguments over which is better. IMO, they are both unique and worth putting on your wish list. Two great developers; two great plugins.
Read ReviewReviewed By nonewwavenofun [all]
August 23rd, 2020
Version reviewed: 1 on Windows
Great if you want to put a bass sound together with a minimal amount of hassle. I wish the arpeggiator did more than just octaves but you can always stick an arpeggiator VST before it anyway.
Read ReviewI've never been sold on a VST synth after playing the very first preset................until now.
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TAL just changed the game with this synth. It's ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!!!!!! Hands down the best SH-101 Emulator. Low CPU usage and extremely high sound quality make this better than LUSH 101. GET THIS SYNTH ASAP!!!!!.
This is one of those plugins that lets you fall in love with basic synthesis all over again.
What about a linux version??
Please, I'd like one also :)
It works well with Wine, in the meanwhile...
Well now we have Bitwig, Renoise and other native hosts on Linux (probably more to come). It seems that the synth is written using Juce so basically it should be easy to build it for Linux. I think that right now there are a lot of people which would use it (and buy it like me).
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There's a brand new and exclusive soundbank 'Inside The 101' containing over 200 presets for TAL-Bassline-101 on Sounds For Synth. Link to the soundset: http://soundsforsynth.com/home/84-inside-the-101.html.
Audio demos: http://soundcloud.com/kimik/sets/kimik-tal-bassline-101/.
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