Novation BassStation
05May09
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Filed under: Keyboard Synthesizers, Synthesizers, User Reviews
This is a demo of the Novation BassStation – a small monophonic analog synthesizer from 1994 that was available in both keyboard and rack-mount versions.
The keyboard version can be battery powered, which turns it into a great portable synth. Both versions are capable of classic analog sounds, especially for churning out synth bass.
If you’ve used the Novation BassStation, leave a comment with your thoughts.
Features:
- Full size, 25 note keyboard. (Keyboard version)
- Pitch bend and Modulation Wheels. (Keyboard version)
- 2 oscillators
- 12/24 dB/oct Low pass filter
- 2 envelopes generators
- Portamento and Auto-glide
- Patch memory
Resources:
- Novation has released a software synth version of the BassStation
- Novation BassStation at Algonet
- Video via supermarketsurvivor
- SOS review of the BassStation
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I've had the keyboard version for a while now…
When released it was implied that it was fully analog.
But since my friend lent me his Minimoog it sounds awful thin and wimpy!
I think I only like real VCOs now!
The Bass Station is a 100% analog synth. Thin and wimpy ?
Ok maybe next to a Minimoog it dont seem so good, but lets face it the price difference is huge!
I first tried one in the 90s but didnt buy one because I wanted something polyphonic.
I got a Nord Lead instead.
I finaly bought one last year for 85 pounds from a guy who had just bought a Moog Voyager.
I think it colud be the best deal I have got yet on a synth.
It is a true analog synth and makes great analog sounds. It sounds so good, exactly like a real synth should.