@@prodby_luffuate I'm always here. One of my favourite channels.
@thomasheys9024 жыл бұрын
Hello there!
@davidmay2682 жыл бұрын
Fun story. We used to play live with a superbassstation. During one performance the bass kept disappearing each time there was a big bass hit. Eventually we worked out it was the bass vibrating the cutoff knob, which was set to zero and overriding the preset value. So yes, all the bassstations have wobbly knobs
@AudioPilz2 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's REALLY wobbly😂😂😂
@diveanddrown4988 Жыл бұрын
Strange... Mine doesn't have wobbly knobs at all and I've never encountered such problems when performing live...
@foxholeartist4 жыл бұрын
Novation has a secret weapon that makes it impossible to criticize them. Chris Calcutt is a blessing to synth community
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Freaking legend!
@spaceranger1454 жыл бұрын
DCOs are totally analogue, I mean my grandmother has a pace maker but I'd still say she's more human than robot.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
That's the greatest metaphor I've heard for a long time
@scoreeclectic4 жыл бұрын
Strike! I think with this statement we can end this issue forever!
@BoomBubbleBustRepeat4 жыл бұрын
Next up on Badgear... The Pace maker!!
@ropeburn66844 жыл бұрын
So that is why another DCO synth by Waldorf is called Pulse.
@citruesilver4 жыл бұрын
Hilarious but oh so true
@eightcoins44014 жыл бұрын
I dont think I ever said it before, but its so refreshing to see the set up recordings without some fake shit in frame....unlike how it tends to happen on all those channels where you wonder if theyre influences. And table that isnt spotlesslly clean with no wear which shows its actually being used outside of being a recording backdrop
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Happy to hear that! Thanks!
@ChrisSmout4 жыл бұрын
I've got a beer, it's the weekend and there's a new Bad Gear video: what a great combination! I kept missing these when they used to go for £80-£100 in London a few years ago for the keyboard version. Definitely worth having if you don't have other monosynths.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Those synths were bloody cheap a few years back
@thomaslthomas15064 жыл бұрын
G&T but hell yes!
@KlaraKopf4 жыл бұрын
Cheers, Chris! I somehow knew we both would met here. Greetz!
@ChrisSmout4 жыл бұрын
@Slater Slater aw man what a steal!
@ChrisSmout4 жыл бұрын
@@KlaraKopf prost!
@ldtregent3 жыл бұрын
I bought a Novation Bass Station when the came out. There were no real new analog (vco or dco) alternatives at the time. It has been used live many times and literally traveled around the world twice with me since and it still works perfectly. Several of the patches are the same ones I programmed into it when I first got it. I bought a Bass Station 2 several years ago and the knobs are already falling off. It has never traveled anywhere except from from the store to my studio. No screen? I grew up on ARPs, MiniMoogs and MicroMoogs. No screen needed. :)
@AudioPilz3 жыл бұрын
True, we are spoiled nowadays
@kaarefestvog65404 жыл бұрын
Cursed VHS cassette. I fell off my chair.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
It's haunting me!
@archaicmelody81193 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz Me too and I don't even have one.
@eternalgoldenvoid69882 жыл бұрын
I had the rack and the keyboard for decades. Nothing but love for both.
@AudioPilz2 жыл бұрын
It's a classic
@robert__4 жыл бұрын
The quality of these videos is second to none. You're doing an amazing job on them, you nail it every time. I love this series!
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Very happy to hear that!
@agentvx83204 жыл бұрын
Oh sweet, another episode of my favourite KZbin show, "Really Not Actually All That Bad Gear". ;)
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
What's bad after all?😅
@therealb3yond4 жыл бұрын
I think the bass-station realy shines when you use external audio (pads,vocals) and you can control the filter with midi-notes so you get realy funky stepped filterchanges aaaaaand if you turn up filter 24db selfoscilate and use it for sinewave basses it generates the most deep subbasses
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
The filter input is a nice feature, indeed
@SisterRose4 жыл бұрын
I felt like I was back in the 90s playing Wipeout when you turned on the distortion
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
LOVE Wipeout
@theshadowsea55564 жыл бұрын
Man, that was/is a great game and the soundtracks were great.
@Black_Agent_Seattle4 жыл бұрын
Novation's problem was marketing this as 303 clone, which it isn't. It's just a standard two Osc mono synth. Way more like the 101 than the 303. It also has plenty of bass, no doubt. And yes, DCOs ARE analog, they're just under digital control. Their output is 100% analog.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
The WaspStation;)
@dfreeman1202 жыл бұрын
Thx for clearing that up
@KreapOfficial2 жыл бұрын
They never marketed this as a 303 clone. there was a preset on it that was setup to act like a 303 but that’s about it. The magazines took to that far too literally. I got mine the day it came off the ship here and it’s still working and I use it for some things.
@Michael_Smith-Red_No.54 жыл бұрын
My first analog synth was a Bass Station keyboard. I traded an Ensoniq EPS for it. It was '96, filter-sweeps were still a thing. Much, much later, I bought another one, and still love it. Even more than the first one. I like the filter.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
C'mon, filter sweeps are still a thing ;)
@Michael_Smith-Red_No.54 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz Yes, they are :)
@AveragePicker3 жыл бұрын
LOL Your "rack" at 2:35! I had nearly that same "rack" in the early 90s. A bandmate was complaining that we needed to purchase a rack to hold the accumulation of rack gear. I stacked them up, wrapped duct tape around them and said, "there you go, a rack."
@AudioPilz3 жыл бұрын
...that's how you get racks ;)
@the_end001014 жыл бұрын
the Bass Station 2 is an incredible synth that will make the thunder come from the subs. It definitely brings the bass!
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Never tried the 2. Looks nice
@DeliriumElectric3 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz it gets a thumbs up from me
@lesterfalcon13502 жыл бұрын
Owned a Bass Station in 93' and the rack in 94' long with the Drumstation either that same year or one after. None came with wobbly knobs. I now only have the Bass Station 2, and it is indeed a mightier beast than it's predecessor. Really ticked all the boxes that may have been crossed off before, great response from Novation.
@bouncytrapbeats4 жыл бұрын
Just gonna put it out there... I'd like to see some hated plugins on this channel.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
What would be your plug of (not) choice?
@laev25164 жыл бұрын
AudioPilz nexus
@rejectedsynths4 жыл бұрын
Look no further than Delay Lama VST, the script to this episode (includung all the half assed jokes) is basically going to write itself 👍
@joshuam84064 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz please do D-Verb
@bmhater12834 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz V-Koder
@jeremyjohnson76764 жыл бұрын
The best sounding and most used Distortion for the 303 is the ProCo RAT.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
That's most probably true. I have to get one
@tehrobotjesus4 жыл бұрын
MXR Distortion+ is up there too
@pauloquist61504 жыл бұрын
DS-1 is most common but Rat is #2 and arguably better.
@thedoublek48163 жыл бұрын
Blues Driver, anyone?
@nicolasdranehc84183 жыл бұрын
@@thedoublek4816 tb+bd1 , i do.
@AngrocSound4 жыл бұрын
As a proud owner of a Bass Station Rack, and who is actively looking for more of them to put in my rack, I am a bit flabbergasted seeing it in this series. Naturally, it's no TB303 emulation, but if you don't have it with that mindset, I think it's one of the silkiest monosynths out there. Also, I think the form factor is excellent, great if you have narrow studio space that relies on racking gear. And... I find myself confused when people say it can't do bass. It's mostly what I use it for. But again, I guess it depends on the kind of things you are looking for here. I guess next you will feature the Andromeda A6 and I will realize that I just have bad taste in gear. :P
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
The "lack of bass" - comments surprised me as well
@anthonybrett4 жыл бұрын
The channels a bit "tongue in cheek" so to speak. I mean he had a DX7 on two weeks ago, one of the greatest synths ever made. ;) I own two bass stations myself, keyboard and rack, they are amazing machines. Every bit of gear has its "cons". This channel just shows those off in a fun way.
@SPAZZOID1004 жыл бұрын
Brett Anthony DX7 was great??? Not with that interface.
@anthonybrett4 жыл бұрын
@@SPAZZOID100 Oh i know it was terrible! But... the sales they amassed don't lie ;) That being said, there are any number of great SYSEX controllers (I use Patchbase on iOS which is amazing)
@gramsey31654 жыл бұрын
Maybe it lacks bass, but it compensates for this with a smooth silky vanilla sound. Much better than a lot of the harsh modern analogue monos, Arturia comes to mind.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
True, it always stays smooth
@KlaraKopf4 жыл бұрын
I agree in full.
@ackerkartoffel86274 жыл бұрын
Maybe as a lead?
@gelatinous69153 жыл бұрын
You would NOT like the BSII then
@sammorgan44513 жыл бұрын
@@gelatinous6915 why? It does both really well.
@andyjackson38914 жыл бұрын
I bought one back when it was released...then sold it...then regretted it. YEARS later, I was gifted one, along with a DrumStation. I LOVE them all over again. A great wee synth for putting another layer on your sounds. Granted, you have to work it, but I really like it, and won't let it go again!
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Why don't I get presents like that?😅
@stereoroid4 жыл бұрын
I have a Novation Xio, and would recommend it for this series. It’s powerful virtual analogue, but that power is hidden behind layers of menus with only a few knobs that have multiple functions. I couldn’t get in to programming it until I set it up in Ctrlr, and found a lot to like (e.g. decent multi-fx, arpeggiator, one-shot LFOs), but I also found the sound quality degrades as your sound gets more complex, like the CPU can’t crunch the numbers quickly enough ...
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Great idea!
@briandale56452 жыл бұрын
If I need to smile and can't I just watch your tube. It work's every time !
@AudioPilz2 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@ItsDoctorAmatic4 жыл бұрын
That Snythwave&Roll-track sounds SO much like a PSX MegaMan X (4-6) track!
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
The vintage console feel is strong in this one
@user-cz3fv4yr6e Жыл бұрын
Totally got one yesterday, so stoked!... It only has 1 wiggleKnob.... I'm super excited about the CV!I forget but theres something special about the CV, volt per octave kinda thing... Also distortion pedals- Outlaw Effects - Widowmaker, Boss Xtortion. Wicked awesome overdrive - Earthquaker devices - Plumes(green and yellow)
@AudioPilz Жыл бұрын
There's a jumper inside the unit for switching CV/Midi direction
@user-cz3fv4yr6e Жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz Thank you for the tip! .......| I only just got this moments ago... The bass station is an outstanding piece. Driving it with the model:samples for example is quite ample.... babample.... Youre doing the good work!
@marcoabyss4 жыл бұрын
NOTIFICATION SQUAD! i'm totally into this synthwave & roll jam.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
A new genre!!!
@DigitalFactor4 жыл бұрын
I bought a Bass Station in the middle of the 90s and use it until today. Now, most time for analog effects during a song. I also use it on stage, but sorry the plastic-body isn't made for it. But the first time I tested it in the store the windows vibrated. It was love at a first side.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, heard in a few times used by live bands. Lotsa bass
@noisetheorem3 жыл бұрын
The Bass Station is like that one tool in your Swiss army knife that you never ever use, except for that one or two times when it was exactly what you needed to open that can of beans and stave off starvation. In that instance, it was absolutely that tool that you needed. Unfortunately, the cans all have pop-tops now making it totally useless.
@AudioPilz3 жыл бұрын
That sums it up nicely!
@GeneralTarik2 жыл бұрын
My semi dyslexic self saw the word “Bass” and the letter “N” in the thumbnail and wondered why your Alesis Nanobass had blue instead of orange knobs. Great vid as usual!
@AudioPilz2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! Lol
@Bod89984 жыл бұрын
Kafka in the background metamorphosis great story
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
I agree. Also liked "The Castle"
@OscillatorCollective2 жыл бұрын
The Bassstation was the first synth I bought as an adult in the early 2000s. I always enjoyed it. I was new to working with synths so I didn’t have a reference to judge it against other than 80s and 70s classic gear I only read about. Once I bought a few other synths I did find myself using the novation less and less, but it always had a special place in my heart. I found the sound to be fine if not overwhelming.
@AudioPilz2 жыл бұрын
Bass Station is a classic and often misunderstood
@noth6062 жыл бұрын
I got to try all manner of old gear in the 90s, but the first one that really clicked for me was the OG keyboard bass station. It was out of my league pricewise, I was broke but I really liked the sound of it.
@quantum.98834 жыл бұрын
2:05, "Novation Bass Station Analog Monophonic Synth TB-303 Moog"
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Obviously a natural-born salesman
@elekktrikk_home_video4 жыл бұрын
I feel you :) Had one of these since 1995 or so. Filled the memory up to slot 99 and that was it. Finally I found out about the quantization of the CV-in (what? no quarter tones?), sold it, together with all other 19” stuff (such as mb33, ms-404). Such a relief. So much happier with xoxbox and monologue. Great episode! Thanks a bunch!
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@seanwolfe51614 жыл бұрын
I had an original Bass Station. I kinda wish I didn't get rid of mine. It was a great little keyboard, can be battery-powered, and was immediately programmable. I used to use it a lot in this Indie-Rock improv band (hey it was Chicago in the mid 90's). The guitarist/bass player used to have a joke about the keyboard, based on a famous Star Wars quote (we were also nerds). "That's no Moog... It's a Bass Station!"
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
It's a cool "band"-synth. Alex Ball quoted that, erm, quote somewhere in the comments
@seanwolfe51614 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz DOH! He beat me to it! But like I said, it was the 90's man...
@snarfusmaximus3 жыл бұрын
I have the keyboard version. My only real criticism of the synth is having one set of knobs for multiple functions, such as the envelope generator for setting both the filter and volume envelopes. I suppose panel real estate was a bit short so I'm probably nitpicking.
@AudioPilz3 жыл бұрын
That confused me, as well
@HenryCullenDaveTheDrummer4 жыл бұрын
They were alright. Just sucked at being a 303 clone, but they were good for lot's of other things. Fiddly though.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Let's call it the LeadStation;)
@davesklar4204 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!
@klaassiersma48923 жыл бұрын
I'v got the keyboard one from new, and it's a keeper, it was the only analog mono synth you could get at the time so it was a no brainer plus you can use it for more than bass alone. I have got the bass station 2 too and the ultra nova i realy love the things.
@AudioPilz3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it indeed was a pioneering product
@vinyljunkie074 жыл бұрын
It's worth mentioning they all sound different. The BS keyboard sounds different to the rack, the 2 is superb but lacks the weirdness of the originals and the Super Bass Station wants to sound like 101 all the time. The Bass Station's biggest down fall wasn't so much with the product but rather the marketing which pitched it as some kind of 303 emulator, which it wasn't. The design had nothing to do with the 303 and was actually based on the EDP wasp albeit whilst it annoyed people on the internet I don't think this hurt sales as they sold an absolute shed load and with the success they were able to fund the their virtual analogue technology used later. My biggest complain with the old Bass Station line (2 not included) was not it's DCO's but rather the software control which limited a lot of old analogue/digital hybrid synths at the time and not just the BS. The Bass Station has software generated envelopes which are slow and sound kinda shitty. These were improved a little on the rack and then the super bass station. If your BS keyboard is lacking low end it could be dry joints on the output capacitor or just a crappy capacitor which will make it sound like a HPF has been put on the output
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, back then there was no internet to complain about the marketing😅
@paraworldblue3 жыл бұрын
I've never tried an original BS1, so I don't know the weirdness you're talking about, but I recently got a BS2 and it has almost more weirdness than I know what to do with! That said, I think most of the weirdness came from the recent firmware update (designed with input from Aphex Twin) which, among other things, lets you put a different patch on every key, which allows you to use it as a VERY weird drum machine.
@marksparrows2 жыл бұрын
In fact I sold my super bass station because of the lack of bass... I should have checked the caps first... Oh well 😅 it had sloppy midi timing as well though, despite replacing the firmware EEPROM
@marksparrows2 жыл бұрын
When I closed the filter the sound disappeared 😔
@TheAnthraxBiology4 жыл бұрын
Although the plugin doesn't integrate very well with Ableton, the sounds I get out of it are fantastic. It makes for a very strong low end with the filter turned down and brilliant leads higher up. I would recommend the plugin to everyone.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Haven't used it for ages
@23jackleeder4 жыл бұрын
A naked 303 without any overdrive or delay is well er... cute I suppose. I believe it found redemption in acid after being hated on by a lot by people. Fiddly sequencer, plastic body and being so old it's probably quite cheap by now. Could do an episode?
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Heard about that one ;)
@23jackleeder4 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz Have you heard about: "Widara Distant Voices Theremin". I don't own one yet but it's on my radar. Could it be decent? Or could it be some sort of deadly mutation of the "dubreq stylophone beatbox" in a new theremin form?
@cornoc4 жыл бұрын
dunno about cheap, i see them going for 3000-4000$ on ebay (mindblowing since i feel like i saw em for under 1000$ a little over a decade ago)
@mybriefcase25854 жыл бұрын
Woah, I've struck KZbin gold this morning! Brilliant channel!
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, stick around!
@ozd18034 жыл бұрын
Although I'm a pretty big novation fan I still do agree with most of the stuff that you said, but I still do use it quite often.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
I think it comes down to a matter of taste
@RichieWitch4 жыл бұрын
I completely understand your sentiment. I have a BassStation Rack that I've owned for about five years, and although it sounds out-dated and one-dimensional, I just can't bring myself to part with it. It's now a patched into my Eurorack modular as an additional oscillator and a MIDI-to-CV converter. BTW, I contacted Novation about the loose knobs and they sent me replacement potentiometers that fixed that issue (if you're handy with a soldering iron and don't mind cracking the case open). Ultimately, I purchased a Hypersynth Xenophone to take on the analog monosynth duties in my studio--love the sound of that thing!
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
I have to get new knobs!
@raspberry1440kb4 жыл бұрын
DCOs are just VCOs with a digital parameter controlling the voltage.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
You know, I know,... ;)
@aikighost4 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz Yes but does gearslutz know? :)
@thepauloapo4 жыл бұрын
Sure they're both analog, but do they sound the same?
@raspberry1440kb4 жыл бұрын
@@thepauloapo When left at static positions yes
@ropeburn66844 жыл бұрын
@@thepauloapo DCOs are generally more precise. Some say that's good, others say it's somehow a bad thing. However, things like analogue FM work much better with DCOs because of the precision.
@klaassiersma48924 жыл бұрын
I have the keyboard version of the bass station 1, its a real early one wich i own from new it was the first analog synth in a long time, and i like it.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
That one's a keeper!
@EmergingPatterns4 жыл бұрын
We need a bad gear about qy serie stuff. I have... mixed feelings about them
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
As I said, I would have to take half a year off to make an episode about them
@EmergingPatterns4 жыл бұрын
AudioPilz ahahahah I did two track with my qy70, released them and said « come on ! Are you gonna spend your life on it! » now I use it as an expander sequenced with my digitakt
@doordedeur4 жыл бұрын
I had a QY10 for a while. I couldn't find out what to do with it. I managed to sell it with a profit. Even worse than the QY10 is the Korg PSS60. In its time it was a promising box with auto accompaniment, PCM drums and FM sounds. But the software was like beta version 0.1. It had so many foults that it was practically useless. Could there be anything worse than a Korg PSS60? What about the Philips PMC100 Music Composer. You have to be masochistic trying to get any music out of that thing. It's very hard to understand and operate and the membrane keys aren't playable at all.
@BenColemanUK4 жыл бұрын
I was looking at some of the QYs recently to use as some sort of MIDI song recorder. I quickly regained my sanity
@EmergingPatterns4 жыл бұрын
To be fair, tricky did the core of his LP maxinquaye on a qy22. Facts
@theaylesburycyclist87563 жыл бұрын
Decent bit of kit.!!! I've still got mine somewhere. Haven't used it since about 2001. Watching this, makes me want to dig it out...🤗
@AudioPilz3 жыл бұрын
A lot of fun can be had with this one!
@holdnent4 жыл бұрын
Hey, do kaossilator and kaoss pad (small ones) and poly 800
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Yeah! Kaossilator Pro and Poly800 are hard to find, unfortunately
@s.fleming24414 жыл бұрын
KP3 i have a major love hate relationship, actually all of them.. they add rediculous noise to signal chains and have stupid RCA outs. but are also super fun. In my early 20s I spent years chaining various Kaos products together. And they were awsome until I moved into learning to record. I think they are nice when used sparingly. ...yes do these!
@raistaparta4 жыл бұрын
AudioPilz you mean Poly 800 are hard to find... for what they’re really worth!
@holdnent4 жыл бұрын
@@raistaparta really ?. i had poly 800 mk 1 poly 800 mk 2 and poly 61 before. they are sucks. i get rid of it
@holdnent4 жыл бұрын
@@s.fleming2441 yes i have kp3+ and i used with my mixers fx send return. i think its really useful. i ment small ones. kp2 maybe i dunno
@TheBelse3 жыл бұрын
I also spat out the cones on a pair monitor speakers ...what a day ...it was bass that blew the cones out ..ironically. ..hanging by the springs.
@AudioPilz3 жыл бұрын
Haven't killed any speakers for a long time ;)
@OrionRahl4 жыл бұрын
This puts out more bass than my TD-3 does. I don't care much for the filter, though.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
I agree
@onkelberra31664 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz tweak the pots then.
@aciderrant29833 жыл бұрын
I once repaired one bass station and I repaired a lot of TB303. Bass station is a bass synthesizer and TB303 is also a bass synthesizer. Electronically they are very different and it's been 20 years that it's ridiculous to compare them. I consider BS it more like a kind of WASP oriented bass with midi and better DCO. I think it's like comparing it with a minimoog. I have a pro one we can also do with sounds like the TB303, but as a bass station it's not the same thing. Anyway the SLIDE function which is a particularity of the TB303 that is not present on other synthesizers and even the accent that is not just a simple velocity parameter but simultaneously modifies the filter envelope. We could compare any analog synthesizer capable of doing bass and which has a VCF with TB303, but it wouldn't be serious. And also the interest of the TB303 is to be able to quickly make cool patterns in 6 steps, 4 steps, 5 steps, etc, with slide accent and not to use an external sequencer via midi. But there is a flaw, you have to stop between groups of patterns. I will even add lastly that if we cut the output of the VCO going to the input of the VCF of the TB303, and that we solder the electrical wire to route the VCO to the input of the VCA, we realize that the oscillator of the TB303 has a sound signature of its own. But you have to try to hear it.^^ And also TB303 suffers from a characteristic sound defect, the click of the VCA. It's always funny these comparative videos with TB303 when you're a bit interested in the circuit and the charactéristics , we know it's a joke..
@AudioPilz3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the clarification and please excuse the clickbaity title ;)
@aciderrant29833 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz I really like your videos. But i can be wrong because i understand spoken English less well than written English. I just wanted to say that bass station can do a lot more than TB303, but it doesn't imitate it very well like many synthesizers. On some patterns it's possible to make a 303 style, but that's all. I know people who bought it to make acid music, they quickly gave up this idea and sold it. Bass station is not expensive and if it has bug, it's very difficult to repair it because the shematics were not shared and novation refuses to do it . It was the keyboard version that i had repaired the sound was good but the manufacturing quality is close to a children's keyboard, plastic bontempi. Much worse than the legendary plastic TB303. Ah, ah. When i see the prices on ebay it's even more funny that TB303 has exorbitant prices, bass station should not cost more than 100€...
@kristianTV19744 жыл бұрын
Managed to completely forget about the QY10 for at least 25 years now..
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Sorry for bringing that up😢
@marcelofp754 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz qy10 for another episode
@aksen3034 жыл бұрын
bought the bass station keyboard and drumstation back in the 90s brand new when released. the wobbly knobs thing was on BOTH of them fresh outta the factory. bought a second hand BS keyboard a few years ago, purely for the nostalgia. treat it as it's own thing and not a 303 clone, and it's...perfectly fine.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
It seems like there were units with proper knobs (as some wrote in the comments) - that's unfair😅
@aksen3034 жыл бұрын
ok, now i'm just retroactively angry for 19 year old me...
@Catonator4 жыл бұрын
I have to say, I was slightly baffled by the title. The Bass Station rules! It's got the same kind of sound as the Nord Lead, but without the annoying metallic filter. I think the BS2 does a better job at delivering the sub, though. It's still a super neat little racksynth. Also as an owner of a QY10, if you ever end up learning how to operate it, please tell me too. The drum sounds on that are great, but so far it's only been a source of samples for my sampler.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
QY10 is a neverending story for me;) I was surprised by all the comments saying it's got no bass
@Gainn4 жыл бұрын
The QY10 is clunky, but it had some good ideas. I like the 70 though. Pair it up with a KS Pro or preferably a Novation SL mk3 and you have something that doesn't sound out of place today. Hmm.. I know what my first video in a fucking age will be now.. QY x SL..
@2112jonr4 жыл бұрын
Agreed, the BS2 is definitely better for sub bass, but the BS rack isn't lacking. That said, I've got a BS rack, but it's the BSII I usually turn to. Odd with the knobs being loose though, I picked mine up used and all of them are rock solid even though the case says it has been through a war or two. The build quality is pretty industrial.
@quiltclips2 жыл бұрын
I went for the "Betamax" of the 303 clone world , the Control Synthesis "Deep Bass Nine" a British 19' rackmount analog mono synth, that had build issues ,a built in timing lag ,and hard to turn, not very tweakable ,rubber knobs, that gave you fingers like a potato picker at Christmas. To be fair though it had a decent filter and a handy audio input. Ultimatley though it bombed.
@AudioPilz2 жыл бұрын
I've seen these on the web - they look super interesting!
@ringtangting4 жыл бұрын
I'll give you this one, but don't touch the keyboard version! The BS1 was my first synth, still use it quite a lot. Got it for 125,- It's super simple and it's my friend.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Won't mess with your friends, then...;)
@extralifedisco4 жыл бұрын
Those little rackmount synths are an ergonomic disaster, but they sound great! I've never had a BS1, but I think the Bass Station 2 is probably my favorite monosynth of all time. The sounds are huge and the user interface is perfect, with full-size keys, aftertouch, nice mod/pitch wheels, and well-spaced knobs and faders. It even has an "original value" led. The filter is perhaps the weak point, as I have never once used the "acid" mode on the filter (it sounds nothing at all like a 303!). However I think it does do moog, cs-15, and dx-100 sounds with style and ease.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Some sounds reminded me of the DX range, too
@decaystar4 жыл бұрын
There is a small easter-egg hidden in this, which many don’t think about. Besides a different kind of 303, then you also get a CV/Gate converter ;)
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
True, but one of the CV/Gate jacks of mine is broken, unfortunately
@decaystar4 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz ahh I see that should be a easy job, if you know how to desolder and solder :)
@lolatu44022 жыл бұрын
That was its best feature and the one I used the most. Had it hooked up to a moog keyboard
@odinmp54 жыл бұрын
I had one of this when it came out. In the era of the rompler this thing was fresh air... Sometimes i miss it.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
So many alternatives around these days
@wooki3214 жыл бұрын
makes sense to use a metal zone in an episode of „bad gear“
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
There's the iconic "Metal Zone for everything but metal in stereo"-episode. Doesn't sound so bad;)
@Skootavision4 жыл бұрын
No I still love it😂. And I think these DCO's are just digitally clocked analogue oscillators - so analogue, but no tuning issues.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
You know, I know,... ;)
@Skootavision4 жыл бұрын
I know ;)
@crunchyfrog5554 жыл бұрын
I have a QY-10 too. I used it for years as a general portable notepad for ideas. About 12 years or so ago I ended up buying a QY300 going dirt cheap, and surprisingly I still use it regularly as a kind of general sequencer (as I tend to shy away from using DAWs). As for the BassStation I never bothered with one but I do have a Novation XioSynth. The sounds are OK-ish, but the interface is absolutely the worst I've ever used. The screen is unreadable and the idiotic printing is dark on a dark background. It would be night on impossible to tweak this live unless you knew it inside out. That's probably worht having a look at some time - see if you agree about how utterly dreadful it is to use.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
The xio is on the list
@crunchyfrog5554 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz Oh why am I not surpised? I'd like to say "great minds think alike" and all that, but I'm as dumb as a bag of hammers. I look forward to seeing that one - keep up the great content.
@oracle-00183 жыл бұрын
Just my two cents The tb303 is the bad gear it was supposed to emulate a real bass guitar! I like your show it is informative!
@AudioPilz3 жыл бұрын
True that! Thanks!
@christianvandalstrom83374 жыл бұрын
I like the bass station 1, but not for bass sounds.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
The LeadStation ;)
@jnorten4 жыл бұрын
Bass Station 2 is the best Mono bargain out there, super flexible and great sound. Way better than the OG BS. I owned an OG BS back in the day, as mentioned, was pretty revolutionary. New Analog synths, especially with CV, were totally uncommon back then.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Total pioneer back then
@JorimvanHove4 жыл бұрын
Owned an A-Station many years ago, regret selling it though. Check out the Korg nanoPAD, now THAT was bad gear!
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the Korg nanos can be quite annoying
@DJDigitalJosh4 жыл бұрын
I owned the A-Station also. It was pretty good, but think I wanted the JP-8080 at the time instead. I have the bass station 2 now. I wish it had 3 oscillators. Oh well.
@S.tebban2 жыл бұрын
I love that synthwave & roll instrumental.
@AudioPilz2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!
@Uz7Racer4 жыл бұрын
Ich hatte mal mit ner Bass station 2 das Vergnügen und finde, es ist mehr ein klassischer synth und eher vergleichbar mit dem Monologue von Korg... nur das sich der Monologue nach einem deutlich hochwertigeren Instrument anfühlt
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Musste auch an den Monologue denken
@technodrone3132 жыл бұрын
my friend had the keyboard version back in the day. it was cool for its era...
@AudioPilz2 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@travishayes66784 жыл бұрын
Liked this video for the reference to the exhaustive debate about DCOs. That kind of wankery is my guilty pleasure.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
What is more, I think there's nothing wrong with digital oscillators
@mauhammer43903 жыл бұрын
Deine Show ist der Hammer! Love it and learn everytime from it !!!! Schön produziert sauberes englisch und bei den ganzen Fakten immer noch n Lächeln ins Gesicht zu zaubern ist 1. Klasse !!! Nimm do mal ne Roland tr 8 s in die Mangel. Big up to u !!!
@AudioPilz3 жыл бұрын
Besten Dank!
@jabelsjabels4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if there are any bootleg-style synths / noisemakers you can find on wish.com or similar sites?
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Is there anything that isn't on wish?
@roryjineffect4 жыл бұрын
Sounds more like the territory of Simon the Magpie
@schoovaertssimon7904 Жыл бұрын
Had one, love it..had the 808/909 "clone" also, loved it all
@AudioPilz Жыл бұрын
Nice, I'd love to have a DrumStation!
@EnviroDouglas4 жыл бұрын
It was a noisy piece of gear, but thick sounds.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Yes, it's phat;)
@eyesonkites71994 жыл бұрын
Had one of these. Replaced it with a Moog Minitaur. Never regretted it. Perhaps I wanted something the Bass Station wasn't really designed for, sustained subby bass lines for more ambient-like music. The bass station also felt flimsy. All in all, not the worst thing I've owned.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Minitaur is another level
@petertauscher3164 жыл бұрын
ok, but who else wants to have "Bad Gear" T-Shirts? me for sure :D
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Working on it!
@petertauscher3164 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz Nice! :D
@davesandison25884 жыл бұрын
And me
@johndeaux37033 жыл бұрын
If you ever do that QY-10 video, it was good for one thing besides being a paperweight/doorstop. It's built in preset sound for 'moog' or something is the sound used in the beginning of the Elastica song 'Connection'.
@AudioPilz3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, great sample!
@milesamara4 жыл бұрын
Dieser Kanal wird 100% explodieren.... Editing ist herausragend!
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Besten Dank!
@thd3sign4 жыл бұрын
Er hätte es verdient ;)
@WenzelAudio4 жыл бұрын
Sein Akzent hört sich gar nicht deutsch an... ?
@petertauscher3164 жыл бұрын
@@WenzelAudio Österreicher is er, der Bursch! :D
@myblueextremes15264 жыл бұрын
Great video! Keep 'em coming. Would love to see you try out a Novation A Station. I suffered with that thing for years. Oh and a Roland D110. Another synth with a rabbit hole of a menu system.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yeah, have to do one of the oldschool digital Rolands
@justindefreitas32873 жыл бұрын
For some reason my bass station has survived in my ever evolving studio. It's badly behaved, impertinent and irreverent! The ability to use (and automate) the filter for anything you plug into it's audio input is great! Got mine for £60 years ago! Thanks for the great video!
@AudioPilz3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@mikemeengs41243 жыл бұрын
I bought mine for the built-in MIDI to CV converter. The sound wasn't too bad at the time, and I could record filter sweeps into my ASR-10's sequencer.
@AudioPilz3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, works great in that application!
@nekurobaito4 жыл бұрын
This station is BASS, but does it SLAPP?
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
CHECKMATE!!!
@fysja2 жыл бұрын
I love this synth; 1u rack space, 12dB / 24dB analog filter and you can connect it to EVERYTHING.
@AudioPilz2 жыл бұрын
True that!
@BoomBubbleBustRepeat4 жыл бұрын
OH boy here we go.... ☕
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Danger Zone!
@ToyKeeper3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this insight into the original Bass Station! Its successor is a classic, but I never really looked at the original before.
@AudioPilz3 жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure, thanks for watching!
@largepoodle60364 жыл бұрын
this thing is a beast for psytrance bass, combine that with mixing and this thing is the bees mothafuckin knees
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Cool idea! Used the MS404 for that in the TomCat video
@largepoodle60364 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz the things you were doing in this video reminded me a lot of Shpongle, except for the drums. But all the other elements sounded super ideal for that style of music
@largepoodle60364 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz whoever made that bad review saying this thing has terrible bass sounds must have not known how to utilize it properly, cause that was a killer synth bass
@alexwestconsulting4 жыл бұрын
I coincidently almost bought one of these yesterday. Got a circuit instead. Now I’m jamming w the trio of circuit, mono station and bass station 2. Very fun dawless setup. I remember the OG bass station making serious waves when it came out but somehow never ended up with one. To my shame I have a couple Mc-303’s though, I’ve had a bunch of other novation gear over the years, controllers and synths, but never liked the novation sound or build quality but the new stuffs is so good. I’ve got a couple beat step pros as well, but getting a launchpad pro for cv next within novation ecosystem.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
If the price is right it can be a cool purchase
@davesklar4204 жыл бұрын
DUDE CLEARLY DOESN'T REALIZE THIS SYNTH WAS LEGENDARY FOR IT'S OTHER BASS SOUNDS NOT A TB 303.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
...but it was sold as a 303-type synth;)
@DocBolus4 жыл бұрын
I played with the keyboard version of this in a jam space rock warble band once when I wasn't plugging away at a fretless bass. Immense fun at the time as it had all the nobs!!!! In other news my first proper sequencer was a QY10 and I quite liked it, wrote my first proper track on it. I left it in the USA by mistake with a friend I was visiting and the story is he lost it when his home got hit by a hurricane. Still miss it a bit.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
BSes are great as a "band"-synth
@coen1233 жыл бұрын
one month before the announcement of the Aphex Station... you released this video too early, could've gotten those hype cycle views! :)
@AudioPilz3 жыл бұрын
Damn, that totally slipped my attention. Thanks for posting
@danemusic52429 ай бұрын
so happy you do these videos, it keeps gear prices low and makes an audience that sells more gear. Can you do one on the Yamaha cp (tell them theres no presets or something) that thing is a little out of my budget and hasn't dropped price much.
@AudioPilz9 ай бұрын
Great suggestion, thank you!!!
@ricochetpig4 жыл бұрын
That’s a bassless accusation 😬
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Lol, good one!
@bigmoneysteppa3 жыл бұрын
The A-station was great. Was happy to flog the basstation after.
@AudioPilz3 жыл бұрын
I have yet to try it!
@bigmoneysteppa3 жыл бұрын
@@AudioPilz well worth a few hours. Absolute classic.
@SPAZZOID1004 жыл бұрын
Have one. Plastic chassis, slow envelopes. Even Behringer kills it.
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
True, but it took Behringer over 30 years to get to that point
@madikma36164 жыл бұрын
Hi, I had an MS-101, I sold it. I bought an inexpensive BS rack, and I do not regret it, because the newest is much more musical. The Beringer filter is unpleasant and the low frequencies are overestimated, because of this there is an unpleasant shade in the sound. Verdict: Behringer - sub bass and fx (super envelopes and low bass) Novation - everything else (very musical instrument)
@rars0n4 жыл бұрын
You made it sound really good. It does some things quite well, and adding some effects really opens it up a bit. I agree with everything you said. I get some of the criticism. I especially would not personally care for trying to tweak a rack unit like that (especially with wobbly knobs), so the immediacy of something like the TB-303 (or rather, the Behringer TD-03 since that's all I can afford) is a lot more interesting and inspiring than the Bass Station. I will say that I'm in love with the Bass Station II and I really want to get one fairly soon, before Novation stops making them and they become impossible to find. It's got a few unique aspects that other synths in the
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
You can't have enough mono synths😅
@citruesilver4 жыл бұрын
Tied hands = even better menage a trois 😂
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Oh, an expert;)
@NathanChisholm0412 жыл бұрын
Man, the Bass station is an icon! And the knobs are loose because the nut at the back needs tightening.🤘
@AudioPilz2 жыл бұрын
Ah, thanks for the heads up!
@phxx30544 жыл бұрын
my bass station survived a 160 km/h car accident on the Autobahn together with me. I will never part with her
@AudioPilz4 жыл бұрын
Happy to still have you around. Be careful with the velocity at max;)
@b.benjamineriksson60303 жыл бұрын
So romantic!
@regortex33644 жыл бұрын
I love your channel, I too have soft spot for the Metal Zone. I have the Super Basstation and like it a lot. I use it with Roland PK-5 for a Faux Moog Taurus setup and it works well, no lack of fat bottom end there. The knobs are too close together and the way it sits in a rack make hard to be a live knob tweakers dream, but I do like it a lot.