In this video, JK Swopes of SoundsAndGear reviews the new Novation Bass Station II analog synthesizer.
The Bass Station II is a 25 key, 2 oscillator monophonic synth, with sub oscillator, 2 filter types, arp, step sequencer and assignable aftertouch.
“You can get some very deep and powerful bass as well as crazy leads and effects from this synth,” notes Swopes. Check out the video demo and let us know what you think!
To find out more about the new synth, see our earlier Bass Station II posts and also the Novation site.
I’d like to hear his thoughts on the Atmegatron sitting on his desk 🙂
Nice overview and demo. I’d second the Atmegatron request – that thing looks pretty interesting!
Review of the Atmegatron is coming, it’s a VERY cool synth, I like that you can change the OS of it to turn it into different tools, right now I have it setup as a poly synth 🙂
Random question but what desk is that? I’m in the market and that looks perfect
It’s a custom desk I had built by azworkstations, great guy and will build whatever you want, very affordable when comparing to the “big dogs” tell him I sent ya!
Bass Station II gives you more analog mono bang for your $500 bucks than any new synth. Hell, it outclasses a ton of vintage synths, which all trade for well over twice the price.
I recently purchased an open box return for 285. Future classic.
It really is a great synth, very flexible.
Great review!
Thanks for watching
I wonder if it’s possible to make the BSII duophonic – first key down would be oscillator 1, second would be oscillator 2. Each note would retrigger the amp and filter envelope, in a paraphonic style. Set each oscillator to the same octave and waveform and you’d have para-duo keying.
It seems possible to do this in firmware, since the key bed transmits poly MIDI, and each oscillator pitch (via octave range, coarse tune, fine tune) is independently controlled by CC, and the whole synth is controlled digitally.