Same feeling, owning a Subsequent 37 and a Minibrute2 already, I don’t regret my recent purchase of the BS2. Sounds great, light and portable- soon it will be part of my next liveact setup

@Skyler Beau Yup, have been using Flixzone for since november myself =)

And fantasic price point, I have one in my studio, one of my cheapest synths BUT also a favroite of mine

No it is not, everybody knows how great they are . They are still sold brand new everyday, that ought to tell you that they are NOT "underrated" !!

+1, next payday I'm splashing the cash

That's great to hear! We'd love to hear your feedback on it when you've had a chance to familiarise yourself with it.

@@NovationTV had a couple of hours yesterday and got on very well, it's difficult to make it sound bad, workflow is great, brilliant piece of kit. I'm having trouble though. I want to factory reset it as it's full of someone else's patches and I'm having a little trouble with doing the 2.5 update?

@@adamoliver82 It's great to hear that you're enjoying it so far, we're very sorry that you have had some problems using Components. What kind of issues have you had with the v2.5 firmware update? If you would like to remove the existing Patches on your Bass Station II, you should find that you're able to Send an empty Bank to the Bass Station II, which will restore all 127 patches to a default state. When selecting Bass Station II in Components, the default Bank provided will be empty, if you click Send Bank, that will then overwrite the previous owner's Patches.

@@NovationTV where i went wrong was try to follow the instructions on the little card in the box. I've since realised it's a very simple affair using the components thing. That software is great. Since then I've not had loads of time to get into it but the over the last couple of days I've come to realise the absolute pure filth you can get of this machine, I've been making music for about a year and s half and I'm into techno so sound design is a huge part of it and I find the workflow very intuitive, that multi function filter is great. I bought a minilogue initially and didn't get on very well with it, I like to play with stuff(my back round is 20 years as a dj) and it just ended up a mess. The BS2 is a great piece of kit, you can fuck about with it and easily get back to where you were. The drive, distortion and filter mod are great and run it through a reverb pedal and it's a monster. I've been trying to make sounds like I can with this machine with other stuff and found it really difficult. I've had loads of fun with it and also learned a lot about synthesis from it which I've been able to apply to my other kit. I've built a hardware set up, BS2, SE-02, TB-3, TB-03, TR-8S, volca keys and bass all sequenced with an electribe 2s and running through a pair of mixers with a load of effects pedals, this has fast become my joint favourite piece of kit along with my TR-8S. Thought I'd update you as you asked for feedback. I really like the paraphonic mode but don't quite understand how it works, how do you know which oscillator plays what? I've got some cool stuff out of if but it's just from hitting things randomly but then again the happy accidents are what it's all about.

Please do...Awesome Synth.

The Rhythm control can be used to select one of the pre-defined arp rhythmic patterns. Transcription of these rhythms can be downloaded here: www.mediafire.com/file/vxg0j5vpg1xrm7z/BSII_Rhythm.jpg.zip/file

@@NovationTV Cheers!

Spice D. yes mate

Stop when you like

Hi there. The only way to trigger the arp on the BSII is with a note message. The tempo of the arp will match to incoming clock signals but it has no awareness of current song position (beats/bar/etc). For this reason, it's usually easiest to send clock to it to have the tempo sync and then send a note from a sequencer to ensure it's in time with everything else.

@@NovationTV Got it, thanks!

Yes

Without a doubt! I have both and the Microbrute helped me learn subtractive synthesis, but the BS2 is a real synth that can do so much more.

I Think I owned the Micro for 5 years Before I finally managed to become friends with it. Now I just love the very characteristic sounds it make

Mine too...

LOL

Donna Summer ;)

We'd be happy to help you with this. Please reach out to us at bit.ly/NovationSupport.

@@NovationTV It was function + latch, it toggles between “in” and “out” When using “in” the midi note from ableton gets received as a sequencer start. Still weird, I don’t get why the machine doesn’t just start from the clock. Why does it need a note for that?? Weird..

Why would you want a Nyan Cat preset?

Supernyan Kitten so I can make kitties mewf on command, and in key. Mewf mewf

+Supernyan Kitten Why wouldn't you?!

It comes stock with FL.

It's great to hear that you're considering Bass Station II. Have you checked out the Rokit range? One or two Rokit 4 G3 could work well if you have limited space available.

@@NovationTV thank you. just what I needed to know.

@@PulledPurk The Rokit 5s are great.

4g63gen1 You can connect it to a larger keyboard via midi.

Anytime! Glad you enjoyed it. Bass Station II features a 32 note step sequencer with four memories. You can record up to four separate sequences, each containing up to 32 notes (or a combination of notes and rests). These sequences are stored in Bass Station II and are retained when it is switched off. In addition, the currently selected sequence can also be stored as part of a patch.

Tony G from Philly what? The arpeggiator can sync

Glad you're a fan! Have you experimented with the Arp? The 'Play' Arp Mode can be used to create a pattern based on the notes actually played rather than one of the predefined sequences. You can also insert Rests in an arp sequence to create your own patterns.

@@NovationTV I've been trying for a while now and have found no videos on how to do that exactly. Is there a page or video you can share?

We explain that in this section of the video 4:37

YES

Not only in Ableton, I have the same problem in FL. Good thing that it doesn't sound great and I got it for free D:

Whoa. Yeah. haha

Get a real one ;)

Thanks for your interest in that, Kieren! Bass Station II was primarily designed as an analogue synthesiser but it can also function as a powerful MIDI controller as many of the parameters output MIDI data, both via the USB connection and 5 Pin Din MIDI output. You can find a MIDI parameters list on page 21 of the user guide here: d2xhy469pqj8rc.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/novation/downloads/6797/bassstationiiuserguideen.pdf You can use this infomration to assign control to parameters on other hardware or software that features a MIDI learn function. If you have any further questions, please give us a call. We're here to help - bit.ly/NovationSupport

Hi. Thanks for your reply! I am buying a BSII and a Launchpad Pro tonight ... looking forward to using them! Thanks & regards, K

CzechRiot although it get annoying after a while as well...

I have a brand new 303 with less than 5 hrs use a 909 with same usage and a 808 all bought together in late 1990's cheap a guy didn't want them so I bought all 3 dead cheap I own many 303's which ive repaired and bought them fully working too

a boxed brand new 303 isn't worth £30 most I was offered was 650 and I turned it down if you can find a boxed 303 for 30 pound get me 5 thankyou ( I think you've overdone it with the Lucozade)

sometimes people on ebay must be taking acid ive looked at 80s ghettobalsters (I wanted a huge usa style one for my kitchen ) nearly a thousand pound for a sharp you can imagine i didnt place a bid on it

peasant me er no I just bought crap loads of roland gear in late 90s I'm a collector hoarder and repairer its amazing them 303s are still going ive quite a few and 808s and 909s and other gear I'm not sure how many 303s you need before you are certified as cuckooed you tell me

oh I know if you cant have a laugh its a poor do I counted my tb 303s I own 18 yes 18, 4 are for parts other 14 working well 13 and 1 that wanders off with its speed or tempo but when run with midi cable through my roland tr8 its fine so tempo knob prob wants cleaning or replacing one of them jobs I will prob never get round to doing

Reason is a kids beginner toy...Basstation is a Analog Synth.

Lol I wanna see that plugin make the sounds this makes when the filter resonance is high

"it would make a cool controller keyboard especially if you could assign all those dials and sliders to midi." I'm relatively new to Synths ... So, you can't output whatever you play (and all settings) out to another unit (eg a Mother-32) via the MIDI Out ... I don't understand: is the MIDI output limited to pitch only? What about the velocity and aftertouch - is that transmitted via the MIDI Out. Arp and Seq? I don't really understand what you can't send via MIDI out / what the limitation(s) are/is? :/

Kieren Moore no, it sends literally anything via MIDI. It's great. You can even set it to not change its own parameters unless you loop back the midi to itself (aka have it selected in ableton while turning the knobs). This way you can very accurately map the knobs to other params

Great, thanks very much for that, Jason! B)