Erica Synths Bassline

Erica Synths Bassline is fully analogue synth voice module for ultimate basslines and leads. It features AS3340 VCO with three waveforms, a filter inspired by Erica Synths Acidbox and unique features - transistor based suboscillator and two BBD lines that emulate VCO detune creating a sound of massive polysynth from one oscillator. Accent provides more expression to the bassline, by adding volume and opening the VCF slightly.

Features

• Fully analogue circuit
• Great 1V/oct tracking
• Simultaneous Triangle, Square and Master outputs
• Accent input
• Transistor-based suboscillator
• BBD-based VCO detune emulation
• Integrated VCF and VCA decay envelopes
• LP/BP VCF
• External VCO FM and VCF cutoff CV inputs

This module to me is the star. Erica’s stroke of genius here is combining that three-waveform oscillator with a transitor-based sub-oscillator for more bass, plus their ultra-violent Acidbox-style filter, plus a detune that’s actually not a detune but two bucket brigade delays acting like one. What you get from that potent brew is leads and basslines that can go full spectrum from melody to noise, and a filter/detune combination that makes it absolutely punch people in the gut. And it makes perfect sense in a modular, because all that insanity lends itself to patching, from the frequency modulation input to modulating the filter. - CDM

 

As a partner to the Erica drum modules, the Bassline module is a neat, self-enclosed synth voice with its own character and a few worthwhile extras. If you don't mind the limitations, it could add a fresh acidic layer to any system.- Sound On Sound