NAMM 2025: Beloved by many of electronic music's most significant figures (not least Aphex Twin, who was heavily involved in the launch of the Bass Station II back in 2013) and the instrument that arguably remains the spiritual flagship of Novation, the Bass Station has been a cornerstone of heavy-hitting low-end since its launch way back in 1993.
Now, a collaboration between the Bass Station's designers and soft synth polymath GForce Software has resulted in the definitive - and official - software version.
Though at heart an exacting emulation of the original hardware, the new software architecture allows this Bass Station to go well beyond many of the limitations of the original synth. And its feature set has been expanded quite significantly.
Perhaps the biggest talking points here are its broader 16-voice polyphony and unison mode (as well as a 'combined' setting). Using these in tandem, this software Bass Station will enable users to generate bigger, fatter and layered sounds of the sort that the original wasn't capable of.
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