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Summary of Contents for Focusrite Audio Engineering BASS STATION II
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Page 2: Important Safety Instructions
Novation is a registered trade mark of Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited. voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude Bass Station II is a trade mark of Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited. to constitute the risk of electric shock to persons. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Registering your Bass Station II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -
Page 4: Introduction
Power Requirements • Memory for 64 additional User Patches Bass Station II is shipped with a 9 V DC, 500 mA power supply. The centre pin of the • Pitch and Mod wheels coaxial connector is the positive (+ve) side of the supply. Bass Station II can either be •... -
Page 5: Hardware Overview
+/- 12 semitones. 20 Sync 1-2 – this LED illuminates when the Osc 1/Osc 2 Sync function is enabled (an 5 Function/Exit – hold this down to use any of Bass Station II’s On-Key Functions. A On-Key Function) wide range of “system set-up”... - Page 6 7 LINE OUTPUT (MONO) – ¼” jack socket carrying the Bass Station II’s output signal; supplied AC mains PSU, set to USB if powering Bass Station II from a computer via connect your recording system, amplifier and speakers, audio mixer, etc. Output is a USB cable.
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Page 7: Getting Started
It may also be connected - via its USB port – Bass Station II can store 128 Patches in memory. 0 – 63 are pre-loaded with some great to a computer (Windows or Mac). The USB connection can supply power to the synth, factory sounds. -
Page 8: The Filter Knob
See “The Arpeggiator Section” on page 18 for full details. On-Key functions To reduce the number of controls on Bass Station II (and hence make the synth smaller and neater!), a number of configuration and setup options have been assigned to the keyboard itself. -
Page 9: Synthesis Tutorial
The names of these waves reflect their actual shape when viewed on an instrument called an oscilloscope, and they are: Sine waves, Square waves, Sawtooth waves, Triangle waves and Noise. Bass Station II’s Oscillator section can generate all these waveforms. -
Page 10: Sawtooth Waves
Square Wave Harmonic 7 types of Filter are available on Bass Station II; they are all variations of the three basic filter types: Low Pass, Band Pass and High Pass. The type of Filter most commonly used on synthesisers is Low Pass. On a Low Pass Filter, a “cut-off frequency” is chosen and any frequencies below this are passed, while frequencies above are filtered out, or removed. -
Page 11: Decay Time
In addition to the traditional Low Pass Filter type, there are also High Pass and Band KEY "ON" KEY "OFF" Frequency Volume Pass types. On Bass Station II, the Filter type is selected with the Shape switch 32 . Cut-off TIME Frequency TIME A High Pass Filter is similar to a Low Pass Filter, but works in the “opposite sense”,... - Page 12 SIMPLIFIED BLOCK DIAGRAM Bass Station II Block diagram 1. Audio ow 2. Mod ow 3. Sub Osc control from Osc 1 Sub Oscillator Mod Envelope Amp Envelope Oscillator 1 Ring Mod 1 * 2 Mixer Overdrive Filter Distortion Oscillator 2...
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Page 13: Release Time
(or modulate) Oscillators that generate waveforms at a various pitches . other sections of the synthesiser. In Bass Station II, for example, the LFOs can be used A Mixer that mixes the outputs from the Oscillators together (and add Noise to alter Oscillator pitch, or Filter cutoff frequency. -
Page 14: The Oscillator Section
“sub-octave” oscillator which is always frequency-locked to Oscillator 1. The Oscillator Sync is a technique of using one oscillator (Osc 1 on Bass Station II) to primary oscillators, Osc 1 and Osc 2, share a single set of controls; the oscillator being add additional harmonics to the waveform produced another (Osc 2), by making the controlled is selected by the Oscillator switch 18 . -
Page 15: Oscillator Error
The sum created in the mixer from the various signal sources is fed to the Filter Section. Cutoff chords with single key presses. Bass Station II’s filter section is both simple and traditional, and can be configured with Frequency only a small number of single-function controls. - Page 16 Frequency Volume Frequency Cutoff Frequency Frequency Frequency Volume Cutoff Cutoff Frequency Frequency Volume Volume Cutoff Frequency Frequency Volume Cutoff Frequency Frequency Volume Frequency Cutoff Frequency Frequency Low Pass 12 dB with resonance Frequency High Pass 12 dB Volume Cutoff Frequency Volume Cutoff Frequency...
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Page 17: Frequency
The large rotary Frequency control 33 sets the cut-off frequency of the Acid filter Bass Station II generates two envelopes each time a key is pressed, which can be used type, and also of the Classic filter type when Shape is set to HP or LP. With a Classic to modify the synth sound in various ways. -
Page 18: Envelope Retriggering
The duration of the glide is set by the Glide Time control. approx. 360 ms. Bass Station II has a maximum release time of over 10 seconds, but shorter times will probably be more useful! The relationship between the Glide Divergence parameter value and the Release Time is not linear . -
Page 19: The Lfo Section
These On-Key functions (available for each LFO independently) relate to the Delay/ Speed switch 23 in the LFO section of the Bass Station II. When Delay/Speed is set to Speed, it is possible to extend its function by using the Speed/Sync On-Key function. -
Page 20: The Arpeggiator Section
The range is 40 to 240 BPM, and the You should spend some time experimenting with different combinations BPM value is shown in the LED display. If Bass Station II is being synchronsied to an of Rhythm and Arp Mode. Some patterns work better in certain Modes. -
Page 21: The Sequencer
Up to four separate sequences, each containing up to 32 notes (or a combination of Overlays notes and rests) can be recorded. These sequences are stored in Bass Station II and are retained when the synth is switched off. In addition, the currently selected sequence is An overlay contains a list of parameter values that are loaded on top of the patch. -
Page 22: On-Key Functions
On-key Functions Mod Wh: Osc 2 Pitch (lower D#) To minimise the number of controls, Bass Station II uses On-key functions to adjust non- performance sound parameters. Range: -63 to +63 The Osc 2 Pitch parameter controls the degree to which the pitch of Osc 2 is modified Each note on the keyboard has a specific On-key function, and these are marked on when using the Mod wheel 2 . - Page 23 Osc 1-2 sync is a technique of using Osc 1 to add harmonics to Osc 2 by using oscillator This control determines whether Bass Station II is to be played from its own keyboard, 1’s waveform to re-trigger that of oscillator 2. When OSC 1-2 sync is On, the Sync 1-2 or to respond to MIDI control from an external device, such as a MIDI sequencer or LED [20] is illuminated.
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Page 24: Appendix
Importing Patches via SysEx 32 beats 1 cycle per 8 bars The On-Key Dump function lets you save any or all of your Bass Station II Patches to a 30 beats 2 cycles per 15 bars computer by transmitting the data in the form of MIDI SysEx messages. This would not... -
Page 25: Init Patch - Parameter Table
Init Patch – parameter table Osc Filter Mod 0 (left) This list gives the values of all synth parameters in the Init Patch (the factory Patch initially loaded into Patch memories 64 to 127): Arpeggiator Latch Section Parameter Initial Value Rhythm Master patch volume... -
Page 26: Midi Parameters List
MIDI parameters list LFOs Control LFO 1 speed 18:50 0 to 255 Section Parameter CC / NRPN Range LFO 1 delay off, 1 to 127 Master LFO 2 speed 19:51 0 to 255 patch volume 0 to 127 LFO 2 delay off, 1 to 127 prog patch inc... -
Page 27: Afx Mode Sysex Support
Overlay Parameter List AFX Mode SysEx Support All of the following parameters can be stored in an overlay. Via SysEx messages it’s possible to export, import, copy, move and save the overlays. The current overlay bank and overlay write-protection can be changed using dedicated NRPNs. -
Page 28: Micro-Tuning
4. Ptolemy (7 Notes per octave) LFO 1 Waveform Ptolemy’s Intense Diatonic Syntonon. Also known as Zarlino’s scale. Delay 9/8 5/4 4/3 3/2 5/3 15/8 2/1 Slew 5. Chinese Bianzhong (12 Notes per octave) Speed/Sync Pitches of Bianzhong bells (Xinyang) Non-Sync Speed 104 308 624 820 1012 1144 1329 1515 1857 2039 2231 2674 Sync Speed... -
Page 29: Greeting Message
BSII can now support a custom message display at startup. This can be easily configured in Components, or sent to the unit over sysex using the message: F0 00 20 29 (novation preamble) 00 33 (bass station II –specific) 00 (message protocol version) 47 (message type = greeting message)