Erica Synths - Desktop Bassline DB-1

The desktop version of Erica Synths Bassline DB-1 is a master for acid sounds, but can do much more than that.

DB-1 is a fat monophonic synthesizer, with everything you need for acid sounds à la 303! A pulse wave refined with chirping filter resonance, step slides and a nice drive. DB-1 is very intuitive and sequencing patterns has been simplified immensely compared to the original.

But as mentioned earlier, this machine has a lot more under the hood! The sound generation is based on a completely analog circuit and there are individual envelopes for pitch, filter and amplitude. The BBD-based Detune parameter lets you create massive walls of sound that only get more fat with the Drive. The LFOs can be synchronized to the clock and even allow frequency modulation due to their wide range.
Thanks to the resonant filter and noise source, you can easily use DB-1 to create drum sounds, and the detune and sub-oscillator allow you to generate wafting drones.

DB-1 is ideal for live performances, as there is an arpeggiator, quantization and storable patterns. Quick improvisations with randomly generated sequences are nothing to be afraid of!

Features:

• All analogue sound engine
• Aggresive acidbox filter design
• One knob overdrive
• Transistor based sub-oscillator
• Independent amplitude, filter cutoff and pitch envelopes
• BBD based detune
• Syncable LFO with multiple waveforms for FM and VCF modulation
• Noise source
• Intuitive, easy to use sequencer for up to 64 step patterns
• Sequence transposing
• Pattern randomization
• Arpeggiator
• Built in and user defined scales with micro tonal possibilities
• Analogue clock in and out
• CV/Gate output/input
• MIDI IN and THRU
• 8 banks of 16 pattern memory