Arturia Pure SUB — a bass VST synthesizer

Arturia has released a bass-focused software synthesizer for creating 808s, Reese basses and other low-frequency sounds.

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The monophonic software instrument has three sections: Sub, Harmonics and Texture. Sub provides the fundamental frequency, with independent processing and routing control. Harmonics offers a choice of two engines, additive or wavetable, for shaping, detuning and widening harmonics. It also controls how much signal is sent to the pitch envelope. Texture adds noise that can be shaped in relation to the fundamental using ring modulation, AM or distortion.

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The modulation section uses the same drag-and-drop assignment approach as Arturia's flagship software synthesizer Pigments. Effects include a Sub Processor with 33 modes and an FX Rack with 12 slots and 18 effects: Reverb, Delay, Tape Echo, Pitch Delay, Compressor, Multiband, Filters, Param EQ, Distortion, Bitcrusher, Trans Gate, Super Unison, Chorus, Chorus JUN-6, Flanger, Flanger BL-20, Phaser and Panner.

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Arturia Pure SUB is available for $50. More information is available on the official website Arturia.