OSC Audio has released a new plug-in, sub808, designed to create bass sounds, specifically focusing on the iconic "808" sound heard in many music genres.
At its core, sub808 includes 50 Factory Presets, featuring 4 distinct flavors: Smooth, Tape, Gritty, and Nasty. Each flavor comes with its own unique analog character, providing excellent starting points for your creativity. Fine-tune these sounds to your liking with 8 Drive modes, offering precise control over drive and mix levels. Each of the 4 distinctive flavors were created using our warm analog chain with mastering-grade converters, meticulously designed to seamlessly allow itself to integrate into any track.
sub808 offers a variety of features to help users shape their basslines:
- 50 Presets: These presets are categorized into four distinct styles: Smooth, Tape, Gritty, and Nasty. Each style offers a different sonic character to serve as a starting point for further customization.
- Drive Modes: Eight different drive modes allow users to add varying levels of saturation and distortion to their bass sounds. This can range from subtle warmth to aggressive distortion. These include:
- Classic - A hard-clipping saturation mode.
- Legendary - Tahn wave-shaping (or soft-clipping) pushed to an extreme at high levels.
- Crusher - A bit-crusher designed to give a warmer tone.
- Unique - A non-linear wave shaping saturation.
- Eighties - A recreation of a transistor based saturation.
- Tube - A warm tube saturation.
- Preamp - A reproduction of the type of saturation produced by a pre-amp section of most audio consoles.
- Killer - A broken sounding, dying transistor.
- Cassette - An emulation of a gritty tape cassette.
- Filter Control: The filter section includes pre and post-saturation options for precise control over the tonal shaping of the sound. Additionally, a glide function allows for smooth pitch transitions between notes.
- Envelope and Shaper: A dedicated envelope section controls the attack and release of the sound, while a transient shaper allows users to further refine the overall shape of the bassline, ranging from smooth pads to punchy kicks.
- Cross-Platform Compatibility: The plugin can be used on various computer operating systems, making it easy to switch between different devices during production or collaboration with other musicians.
Price: $9.99.
