Nota Bass
Nota Bass is tuned for low end: one oscillator that morphs from sine to pulse, a sub oscillator underneath, a filter with drive, and a mono voice with glide. Subs, 808s, acid lines, reese and wobble basses.
Signal flow: Osc + Sub → pre-drive → filter (with its envelope, key and LFO) → amp envelope → output drive.
Signal
Section titled “Signal”| Section | Controls |
|---|---|
| Osc | Shape morphs sine → triangle → saw → pulse; PW at the pulse end; Oct, Semi, Level |
| Sub | Sine, triangle or square, 1 or 2 octaves down, Level |
| Filter | LP, HP, BP or Notch, 12 or 24 dB; Cutoff, Reso, Drive, Env and Key amounts — drag the response pad |
The amp and filter envelopes, drawn and draggable; the LFO (rate, wave including S&H) with two destinations — the filter and LFO → Pitch; and the velocity amounts Vel → Amp and Vel → Fil.
Global
Section titled “Global”| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Mono / Poly 16 | Mono plays the last note you hold — a proper bass |
| Legato | In Mono, a note played over a held one slides into it without a new attack |
| Glide | Slide time between notes |
| Unison | Thicker, detuned voices |
| Drive | Output saturation |
| Bend · Volume · Pan | Bend range (1–12 semitones), level, position |
The mod wheel opens the LFO onto the cutoff — a hand-played wobble.
Presets
Section titled “Presets”25 factory presets: subs (Sub Rumble, 808 Sub, Dub Sub, Techno Rumble, Soft Round), classic mono (Pluck Bass, Classic Mono, Pulse Bass, Rubber Bass, Stab Bass, Octave Bass, Drift Bass), acid (Acid 303, Acid Slide), heavy (Reese Bass, Growl Bass, Wobble Bass, Hoover Bass, Fuzz Bass, Vowel Bass, Wheel Wobble, S&H Bass) and played (Finger Bass, Picked Bass, Funk Slap).
- 303-style slides: Mono + Legato + a little Glide; overlap the notes in the piano roll where you want a slide.
- Keep the sub clean: let the Sub carry the lows and push Drive on the Osc for the upper harmonics.