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Thanks for making me feel good about JUST recently deciding to keep my drumstation as my main drum synth and an access virus as my bread n butter synth (I was whittling down to SSL B6’s worthy limitations and not deal with patchbays)
I really love the fact that your sense of humour is universal and people from all over the world enjoy your channel. The world is better for having you in it. 😊 Thanks for putting yourself out there
You just can't go wrong with the Bass Station 2! It is a very versatile piece of kit with soooo much tricks up its sleeve. Combine that with the AFX-mode and this video for some inspiration: It is bonkers!! Great vid as always Florian!
I always enjoy videos featuring this huge knob - especially when he's talking about the massive filter cutoff control on the Bass Station II 😉 Lovely demos in this one!
I love the Bass Station 2. I got it when it was brand new, I believe - around September 2013. I still have it, and for a reason. I think it sounds pretty good, and it's got some great features, with a nice interface. Great video as always!
After watching for about 2 years and a few months... bad gear has multiple meanings. There is the 80's term "thats one Bad motherboard" " it's so Bad its good" or "its so Bad your dad won't even watch it" personally I just love the amount of personality this content has. Its so cool that you dont bother showing your studio setup... we know by now you have an RE-201 space echo from the decade I born in etc. Its just good fun learning about stuff I didn't know or having a new perspective on gear I have had or knew someone that had. Personally love the bass station because even though its sound pallet is limited its array of features keep things interesting and positive and oh the one thing Moog wont squeeze into a synth thats always deep bass... a Sine wave
After owning my AFX-Station for two years i´m still feeling like an apprentice. This synth with the latest OS can deliver a broad range of analogue magic like all these well known drifting classics but also clean modern edm style. It is full of pleasent surprises and definitly a keeper for me.
thats causes they barely play synths anymore haha. last time i saw them play there wasnt a keyboard in sight , but plenty of guitars and accoustic drums with backing tracks for synths parts. Extremely disappointed
Something else that I would like to point out is that I love how you are so concise with the information, you explore all the features, try different types of tones and jams to give a very extensive showcase of a synth's abilities, but the examples are always short and not drawn out for too long, and all with a generous sprinkle of jokes and memes... I am hooked on your series, you are my favorite synth reviewer at the moment.
An absolute gem of a synth. Cant praise and recommend it enough, options are insanely huge, sound is fantastic and can be easily used for any possible genre / mood.. Since I have my for almost a decade, I can mention limits of its build quality and downsides. After years - knobs simply started to fall apart and disintegrate, pitch and mod wheels cannot be calibrated anymore and cleaning doesnt help, also the keys have went full yellow. I can personally live with that and you know what, if it stops working fully, I just get new one, because yeah it is freaking awesome.. Great vid again, all the best! :)
One of my all time favorite synths. Sold it away years ago in a bad eurorack fever. After watching this video I kind of would like to have it back... Thanks mate!
Every time I want a new piece of gear I end up on this channel, you’ve reviewed so much instruments that this is almost a cheap synth encyclopedia. Congrats on how big you got and thank you for all the useful information! We beginners really appreciate it ❤
Great video as usual 😎👍 Nice to see the Mono Station getting some love. I'm glad I got mine at the discontinuance-sale price because it took too long to come to an agreement with mine on what sounds good !
Awesome dude! You just remind me that I've had mine now for about 8-9 years, and you are right remembering the keyboard shift modes is like trying to remember Street fighter 2 moves.
I have 4 BassStation Racks Poly chained (making it 4 voice analog with each synth in the chain modifying the next, sounds fabulous!) that bought cheaply on the used market 10 to 15 years ago, and I still kind of want this to control all of them. Been waiting for them to flood the used market at lower prices, it is happening. Great job as always, thanks for all of your hard work triggering people!
It's my birthday weekend, I've finished work, I've had a burger & fries for my dinner, I've got a beer in my hand and now BadGear have dropped a new video. Cheers!
Get the Bass Station 2 (or AFX Station, they’re the same thing) it’s a little more sturdier than it’s predecessor, as Florian can attest (the Bass Station OG’s knobs fell off)
I sold my first synth (monologue) for one a few years ago and never regretted it, the osc>filter FM and two-stage distortion make it powerful at processing external sounds
I've wanted a synth for so long and this is my first one. I honestly think there isn't anything in this price range that is so good considering how creative you can get with it.
@@zap7759 Yep, the Blofeld is massively deep with a small interface, to get more control the Studiologic Sledge gives you the Blofeld engine in a mini moog style knob layout.
I'm honestly quite surprised this made it on here! my second strike on my bad gear bingo card. Great episode as always, I had no idea what angle you were going to come at this one from, considering this is so universally liked, but you had some valid points. I was really late to the party & only got one about a year ago, it always struck me as 'unremarkable' until I got one, I was pleasantly surprised by how much better it sounded than i expected. It can be maybe a bit too harsh & resonant sometimes & definitely not as wild as some of the other (more expensive) pure analogue synths around these days. I still think it deserves to be regarded as a classic, there isn't much you can get for the same money that does quite as much as this thing. PS, leave the virus alone!! 😛
IMO the bs2 is one of the best budget monosynths wver made. Its just a really nice instrument and i cant think of much bad to say about it. The fact that it has patch memory is awesome too. For me the bs2 is 5/5 stars for its price!
I loved mine too, but I can understand why people hate the super-overly-bulky fisherprice style plastic build. It was just a strange choice in the 'microbrute' era when it was a higher price
@toolittle7204 I like the build actually. It was plastic but feels very very durable and strong. Also the keys are vastly better than other cheap analog monos
Love the episode! I have a basssation 2 and I love it. Although what wasn't mentioned was the ultra cheap knobs which disintegrate, and the keys that yellow really quickly.
I love this channel for learning about relatively obscure synths that I didn't know about and their utility despite the public consensus. However, I really love this channel for the "blink and you'll miss it" memes he leaves throughout his videos. I'm stopping the video every 5 seconds and going back frame by frame to see the memes and it never fails to make me laugh! XD
More vanilla than a ancient wood-clad nostalgia generator without even patch storage or basic MIDI capability? Bass Station the Second is boombastic and is for real men.
I shuddered briefly when the pix of the Virus B and Drumstation popped up, then celebrated their non-appearance with a bottle of Olde Neckbearder's Vintage Mindrotte Ale. Survival! I live to noodle another day. I owned an original plastic Bass Station keyboard in an era when 303s were going for the GDP of Monaco. It squelchfarted its way through most of my 90s tracks with only an occasional random detuning meltdown. I eventually donated it to the skint synthnerd offspring of a family friend, who still misuses it in the time-approved fashion. I'm fond of the Novation sound and front panels, and currently provide a comfortable retirement home for a Drumstation, a Nova 2, an Ultranova, and a Supernova, so I have no need of the Bass Station Junior. Putting it up against a vintage analogue mono synth with a Dr Bob filter would not be a fair fight. I run across Bass Station Juniors on occasion in Drum n Bass recording cupboards, where they do the raspy wub bass business with no fuss, no mess. All bud, no dust. They're dirt cheap used here, so they're the logical option for skint noisemakers. The aftertouch and the AFX wibble are what keeps them useful. Add a fuzz/wah, and you're cooking with gas. ,Also, despite being made entirely of plastic, they can survive a direct hit from an asteroid without flinching.
My second ever proper synth. I loved it, only reason I sold it is because I had a friend who wanted to get into synths, and I gave him a screaming deal on it, I miss it sometimes.
Another one stamped on my Bad Gear Bingo Card! I love this synth with exception to the sharing of LFO and envelope controls; the number of times I've tweaked the wrong one because the switch was set the opposite way is infuriating
My first synth was a BSII and it's the only one I haven't sold since it's pretty versatile and has adult sized keys unlike other monosynths in the price range
Shoutouts to the Novation Drum Station! glad to hear it doesn't make the Bad Gear cut. I'll be buried with mine, blessing some far-future synth archeologist.
Right?! I feel like it doesn’t get the love it deserves but that’s fine cuz that just makes it all the more ‘my secret weapon’ I have mine fully controlled by an octatrack (the 3 LFOs per track is f’ing heaven )
Novation is probably the best synth manufacturer in terms of support among other things. You can expect them to support your machine with updates way longer than most.
The aphex twin mod is very tempting . I never considered this synth until I read about that feature . Novation K-station was my first GAS , but never fell into my budget back in the day . Great show . All the jams , and the intro were peanut butter to my ears 😊 nice job !
I love the mono station. The thing is genius at hashing out bass-lines. I think I use it even more than the AFX and the Medusa, and actually sounds good unlike circuit.
Thank you for another excellent, fun, funny, and informative episode with the usual astoundingly good music jams! Some more suggestions for Bad Gear; the Korg Triton Extreme (AKA the FAIL machine), the Madwaves Player (interesting "toy"), the Kawai K5000, and the Alesis blue thing they put out.
Killer synth, great jams, and great job with this vid! I've considered getting a Bass Station2 in the past, but keep forgetting to. I'm pretty comfy with my Pulse 2, Neutron and Peak for analogue flavor.
Novation is my favorite synthesizer company by a long shot. They don't release a hundred synths a year and, never to be undervalued, the best customer service and warranty replacement. The Peak is nearly flawless in design and sound.
@@dankeplace Maybe you don't understand the harmless and common lingual technique of using exaggeration to illustrate a point? It's not meant to be literal but rather figuratively - and 99.99% of the population would assume that. For example, "Man, that guy must be dumb as a rock".
I'm very much into the Bad Gear philosophy but "haters gonna hate", poor guys. Cheers to those who got the "...And justice for all" reference in the video, Bass Station 2 seems a nice instrument, I would consider it if it was keyboardless module
@@AudioPilz Yes, I'm a "metalhead", got deeper into electronic music because of lockdown boredom and got some synths and a drum machine 3 years ago but I still play them quite often
Every single gear is bad gear! For one there isn't a single piece of equipment that would tick everyone's baaaksses. Legendary gear are usually _really_ bad gear that were made legendary by their (usually unintended) characteristic quirks and limitations and the artists who creatively used these to create iconic sounds in what have become hit songs (or genres). Hello TB-303! Hi Juno-60! "Not so bad gear" are the real "baaaksss" tickers but are often labeled as generic, boring or so complicated that they require Mariana-trench-deep menu diving that would make the DX7 blush in shameful simplicity. This show is gold! Keep it up! :)
Ha, it's Friday! Hoping that one day you'll feature the Alpha Juno and dominate the shit out of all the jams! I see you're close to 100k subs, well deserved!
I have one beef in particular with the Ultranova - its mod and pitchwheels have that soft rubberised coating which a decade on has turned into a sticky mess
It was an extremely good synth 6 or 7 years ago...it's an even better synth today with the updates. FFS it has aftertouch for less than $500, and Roland can't seem to add aftertouch unless you're in the $3k range on their keyboards (WTF?). Still a no-brainer purchase in my book. Und wie immer, gut gemacht!
I found the user interface annoying - it looks like knob per function but it really isn't. Almost every knob is overloaded with different functions, and so are the buttons - which is why I lost patches trying to save them more times than I succeeded. All the functions assigned to the keyboard kept getting added to, in firmware updates, so you either have to have a manual with your, or print out a cheat sheet and tape it to the side of the synth. I never really could get a sound I liked out of the filter, despite all the different settings. When they finally added a key tracking amount it got a little bit better, but that's still only a choice of 8 settings... at least the last time I checked. I took the keyboard off and fitted a knobbly MIDI controller in the space. 16 more knobs and it started to make more sense, but I still didn't actually like it much. I still have it, in a box, but it's the one synth I regret spending money on.
You're one of the few creator's that I actually eagerly await your next vid. Quality stuff as always. You're also the only creator that I stop and skip back to take a closer look at the memes....twenty fucking times!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You're so close to 100k subs now, too! You must be excited?
Special Request: Work your magic with the E-MU Systems Drumulator 8-Voice Drum Sampler 1983. I don't know anything about this thing, but if I had a 8 slaves working as a team to create tribal organic beats and only had to feed them a few watts of power as needed, I would call them the "Drumulators" ! lol
@@AudioPilz --> I was tight with the ASR 10 rack mount, back in the early and mid 1990's, but closed that studio down to raise some kids. Now I have replaced it this year the classic Roland XV-5080 rack mount from 2000 (10lbs 13oz - 25 W) and I can tell you, this thing is the pinnacle of tech from 23 years ago and is a final step, at least to me, in the ASR 10 path to perfection, especially if you have a powerful set of 8-bit cards that can be hosted by it. I've barely started, and I can tell you that this new turn of the century (2000) tech is Fun stuff!
Have you thought of putting a small timer counting down to the next meme? Sometimes my reflexes are off, and this show takes a while to watch. Rewind, pause...... missed it. Rewind, pause. Great memes in this episode. More than worth it!!
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The korg taktile triton 25 key would make for an interesting episode. Useful and useless all at once.
Heard lots of good things but did not pull the trigger as yet. For bass sounds is there any strong contender in your opinion?
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@@mattbantle Moog MInitaur is a strong (if much more limited) contender
Thanks for making me feel good about JUST recently deciding to keep my drumstation as my main drum synth and an access virus as my bread n butter synth (I was whittling down to SSL B6’s worthy limitations and not deal with patchbays)
Always find myself pausing episodes to read the memes. Incredibly curated, I can’t believe you put these out weekly.
it's half the fun 😃
lol and those flashed ones you gotta skip back more then once to even pause on. Always worth the effort tho
I had the same thought! Those star trek memes had me dying 😂
Watching Bad Gear eps means fingers are on the space bar.
Thank you so much!!!
I really love the fact that your sense of humour is universal and people from all over the world enjoy your channel. The world is better for having you in it. 😊 Thanks for putting yourself out there
Thank you so much!!!
@@AudioPilz yourself welcome.
A kind comment?
This is TH-cam, aren’t you supposed to be sarcastic bitching & rude online?
I’m so confused.
@@streettrash_sid my mum brought me up with values. I was born in the 70s😁
You are a hypocrite. If you think bs 2 is a bad gear then you are a bad seed.
That definitely one of the greatest synths ever made
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Definitely one of the synths ever made
One of the synths ever
Seriously? Why?
One of the best affordable synths, yes. It really does tick a lot of boxes, I’m a big fan
You just can't go wrong with the Bass Station 2! It is a very versatile piece of kit with soooo much tricks up its sleeve. Combine that with the AFX-mode and this video for some inspiration: It is bonkers!! Great vid as always Florian!
Thank you!!!
Deep down the show's really about showing people that it's not the gear, but them who is bad.
No, everybody watching this show is great!!!
I always enjoy videos featuring this huge knob - especially when he's talking about the massive filter cutoff control on the Bass Station II 😉 Lovely demos in this one!
Behave;)
Impressive that these videos make it past the YT police.
The knob is so satisfying
*slow but firm clap*
The longer this show runs, the wider the smile in the beginning :)
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Bad jokes get better and better after years of repeating😝
No other youtuber makes me lol so much in a single video - these are so fun to watch, thanks. Also - mega gnarly first groove!
Thank you so much!!!
I love the Bass Station 2. I got it when it was brand new, I believe - around September 2013. I still have it, and for a reason. I think it sounds pretty good, and it's got some great features, with a nice interface. Great video as always!
Nice! Thank you!!!
Almost 100K subs. Superb. Can’t wait to view the celebration video. 🎉🎉🎉
Working on it! Thanks!!!
Novation got a unique sound from this synth-not overly vintage sounding. I’m surprised they never expanded the basic synth into a 61 key version.
They did release a few synths higher up the food chain tho!
Essentially, that's what the Novation Summit is.
@@dreamstaticsounds Summit is a hybrid, digital oscillators with analog filter, the BS2 is nothing like this.
@@dankeplace I was under the impression that it was digitally controlled analog oscillators like the BS2. Hmm.
@@dreamstaticsounds Oxford Digital Oscillators with complex waves. FPGA, I believe.
After watching for about 2 years and a few months... bad gear has multiple meanings. There is the 80's term "thats one Bad motherboard" " it's so Bad its good" or "its so Bad your dad won't even watch it" personally I just love the amount of personality this content has. Its so cool that you dont bother showing your studio setup... we know by now you have an RE-201 space echo from the decade I born in etc. Its just good fun learning about stuff I didn't know or having a new perspective on gear I have had or knew someone that had. Personally love the bass station because even though its sound pallet is limited its array of features keep things interesting and positive and oh the one thing Moog wont squeeze into a synth thats always deep bass... a Sine wave
Thank you so much!!!
I want Florian to start giving tutorials once he hits 100K subs.
@@quiquiqui420 It shows how little you 'need' while at the same time highlighting the potential rabbit hole awaiting the synth noob.
After owning my AFX-Station for two years i´m still feeling like an apprentice. This synth with the latest OS can deliver a broad range of analogue magic like all these well known drifting classics but also clean modern edm style. It is full of pleasent surprises and definitly a keeper for me.
Agreed!!!
Great video and have a great weekend, finally new power and fans and PC up and running so a bit closer to music again..
Nice!!! Thanks!!!
I agree, Novation should give you money for that jam
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Novation is THE sound of the 90's. Long may it never end!
Agreed!!!
(actually more like TB303, Juno 106, Jupiter 8, Alpha Juno, Nord Lead, OK I'll see me out)
@@wrmusic8736 i meant late90z/early00z. Sorry, there was a lot going on back then.
I found it commendable that Sascha from KMFDM has bascially done his last several tours using the bs2 as his main live rig.
Wow, didn't know. Thanks for posting!!!
thats causes they barely play synths anymore haha. last time i saw them play there wasnt a keyboard in sight , but plenty of guitars and accoustic drums with backing tracks for synths parts. Extremely disappointed
Woah 🤯
Haujobb also uses one for live gigs.
@@aethervagrant244 I think they have always used samplers live. Sascha has always talked about samplers being the most important instrument for him.
Something else that I would like to point out is that I love how you are so concise with the information, you explore all the features, try different types of tones and jams to give a very extensive showcase of a synth's abilities, but the examples are always short and not drawn out for too long, and all with a generous sprinkle of jokes and memes... I am hooked on your series, you are my favorite synth reviewer at the moment.
Thank you so much!!!
Absolutely great show of the Bass Station 2. Everything covered wonderfully in under 10 minutes. Keep up the great work brother 👍👍
Thank you!!!
An absolute gem of a synth. Cant praise and recommend it enough, options are insanely huge, sound is fantastic and can be easily used for any possible genre / mood..
Since I have my for almost a decade, I can mention limits of its build quality and downsides. After years - knobs simply started to fall apart and disintegrate, pitch and mod wheels cannot be calibrated anymore and cleaning doesnt help, also the keys have went full yellow. I can personally live with that and you know what, if it stops working fully, I just get new one, because yeah it is freaking awesome..
Great vid again, all the best! :)
Thanks for the heads up!!!
One of my all time favorite synths. Sold it away years ago in a bad eurorack fever. After watching this video I kind of would like to have it back... Thanks mate!
Eurorack is the devil!!!
Every time I want a new piece of gear I end up on this channel, you’ve reviewed so much instruments that this is almost a cheap synth encyclopedia. Congrats on how big you got and thank you for all the useful information! We beginners really appreciate it ❤
Thank you so much!!!
Great video as usual 😎👍
Nice to see the Mono Station getting some love. I'm glad I got mine at the discontinuance-sale price because it took too long to come to an agreement with mine on what sounds good !
Thanks!!! Nice find!!!
I have the highest expectations for your 100K episode!
So do I;)
Yep.
Every gear reviewed jam since the last roof jam.
Have a great weekend y'all, Have fun making sounds!
Have a nice one too!!!
Stop noodling and finish that album, random person reading this!
Awesome dude! You just remind me that I've had mine now for about 8-9 years, and you are right remembering the keyboard shift modes is like trying to remember Street fighter 2 moves.
Thanks!!!
Finally, the sequel to the bass station episode!
😀😀😀
Wasn't expecting The Amazing Bulk to make an appearance lol
Legend!!!
I have 4 BassStation Racks Poly chained (making it 4 voice analog with each synth in the chain modifying the next, sounds fabulous!) that bought cheaply on the used market 10 to 15 years ago, and I still kind of want this to control all of them. Been waiting for them to flood the used market at lower prices, it is happening. Great job as always, thanks for all of your hard work triggering people!
Nice setup!!!
It's my birthday weekend, I've finished work, I've had a burger & fries for my dinner, I've got a beer in my hand and now BadGear have dropped a new video. Cheers!
Have a nice one!!! Happy Birthday!!!
Im amazed at how the new genres you come up with ever episode seem to perfectly sum up the song you've written 😂
Thank you!!!
It's a form of poetry
One of the best-value analog mono synths of our days. Classic for a reason!
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Congrats on 100K subscribers!
Thank you so much!!!
I have always wanted a Bass Station 1 or 2! Your jams were superb as always.
Thank you!!!
Get the Bass Station 2 (or AFX Station, they’re the same thing) it’s a little more sturdier than it’s predecessor, as Florian can attest (the Bass Station OG’s knobs fell off)
I sold my first synth (monologue) for one a few years ago and never regretted it, the osc>filter FM and two-stage distortion make it powerful at processing external sounds
Nice!!!
I'm curious what external sounds do you use it for?
I've wanted a synth for so long and this is my first one. I honestly think there isn't anything in this price range that is so good considering how creative you can get with it.
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Best choice. Only Waldorf Blofeld is on it's level but that's an entirely different thing 🧐
@@zap7759 Yep, the Blofeld is massively deep with a small interface, to get more control the Studiologic Sledge gives you the Blofeld engine in a mini moog style knob layout.
I’ll never sell my BS2. Can’t wait for that firmware version 7.0 update 😅 Great episode and jams!
Thank you!!!
Novation really do have some stellar customer service, updates on a 10+ old synth is incredible.
Yeah, my Bass Station 2, along with my Yamaha DX 100 are two of my favorites, people will have to pry them from my cold dead hands
Is there another firmware update coming?
Almost 100k subs. That's awesome. I know it's a bit early, but congratulations.
Thank you so much!!!
Literally one of the greatest synths ever made. The opposite of bad gear. Literally the BEST gear
It's nice if people think it's Bad Gear. That means they will be cheaper to buy secondhand!
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right? if I found a functional BS2 for $100 it would be a deal for me but I like the Erica Synths Bassline sound better@@Andronicus2007
I'm honestly quite surprised this made it on here! my second strike on my bad gear bingo card. Great episode as always, I had no idea what angle you were going to come at this one from, considering this is so universally liked, but you had some valid points. I was really late to the party & only got one about a year ago, it always struck me as 'unremarkable' until I got one, I was pleasantly surprised by how much better it sounded than i expected. It can be maybe a bit too harsh & resonant sometimes & definitely not as wild as some of the other (more expensive) pure analogue synths around these days. I still think it deserves to be regarded as a classic, there isn't much you can get for the same money that does quite as much as this thing. PS, leave the virus alone!! 😛
Thanks!!! The Virus is safe;)
IMO the bs2 is one of the best budget monosynths wver made. Its just a really nice instrument and i cant think of much bad to say about it. The fact that it has patch memory is awesome too.
For me the bs2 is 5/5 stars for its price!
I loved mine too, but I can understand why people hate the super-overly-bulky fisherprice style plastic build. It was just a strange choice in the 'microbrute' era when it was a higher price
@toolittle7204 I like the build actually. It was plastic but feels very very durable and strong. Also the keys are vastly better than other cheap analog monos
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There's something very special in the last song's videoclip... Thank you!
The amazing Bulk!!!
Love the episode! I have a basssation 2 and I love it. Although what wasn't mentioned was the ultra cheap knobs which disintegrate, and the keys that yellow really quickly.
Thanks for the heads up!!!
The afx mod made this synth absolutely funkdamental. Thanks again for a formidable video
Thank you so much!!!
Thumb nails? Fire. Memes? Elite. Jams? Super Human.
Thank you for what you do for our community. You are a real legend.
Thank you so much!!!
I love this channel for learning about relatively obscure synths that I didn't know about and their utility despite the public consensus. However, I really love this channel for the "blink and you'll miss it" memes he leaves throughout his videos. I'm stopping the video every 5 seconds and going back frame by frame to see the memes and it never fails to make me laugh! XD
Thank you!!!
Keep those sick beats coming! Your channel is my musical haven! 🎧❤
Thank you!!!
Never really 'got' the sound of this, almost too vanilla. Bad though? Debatable! Awesome work Mr Pilz and HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!
Have a nice weekend!!!
More vanilla than a ancient wood-clad nostalgia generator without even patch storage or basic MIDI capability? Bass Station the Second is boombastic and is for real men.
Oh man the CG on that last jam was creepy as fuck in the best way
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Bulk
Yep.
Epic my friend , another synth well done !
Thank you!!!
Always had my heart on picking one of these up and you've done nothing to dissuade me. Goddamnit 😂
Sorry for that;)
Definitely one of the best synth videos ever made! 🎉 🎶 🎹 🔊
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Still waiting on a bad gear episode for the Behringer crave!
My lawyers are still discussing the topic;)
Plot twist. Florian is Uli's greatest fan... 😆
I shuddered briefly when the pix of the Virus B and Drumstation popped up, then celebrated their non-appearance with a bottle of Olde Neckbearder's Vintage Mindrotte Ale. Survival! I live to noodle another day.
I owned an original plastic Bass Station keyboard in an era when 303s were going for the GDP of Monaco. It squelchfarted its way through most of my 90s tracks with only an occasional random detuning meltdown. I eventually donated it to the skint synthnerd offspring of a family friend, who still misuses it in the time-approved fashion.
I'm fond of the Novation sound and front panels, and currently provide a comfortable retirement home for a Drumstation, a Nova 2, an Ultranova, and a Supernova, so I have no need of the Bass Station Junior. Putting it up against a vintage analogue mono synth with a Dr Bob filter would not be a fair fight.
I run across Bass Station Juniors on occasion in Drum n Bass recording cupboards, where they do the raspy wub bass business with no fuss, no mess. All bud, no dust.
They're dirt cheap used here, so they're the logical option for skint noisemakers. The aftertouch and the AFX wibble are what keeps them useful. Add a fuzz/wah, and you're cooking with gas. ,Also, despite being made entirely of plastic, they can survive a direct hit from an asteroid without flinching.
That sums it up nicely!!!
I appreciate you friend. It's literally in one of my shopping carts now
Thanks!!! Nice!
My second ever proper synth. I loved it, only reason I sold it is because I had a friend who wanted to get into synths, and I gave him a screaming deal on it, I miss it sometimes.
Screaming deals speak louder than words;)
I saved my $ and got a Pro 3. HOWEVER…. This is an amazing synth and mainstay analog. Plastic Classic for sure! ❤ Great vid Flö🎉
Thänks!!!
Congrats on 100k!
Thank you so much!!!
Hats off for that EPIC cover image.
Thank you so much!!!
This synth is just wonderful and full of wonders.
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BS2 always works for me in any setting! Totally holds its own in a rock band line-up as well😊
KMFDM according to some posters in this section
Great for a band context
This is so much better than every other gear channel that just advertises gear.
Thank you so much!!!
@@AudioPilz Absolutely! Thanks for the info and the laughs!
Another one stamped on my Bad Gear Bingo Card! I love this synth with exception to the sharing of LFO and envelope controls; the number of times I've tweaked the wrong one because the switch was set the opposite way is infuriating
I know that all too well!!! Congrats on another one on the Bingo card!
The sharing of controls is why I parted with mine.
My first synth was a BSII and it's the only one I haven't sold since it's pretty versatile and has adult sized keys unlike other monosynths in the price range
Nice aftertouch too!!!
I've been waiting for this!
It was about time!!!
Shoutouts to the Novation Drum Station! glad to hear it doesn't make the Bad Gear cut.
I'll be buried with mine, blessing some far-future synth archeologist.
Right?! I feel like it doesn’t get the love it deserves but that’s fine cuz that just makes it all the more ‘my secret weapon’ I have mine fully controlled by an octatrack (the 3 LFOs per track is f’ing heaven )
As it is tradition!!!
Bang for buck this is one of the best DCO synths ever made...Great for gigging, light, affordable and fantastic to use for leads and basses...
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Novation is probably the best synth manufacturer in terms of support among other things. You can expect them to support your machine with updates way longer than most.
Great customer support!!!
I'm not 18 anymore man, I can't hit space fast enough to pause on all these memes.
I rewind though, I read every single one. That's love bruv
90s FPS kids unite!!!❤️❤️❤️
The aphex twin mod is very tempting . I never considered this synth until I read about that feature . Novation K-station was my first GAS , but never fell into my budget back in the day . Great show . All the jams , and the intro were peanut butter to my ears 😊 nice job !
Thank you!!!
BS2 was awesome even before AFX
Ok I'm only 3:30 mins in but that auto pilot gag is legendary.
Thank you!!!
Didn't know you kept the Mono Station! It'd be interesting to see a video where you talk about which pieces of gear you kept and why :)
Great idea! Thanks!!! In this case: nobody wants it;)
I love the mono station. The thing is genius at hashing out bass-lines. I think I use it even more than the AFX and the Medusa, and actually sounds good unlike circuit.
Absolute bangers in this week's episode!
Thank you!!!
Thank you for another excellent, fun, funny, and informative episode with the usual astoundingly good music jams! Some more suggestions for Bad Gear; the Korg Triton Extreme (AKA the FAIL machine), the Madwaves Player (interesting "toy"), the Kawai K5000, and the Alesis blue thing they put out.
Thank you!!! Great suggestions!
Possibly my favorite synth.
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A classic and rightfully so, immensely useful wether you have an arsenal of sought after synths or just a laptop, it always finds its place.
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Yep. I would recommend it to anyone as a first synth.
I had gotten rid of one of these recently, kind of regret it…So I got a Roland S1 to help ease the pain. Now they’re both bad gear!✌️🎶🎵🎶
Roland S1 is nice!!!
Killer synth, great jams, and great job with this vid!
I've considered getting a Bass Station2 in the past, but keep forgetting to. I'm pretty comfy with my Pulse 2, Neutron and Peak for analogue flavor.
Thank you!!! Nice collection!
Novation is my favorite synthesizer company by a long shot. They don't release a hundred synths a year and, never to be undervalued, the best customer service and warranty replacement. The Peak is nearly flawless in design and sound.
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I have never seen a company release 100 synths a year, exaggerate much?
@@dankeplace Maybe you don't understand the harmless and common lingual technique of using exaggeration to illustrate a point? It's not meant to be literal but rather figuratively - and 99.99% of the population would assume that. For example, "Man, that guy must be dumb as a rock".
@@GrootsieTheDog and your 99.99% example was a gross exaggeration too, which is ironic.
I'm very much into the Bad Gear philosophy but "haters gonna hate", poor guys.
Cheers to those who got the "...And justice for all" reference in the video, Bass Station 2 seems a nice instrument, I would consider it if it was keyboardless module
Oh, you got that one. Nice!!!
@@AudioPilz Yes, I'm a "metalhead", got deeper into electronic music because of lockdown boredom and got some synths and a drum machine 3 years ago but I still play them quite often
Every single gear is bad gear! For one there isn't a single piece of equipment that would tick everyone's baaaksses. Legendary gear are usually _really_ bad gear that were made legendary by their (usually unintended) characteristic quirks and limitations and the artists who creatively used these to create iconic sounds in what have become hit songs (or genres). Hello TB-303! Hi Juno-60! "Not so bad gear" are the real "baaaksss" tickers but are often labeled as generic, boring or so complicated that they require Mariana-trench-deep menu diving that would make the DX7 blush in shameful simplicity. This show is gold! Keep it up! :)
Thank you so much!!!
Bonus points for the Peter Gunn bass line. You had me with "They should have called it Lead Station".
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Ha, it's Friday! Hoping that one day you'll feature the Alpha Juno and dominate the shit out of all the jams! I see you're close to 100k subs, well deserved!
Thank you!!! Great suggestion!!!
Got 3 of the alpha 2’s. Just like poly800mkII, beast in a plastic sheet! Lol
I have one beef in particular with the Ultranova - its mod and pitchwheels have that soft rubberised coating which a decade on has turned into a sticky mess
Yuck!!! I hate when that happens!!!
I just got one, thanks for showing it
Nice!!!
Even though this is one of my least expensive mono synths, it’s always my go to for a warm and deep sounding bass. It’s very easy to use too.
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First time you talk about a synth I have
Congratulations! Welcome to Bad Gear Bingo!!!
Such a fantastic synth.
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Herzlichen Glückwunsch zur runden Abonnentenzahl!🍄 🍄🎉🎉
Vielen lieben Dank
another bad gear piece i own! i admit: it has a learning curve a bit harsh, but overcoming that it's one of the best sounding synth i've ever tried
Happy to hear that it works for you!
It was an extremely good synth 6 or 7 years ago...it's an even better synth today with the updates. FFS it has aftertouch for less than $500, and Roland can't seem to add aftertouch unless you're in the $3k range on their keyboards (WTF?). Still a no-brainer purchase in my book. Und wie immer, gut gemacht!
Vielen Dank!!!
I found the user interface annoying - it looks like knob per function but it really isn't. Almost every knob is overloaded with different functions, and so are the buttons - which is why I lost patches trying to save them more times than I succeeded.
All the functions assigned to the keyboard kept getting added to, in firmware updates, so you either have to have a manual with your, or print out a cheat sheet and tape it to the side of the synth.
I never really could get a sound I liked out of the filter, despite all the different settings. When they finally added a key tracking amount it got a little bit better, but that's still only a choice of 8 settings... at least the last time I checked.
I took the keyboard off and fitted a knobbly MIDI controller in the space. 16 more knobs and it started to make more sense, but I still didn't actually like it much.
I still have it, in a box, but it's the one synth I regret spending money on.
It's truly a Mortal Kombat finishing move synth
The UI and uninspiring sound is why I sold mine.
You're one of the few creator's that I actually eagerly await your next vid.
Quality stuff as always.
You're also the only creator that I stop and skip back to take a closer look at the memes....twenty fucking times!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
You're so close to 100k subs now, too!
You must be excited?
Thank you so much!!! 100K!!!
@@AudioPilz Well deserved, mate!👌👍
When the BS1 came out it was a fantastic intro into analogue synths, I managed to get some amazing sounds out of it running it through fx
Great for running it through pedals!
Special Request: Work your magic with the E-MU Systems Drumulator 8-Voice Drum Sampler 1983. I don't know anything about this thing, but if I had a 8 slaves working as a team to create tribal organic beats and only had to feed them a few watts of power as needed, I would call them the "Drumulators" ! lol
Wow, these are still comparably affordable!!!
@@AudioPilz --> I was tight with the ASR 10 rack mount, back in the early and mid 1990's, but closed that studio down to raise some kids. Now I have replaced it this year the classic Roland XV-5080 rack mount from 2000 (10lbs 13oz - 25 W) and I can tell you, this thing is the pinnacle of tech from 23 years ago and is a final step, at least to me, in the ASR 10 path to perfection, especially if you have a powerful set of 8-bit cards that can be hosted by it. I've barely started, and I can tell you that this new turn of the century (2000) tech is Fun stuff!
Aphex Twin needed to vanquish the Amazing Bulk. After all, he's got a tank, right? =D
Damn, a missed opportunity!!!
Have you thought of putting a small timer counting down to the next meme? Sometimes my reflexes are off, and this show takes a while to watch. Rewind, pause...... missed it. Rewind, pause. Great memes in this episode. More than worth it!!
Great idea, thanks!!!
Jason Newsted played Bass Station 2 ??? It is barely noticable...
You're onto something here;)
@@AudioPilzYeah!
Amazing little synth, but I would need too many other synths to make the best use of it. You did a hell of a job
Thank you!!!