The oscillator setup may not sound like much, but with clever mixing, you can actually create some quite interesting waveforms with it. The sub-oscillator is, restricted to two pulse widths, one or two octaves below the pitch of the main oscillator. Let’s dive into what you’re given with the TAL-Bassline 101.Īs on the original unit, you’re provided with individual level sliders for saw, pulse, noise and sub-oscillator waves, with control of your oscillator pitch. So it sounds great, but how useable is it & are the features good enough to handle your production needs? Preset 1 Preset 2 Preset 3 Preset 4 (might want to turn your headphones down) TAL-BASSLINE-101 Features And UI Word of warning about Nr.4 however, while it is my favourite sound of the bunch, the high end might be a bit much if you’re wearing headphones. So, below you’ll hear 4 random presets playing a simple monophonic melody. But, we want you to make that decision for yourself. Just running through a couple presets, the TAL-BASSLINE-101 perfectly shows off it’s versatility and amazing sound. Having had experience with numerous SH-101 emulations, over the years, as well as the actual analog synth, this emulation is as close as anyone has gotten to perfect. The TAL-Bassline-101 is staggeringly similar sounding, to the original SH-101 synth. Which brings us on to: How Does It Sound? And the basses you can make are just incredible. While polyphonic playing is a great addition to an already stellar bass machine, if you’d rather stick to authentic purity, there is a mono mode for this synth, for you to live out your 90’s rockstar dreams.
It’s particularly good at producing beautiful pad sounds with a distinctly Roland character.Ĭombine that with their smooth Juno-60 emulation, add on their free reverb and you’ve got some real, classic electronic music vibes going on. We definitely found the poly mode on TAL Bassline 101 to be a great addition. Which is pretty awesome if you want to make more chord/pad based sounds that need poly mode to work. This is mostly due to the fact, you can actually see what’s going on in the sequencer/arpeggiator.Īnother welcome addition is the fact that the TAL emulation is now Polyphonic. The layout is also noticeably more complex than it’s counterpart. That is because, in addition to everything you expect to see on an SH-101, the TAL emulation goes a few steps further to include functionality that was never present on the original machine. Remember when I said it’s a near perfect emulation? Why Is It So Good?Įven the most grizzled rave veterans love the TAL-BASSLINE-101 If you’ve ever listened to Aphex Twin, Tangerine Dream or The Prodigy, I’m willing to bet you’re well acquainted with it’s signature rough sound. When the 1990’s came around though, the SH-101 was taken under the wing of the growing electronic music culture, particularly house music.Ĭut to a more contemporary time, and the SH-101 is almost synonymous with the house sound of the time. However, the SH-101 was a commercial failure, and was mostly kept for niche industrial artists and electro heads. That, combined with the low price, should’ve been incredible during it’s release in 1982. You literally couldn’t make a bad sounding patch. While limiting, the simplicity was it’s biggest strength. The 101 offered a simple sequencer, a single oscillator (with a sub- oscillator) and just a single envelope generator, shared between the amplifier and filter. Released way back in 1982, this was one of the last great monophonic synths of the analogue era. The TAL-BASSLINE-101 is a near-perfect emulation of the house music staple, that is the SH-101. If you’re a house music efficionado, you might have already drawn the parallels with the legendary Roland SH-101 monophonic synth.Īnd you’re right on the mark, Bucko. And we liked it so much we included it in our best synth VST plugins list.īut is it really that good? We’re gonna find that out together in this TAL-Bassline 101 review.ītw here’s our YouTube video review ? What is the TAL-BASSLINE-101? One of our favourite products from TAL, is the TAL-BASSLINE-101 plugin. And, regardless of a lot of the TAL plugins being free, the premium plugins that they offer, stand out above the rest.įor instance, the incredible TAL-MOD is a super powerful semi-modular “analog” type of synth, and, the definitive Juno-60 emulation, the TAL-U-NO-LX is one of the best analogue emulations on the market.Ĭoming out with banger after banger, the swiss based company has been under the radar for a while, but with their outstanding eye for design & development – they’re hard not to notice anymore. Togu Audio Line (TAL) have proved that their products and plugins are top-notch. ✅Self resonating zero feedback delay filter ✅96 Step sequences and arpeggiator (sync-able to DAW)).
✅One of the best SH-101 emulations out there ✅Great support from developer (communication and updates).