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Bassic

nonlinear chaos bass
voices 0
Tuning · Input
Octave -2 (Z/X) · A–; play · Space = sustain
Breakdown
Bias the circuit to the edge and drive it over: a near-sine settles into a relaxation growl, then sub-harmonic chaos. The attractor scope above shows the loop fracture.
Breakdown
0.30
Chaos
off
Bias
off
Chaos tracks the note pitch (free).
Voice
The amp envelope + how the keys play: velocity response, voice allocation, and glide between notes.
4 ms160 ms · 0.75220 msADSR
Mono — one voice; the chaos runs unbroken (overlap to re-pluck).
Acid Filter
A resonant low-pass with its own pluck envelope — the 303 squelch. Push resonance for the squeal; set Env Amt + Decay for the acid pluck.
Cutoff
0.60
Resonance
0.30
Env Amt
0.40
Env Decay
0.40
Output
The felt sub keeps the low end solid under the chaos; saturation glues and tames peaks; the master low-pass sets the top before the limiter.
Sub
0.50
Sub -1
off
Drive
bypass
Tone
open
Gain
0.60
C1
D1
E1
F1
G1
A1
B1
AC2
SD2
DE2
FF2
GG2
HA2
JB2
KC3
LD3
;E3
'F3
IG3
[A3
]B3
C4
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