Analog Bass Drum
Classic 808/909-flavoured analog-style bass drum. Warmer and more resonant than the Synth Kick, with a strong body tail.
Available on: Track 1
Built on: Mutable Instruments Plaits — analog_bass_drum model.
Character
Models a classic analog bass-drum voice — a damped resonant body with a fast pitch sweep at the transient. Turns into long resonant thumps at high decay settings; stays snappy and punchy at short decays.
Parameters
The ab-allparams macro exposes all six DSP parameters across two pages (OLED short label: AnaKick):
| Page | Knob 1 | Knob 2 | Knob 3 | Knob 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tone | Freq | Tone | Decay | A FM |
| FM Env | S FM | Accent | — | — |
Tone
| Parameter | Range | What it does | DSP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freq | low → high | Base pitch of the bass-drum body | f0 |
| Tone | dark → bright | Transient / body brightness | tone |
| Decay | short → long | Body decay length | decay |
| A FM | 0 → high | Attack FM — pitch-sweep intensity at the attack | attack_fm_amount |
FM Env
| Parameter | Range | What it does | DSP |
|---|---|---|---|
| S FM | 0 → high | Self FM — internal feedback FM, adds punch and weight | self_fm_amount |
| Accent | soft → hard | Velocity / emphasis | accent |
Longer
Decaywith lowFreqgives the long-tail 808 sub kick; shorterDecaywith a slightly higherFreqgives tighter 909-style kicks.
See also
- Synth Kick — brighter, more modern synth kick on Track 1.
- FM Kick / Bass — FM-based kick on Track 2.