Rave Station 2

Description

Rave Station 2 is a 16-voice polyphonic workstation synth inspired by theiconic workstations, samplers, and effects of the mid-90s. With over 600preset sounds – all tuned to key with multi-sample support – it capturesthe essence of rave, techno, mid-90s hardcore, eurodance, house, and oldschool electronic music production.Sounds are organized into eight categories: Bass (deep basses, sub basses,bass leads), FX (risers, impacts, sweeps), Hoover (classic rave hooversand reeses), Multi (breakbeat, vocal, and drum kits), Organ (organs andkeyboard sounds), Stab 1 and Stab 2 (classic stabs and chord hits), andSynth (leads, pads, plucks, and synthesizer sounds).The filter section offers 9 distinct types, each with unique tonalcharacteristics. LP Clean provides transparent 2-pole filtering. LP Roland24 is inspired by the Roland IR3109 filter chip with warm, punchy 24 dBresponse. LP Moog 24 delivers transistor ladder emulation with nonlinearfeedback for rich harmonics and musical self-oscillation. HP SVF and BPSVF cover highpass and bandpass duties. Peak and Notch filters handleresonant boosts and frequency rejection. LP FM 12 adds audio-ratefrequency modulation where the Drive control affects FM depth. LP 303authentically emulates the TB-303 diode ladder with distinctive squelchand acidic resonance character. All filters feature pre/post drivepositioning, velocity follow, and key tracking.Three independent ADSR envelopes control amplitude, filter cutoff, andpitch. The pitch envelope reaches ±48 semitones for dramatic sweeps andtransient design. An 8-waveform LFO (Sine, Triangle, Square, Saw Up/Down,Random, Sample & Hold, and Nord Lead 3 Triple Peak) modulates 9destinations including filter, pitch, pan, amp, HPF, resonance, drive, andmid frequency, with tempo sync and fade in/out control.The Supersaw unison engine provides up to 9 voices with authentic JP-8000frequency ratios at the 7-voice setting. Other voice counts use asymmetric Hypersaw algorithm. An independent symmetric detune system addsup to 700 cents of classic chorus-like thickening. Both systems worktogether for massive, layered textures.A 14-pattern SH-101 inspired arpeggiator offers Up, Down, Up&Down,Down&Up patterns across 1-2 octaves plus wrapped polyrhythm patterns (W3,W4, W5, W6) with 9 tempo divisions and adjustable gate length.The effects chain includes 4-mode chorus (CE-3, JP-8000, Alpha Juno 2Standard/Matched), ping-pong stereo delay with tempo sync and toneshaping, algorithmic reverb with pre-delay and sidechain ducking, plusbuilt-in OTT multiband dynamics with selectable pre/post positioning.Performance controls include poly/mono voice modes with portamento, stereowidth (0-200%), per-voice pan spread, 3-band tone shaping with sweepablemid frequency, pitch bend up to ±24 semitones, and velocity sensitivity.