Bass Station 2 vs Toraiz AS-1

[lesstalkmoredisco]

Hi all!

I thought I’d report back, after all the advise given here. And maybe someone later can be helped from reading this here.

I snatched up a really good priced A4.

I can say I really couldn’t be happier with it. I already had listened to a lot of sound examples of it, and indeed it sounds great - plus very versatile - and also especially workflow wise I’m gelling with it enormously.

First of all, the fact that I can just mirror my workflow from my other Elektron boxes helps me a lot.

Second, the way all parameters are bundled in the different menus helps a lot to get a better overview, instead of everything at once.

I really like how the kits function. I can make slight alterations, and save them. Or I can stick with the same or a previous kit to keep the same sound that I changed during a song, similar to OT’s Parts. It’s sort of the best of both worlds: being able to store separate versions of sounds per Pattern in kits, like DT and DN save all parameters per Pattern, but also having the ability to morph sounds during a song throughout different patterns, like with OT’s parts.

In the end one post from a few years back that really helpt me in my decision, and that I fully experience the same, is this post by @tdmusic in which he said a lot of things that resonated with me, especially:

@tdmusic

Having everything grouped together in pages actually makes you think a bit more about what you want to achieve. With the Microbrute, I’d mostly just randomly play with the sliders and see what happened, which is a lot of fun, but the A4 makes you think a bit more about what parameter you want to tweak before you do it as you have to go the right page. For someone who has been pretty lazy about learning synthesis, I’ve actually found this a good thing as it makes you think a bit more when tweaking sounds and you start to get a much better feel for how each section shapes the sound.

I’ll be saying goodbye to the BS2 (and an expensive effects pedal that was overqualified for my needs) to fund the A4. But I feel it’s a perfect decision. I’ve done more patches from scratch on the A4 during the last few days then I ever did on any piece of gear. Exactly what I was hoping to get this for.

Only the Poly settings and the Arp are still a bit of a mystery to me. In that regard, to me, the Digitone makes more sense automatically, the way DN automatically allocates its voices. But hey, it has 4 more so that is a bit of an unfair comparison. Plus I started this thread looking for a Mono synth, so in that function the A4 offers already three bonus mono voices more then I asked for:)

Thanks for all your advices, including suggesting the A4. I don’t know if I would’ve went for the A4 otherwise but I think it’s the perfect fit for what I was looking for!