Sub-Weight FM Bass

Sounds like: A round, heavy sub with a tiny pitched click on the attack.

Sound type: bass · Genre: UK Garage, House, Dubstep / Bass Music · Style: FM sub-bass style common in UK garage/2-step production

A tight, mono sub-bass with a short pitched click on the attack — reads as round and heavy on a sub, but still has enough transient to punch through small speakers.

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Digitone II

Exact match: Sub tone with a fast attack click

SYN page 1

• ALGO: 8
• RATIO C: 1.00
• RATIO A: 2.00
• MIX: -45

SYN page 2 · Operator A

• LEV: 36
• ATK: 0
• DEC: 10
• END: 0

FLTR page 1 · Multi-mode

• FREQ: 80
• RESO: 10
• TYPE: 0 (LP)
• ENV: 15
• ATK: 0
• DEC: 10
• SUS: 38

AMP page

• ATK: 0
• DEC: 20
• SUS: 127
• REL: 8
• MODE: ADSR

FX page

• OVER: 15

Digitone II's FM engine has no simple oscillator waveform — the click comes from Operator A's own SYN page 2 envelope, which decays fast (DEC 10) down to END 0, so it only colors the attack before the tone settles into the plain 1.00-ratio sub carrier. FX page's light Overdrive keeps the low end readable on small speakers without softening the punch.

Syntakt

Exact match: Sub tone with a fast attack click

SYN — SY TONE

• TUNE: 0
• RATIO: 32
• PNCH: 0
• DEC: 80
• FDBK: 0
• MOD: 30
• MENV: 20
• OVER: 15

FLTR PAGE 1

• FREQ: 76
• RESO: 10
• TYPE: Lowpass
• ENV: 90
• ATK: 0
• DEC: 10
• SUS: 20

AMP PAGE 1

• ATK: 0
• DEC: 20
• SUS: 127
• REL: 8

AMP PAGE 2

• MODE: ADSR

Syntakt's SY TONE machine is a two-operator FM voice (RATIO, FDBK, MOD, MENV), so FM is available on the melodic tracks. MOD is modest and MENV is short, so only the attack gets FM colour (the click) before it settles to a round low tone. Play notes in the bass octave.

Novation Summit

Exact match: Filter-envelope click instead of FM

OSCILLATOR 1

• WAVE: Sine
• RANGE: 8'

FILTER

• SHAPE: LP
• FREQUENCY: 76
• RESONANCE: 10
• SOURCE: Mod Env 1
• ENV DEPTH: 45

MOD ENVELOPE 1

• ATTACK: 0
• DECAY: 10
• SUSTAIN: 38
• RELEASE: 8

AMP ENVELOPE

• ATTACK: 0
• DECAY: 20
• SUSTAIN: 127
• RELEASE: 8

EFFECTS

• DISTORTION LEVEL: 15

Compared with other synths: Simple, direct translation — Summit doesn't need the FM trick, a quick Mod Envelope 1 opening on Filter Cutoff does the same job as Digitone II's fast-decaying modulator operator.

Arturia MiniFreak

Exact match: Sub tone with a fast attack click

OSCILLATOR

• TYPE: Two Op. FM
• WAVE (Ratio): 15
• TIMBRE (Amount: modulation index): 30
• SHAPE (Feedback): 20
• VOLUME: 100

ANALOG FILTER

• TYPE: Low Pass
• CUTOFF: 60
• RESONANCE: 8
• ENV/VELO: 12

ENVELOPE

• ATTACK: 0
• DECAY: 8
• SUSTAIN: 100
• RELEASE: 5

CYCLING ENVELOPE

• MODE: Env
• RISE: 5
• FALL: 15
• HOLD: 0

DIGITAL EFFECTS · FX1

• TYPE: Distortion
• INTENSITY: 15
• AMOUNT: 20

MODULATION MATRIX

• Source (row): CycEnv
• Destination (column): Timbre 1
• Amount: +40

Osc 1 is Two Op. FM: Wave sets the ratio between the two operators (non-integer ratios are inharmonic and bell-like), Timbre is the modulation index and Shape is the feedback. Mod Matrix: the CycEnv row to the Timbre 1 column at +40. Values are on MiniFreak's native 0-100 scale.

Compared with other synths: A genuinely MiniFreak-specific way to reach the same sub body + short pitched click result the other synths get from a second, fast-decaying operator/oscillator.

Dreadbox Typhon

Approximation: No attack-click layer: plain sub tone only

FRONT PANEL

• WAVE: ~12 o'clock (plain VCO1 sine-leaning, VCO2 off)
• CUTOFF: ~1-2 o'clock (~55%)
• RESON: ~8 o'clock (low)
• EG LEVEL: ~7-8 o'clock (minimal, filter stays mostly static)
• FILTER TIME: ~2 o'clock (fast)
• AMP TIME: ~2 o'clock (fast)
• VOLUME: ~12 o'clock (global, not stored in the preset)

AMP ADSR

• ATTACK: 0
• DECAY: 20
• SUSTAIN: 100
• RELEASE: 8

SET

• VCO GLIDE: 0
• VCO LVL: 100
• VCF TRACK: 0
• VCF FFM: 0
• VCA LVL: 100

The simplest translation in the library — Typhon's single-VCO sub tone with a short, high-sustain AMP ADSR covers this patch directly. There's no dedicated attack-click layer here; RESON is kept low and EG LEVEL minimal so the filter stays out of the way of the round sub tone.

ASM Hydrasynth Desktop

Exact match: Filter-envelope click instead of FM

OSCILLATOR 1

• MODE: Single
• WAVE: Sine
• SEMI: 0
• CENTS: 0
• KEYTRACK: 100%

FILTER 1

• TYPE: LP Ldr12
• CUTOFF: 76.0
• RESONANCE: 10.0
• ENV 1 AMOUNT: 63
• KEYTRACK: 0%

AMP

• AMP LEVEL: 110.0

ENVELOPE 1

• DELAY: 0 ms
• ATTACK: 0 ms
• HOLD: 0 ms
• DECAY: 20 ms
• SUSTAIN: 38.0
• RELEASE: 10 ms

ENVELOPE 2

• DELAY: 0 ms
• ATTACK: 0 ms
• HOLD: 0 ms
• DECAY: 40 ms
• SUSTAIN: 127.0
• RELEASE: 15 ms

PRE-FX

• TYPE: Distort
• DRIVE: 20
• DRY/WET: 15%

Compared with other synths: Direct translation, comparable to Summit's approach — Envelope 1 (pre-wired to Filter 1) gives a quick, high-positive-amount filter-envelope click rather than a second FM operator, while Envelope 2 (pre-wired to Amp) holds the sub body at full sustain.

How the synths compare

Field values (filter cutoff/resonance, envelope times) are practical starting points, not exact recall values for any single unit — dial in by ear against your own speakers.

Patchpad is a free reference of drum patterns and synth patches written for real hardware: Digitakt II, Digitone II, Syntakt, Novation Summit, Arturia MiniFreak, Dreadbox Typhon and ASM Hydrasynth Desktop.