You can use the GForce Novation Bass Station either within your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) or as a standalone application.
When used in your DAW, you can trigger the synths in your compositions. This is ideal if you’re looking to add high-quality synths with other instruments or effects.
Alternatively, using the synths as standalone applications gives you immediate access to incredible synth sounds without needing to open your DAW, making it a convenient option for practising and experimenting. This standalone mode is perfect when you want to sit down, play, and enjoy the instrument’s sounds instantly without the setup time a DAW requires.
In this guide, we've used Ableton Live Lite as the DAW used to open the GForce Bass Station. However, most of the steps are the same in other DAWs.
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Open Ableton Live Lite (or any DAW) from your applications folder.
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Go to Plug-Ins in the Browser on the left-hand side of Live.
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Expand the GForce folder
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Double click the Bass Station plugin.
If you have a MIDI track selected in Live, it will add the synth to that track. If not, Live creates a new MIDI track and adds the synth as a Device on that track.
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The first time you open a GForce plugin, it will prompt you to REGISTER PRODUCT.
To do this:
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If you have a MIDI controller keyboard connected to your computer, click the Arm Recording button at the bottom of the MIDI track in Live and you can use the keys to play the piano sounds in from the synth.
If you don't have a MIDI controller keyboard, you can use MIDI to trigger the sounds from the synths.
If you need any help to install or use the GForce Select Suite, you can find GForce's help centre, user guide, and contact details here: