Future Audio Workshop has upgraded its sub-bass synth plugin to SubLab XL with a revised synth engine, new effects, and more.
Everything has a beginning. For the software company Future Audio Workshop, it was the Circle Synthesizer, today Circle2. A Synthesizer that has long been one of my favorite plugins. A bigger success for the developers was the second synth release called SubLab.
The developers have created here a virtual instrument that has an engine that is tailor-made and optimized for the creation of deep sub basses. So to give your tracks the extra portion low-end. Now the SubLab plugin goes into the second round, or let’s say, in an extra large round with more features.
Future Audio Workshop SubLab XL
With the SubLab XL, the developers have now revised the entire concept and significantly expanded it at every point. Starting with the oscillator section. Here you find a brand-new super oscillator allowing you to layer saw, triangle or square waves to create thick, buzzy supersaws or subtle Moogy bass in seconds. The pitch of the individual oscillators can be adjusted individually, perfect to make them fat. There are also stereo width as well as dry/wet mix controls.
Then, you can explore new effects in SubLab XL. It ships with six distortion types, a waveshaper, tape with hiss and wobble, a bit-crusher, and a compressor with auto sidechain functionality. You can mix and match up to 4 FX and change their order according to your taste. This section massively expands the sonic spectrum of the synth.
Further, you now make the bass wobble with the new LFO modulations. The LFO has sine, triangle, sawtooth, square, and noise waveforms and 18 different modulation destinations. You can adjust the LFO rate manually or put it in sync mode with the DAW tempo. It also comes with new presets as well as a handy macro page allowing sound transformations with a few clicks. And all the other popular features of the predecessor are, of course, also included.
Availability
The SubLab was already a very useful plugin for adding sub bass to any tracks. With the XL version, the developers have raised the bar again and turned the plugin into a sub-bass Synthesizer that is not to be missed.
Future Audio Workshop SubLab XL is available now for an introductory price of 50€ (reg. 79€). Existing SubLab customers can upgrade for 20€. It runs as a VST2, VST3, AU, and AAX plugin on macOS (Intel + M1) and Windows.
More information here: Future Audio Workshop
Available at my partner
don’t need this, already got too much (including Phase Plant + extras), but tempted. like the UI design, and the specialized focus. how does it compare to Rob Papen’s SubBoomBass?
on my radar:
RobPapen SubBoomBass
Softube Monoment Bass