ManBehindTheMachines Mirage Bass is a new low-CPU virtual analog bass Synthesizer for Native Instruments Reaktor 6 and Maschine+.
The instruments in the Maschine+ standalone groove workstation are based on the Komplete bundle. These include Massive v1, FM8, Reaktor 6, and more. Recently, it was discovered that you can load your own Reaktor instruments into the Maschine+ via a backdoor.
ManBehindTheMachines, a musician and developer from France, has already released several Maschine+ compatible instruments. For example, Uranos MK2, Super Five, and Moog Prodigy, all with a lower CPU print than the built-in synths.
ManBehindTheMachines is now back with another new synth called Mirage Bass, a low-CPU bass Synthesizer for Reaktor 6 and Maschine+.
ManBehindTheMachines Mirage Bass
Mirage Bass is a new, very classic virtual analog bass Synthesizer, featuring two oscillators, a multimode filter, an LFO, and an envelope.
Oscillator 1 has three waveforms to choose from (square, saw, triangle), a range from -24 to +12, and three dedicated controls: fine tune, character, and volume.
The second oscillator has the identical waveforms except for the saw. Here, it has a sine FM, but all three share the same range from -12 to +12. You can tweak it with three controls: semitone, character, and volume.
Then, it flows into a multimode filter with three selectable flavors: Moog ladder, Pro-52 (Sequential Prophet-5), and MS-20, each with classic cutoff and resonance controls. You can also modulate the cutoff with either a noise envelope, LFO, or traditional ADR envelope.
On the modulation side, it has a multimode LFO with three operation modes (envelope, sync, free) and a rate control, plus you get an ADR envelope. There is also a glide control and a master volume.
First Impression
Installed it straight away and can report that it’s a great-sounding, very simple bass synth. It also consumes well under 10%, which is more efficient than Monark. Thanks, ManBehindTheMachines, for the new addition.
ManBehindTheMachines Mirage Bass is available as a free download from the Native Instruments Reaktor User Library. It runs as an ensemble in Reaktor 6 (full version) and Maschine+.
More information here: ManBehindTheMachines (Reaktor User Library)
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