You can route any of the oscillator’s signals directly to the synthesizer’s output, bypassing all filters and/or master effects. The flexibility is further increased by placing an insert effect into the feedback path. This can create very lively and dynamic results. For example, you can filter a sound and feed it back into the filter’s input. You can also take the signal at any point and route it back to the beginning. You can place two insert effects at various places within the signal flow. MASSIVE’s basic structure conforms to the well-known subtractive synthesis paradigm, making it easy to understand while simultaneously ensuring the signal flow is highly flexible. It can, for instance, be used in combination with MASSIVE’s comb filters for a physical modelling approach to sound design.
A noise generator provides an additional signal source that can be mixed in with the other signals, generating particular effects. It can be used for ring modulation, phase modulation (which sounds similar to FM) as well as further modulation modes. Finally, a modulation oscillator can be used to vary the main oscillators’ signal. MASSIVE comes with 85 specially designed wavetables, each one with a unique combination of waveforms and particular sonic characteristics. Of course, the “tracks” are not restricted to usual sawtooth or pulse waves. MASSIVE features an unlimited number of these “tracks” in each wavetable as well as two additional manipulation modes relevant for time and frequency settings. In the horizontal dimension, a single cycle’s read-out speed curve can be manipulated in three different bending modes. In the vertical dimension, each of MASSIVE’s oscillators allows these tracks to be faded seamlessly into one another.
Think of a Wave Scanning oscillator as a multi-track sequencer one of the tracks contains a saw wave and the other a pulse wave. It combines the highest sonic quality with utmost flexibility and controllability. MASSIVE’s sound synthesis is based on a unique Wave Scanning algorithm, implemented in three parallel oscillator modules. They are also the first eight parameters that are reported to any host when MASSIVE is used as a plug-in. They are targets for MIDI assignments, which are easily set using the MIDI Learn function. Moreover, the macro controls are the most important interface to other applications. The macro controls essentially turn each sound into a set of possible sounds that seamlessly morph into one another. The macro controls enable you to customize any of MASSIVE’s presets instantly and profoundly, without having to understand the technical structure of the sound. A single controller can handle multiple assignments – for example, just twist ‘Rhythm’ and watch how multiple underlying parameters change simultaneously. MASSIVE’s macro controls offer fast, direct control – automatically mapped to the eight macro knobs on all Komplete Kontrol S-Series keyboards, and all Maschine hardware.Īll of a sound’s most important parameters are pre-configured and mapped to these controllers. The efficient search and intuitive filter functions let you find presets according to specific characteristics and attributes – a particularly musical and intuitive approach.
MASSIVE contains over 1300 sounds, all crafted by leading artists and sound designers. And an overwhelming array of wavetable oscillators, modulation options, and filters, and effects offer a sonic spectrum as broad as it is inspiring. Razor-sharp leads cut through the mix even with grit and dirt piled high. MASSIVE gives your tracks a solid foundation with the creamiest, punchiest basses.
Clearly laid out and easy to use, MASSIVE gives you earth-shuddering sounds from the very first note. The virtual-analogue concept belies the contemporary, cutting-edge sound it generates. MASSIVE is a sonic monster – the ultimate synth for basses and leads. The synth that defined bass music, this powerhouse synthesizer is an uncompromising sonic monster and the go-to choice for bass music and electro producers. A time-honoured taste of what the world’s leading production suite has to offer, packing MASSIVE, ABSYNTH5, FM8, and REPLIKA, to give you a rack of genre-defining instruments that sound as fresh as ever.