Substance

Synthesizer
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Substance is a powerful bass synthesis engine built on three layered sound sources with extensive processing capabilities. It combines heavily processed electric and acoustic sources through sophisticated filtering, effects, and modulation to create earth-shattering low-end sounds. The plugin excels at pushing the boundaries of bass design through its multi-layer architecture and comprehensive effects chain.

Key Features

  • Three-layer architecture with individual sound source selection per layer
  • 10 filter types including AR LP/HP/BP (2 and 4-pole), Daft LP/HP, Formant, and Phaser
  • Layer FX: 3 distortion types (Tube, Dirt, Lofi), 3 motion effects (Chorus, Phaser, Flanger), Pitch with Flutter, Compressor, Delay, and Reverb
  • Global FX: Screamer Drive distortion with tone/bass/bright controls, Cabinet simulation, Compression, Delay, and over 16 convolution reverb algorithms
  • 12 arpeggiator playback styles with velocity pattern sequencing and octave expansion
  • Four Macro Sliders controlling up to 6 parameters each for simultaneous control of 24 parameters
  • Rhythm modulation system with LFO/step sequencer and Flux secondary sequencer for dynamic rate modulation
  • Three-band EQ per layer plus global EQ with frequency, gain, and bell/shelf controls
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