Mainframe

Overpowered Bass Synth and Resample Engine

Mainframe skips the bit where you stack ten plugins to make a bass sound big. It sounds like a finished beast straight out of the box. Two wavetable layers, two samplers, a sub, a noise source, 39 filter types and a 17-module effects rack, all in one window.

Then it lets you record itself. Play a patch, capture it into its own sample lane, turn that into a new wavetable and do it all again. It's the resampling workflow bass producers already use, minus the bouncing, slicing and reloading.

Two Layers. Infinite Possibilities.

Each layer has two blendable wavetables and its own sampler. Stack up to 16 voices per oscillator, shape the spread in the Voices window, then add up to 3x unison on top. Cross-mod the layers with phase, FM, ring, sync, morph, spectral morph and nine warp modes. The Detuned cross-mod option reads the whole detuned stack, so the classic phase-distorted reese is one click away. Underneath sits a sub with drive and five colours of noise, or load your own noise samples.

Record It. Record It Again.

Record Mainframe straight back into its own sample lane, from the master output, before the FX, or from a single oscillator. Loop it, freeze it, warble it, fold it, then render it into a brand new wavetable. Or run it back through the effects rack and resample it again. Every pass gets further from where you started.

Filters That Really Growl.

Four filter slots, run in series or parallel, with 39 types across six families: basic, analog-style, comb, formant, special and our own Growl family. The ten Growl filters (Howl, Snarl, Maul, Shred, Scissor, Twist, Quake, Gargle, Vortex and Rip) are built for distorted, talking bass. Two Sculpt blocks then add saturation and a five-band EQ, before or after the filters.

Make It Move. Route Anything to Anything.

Four envelopes, four LFOs, two step sequencers, an envelope follower and a key tracker. LFOs can load any wavetable as their shape. Sequencers have 30 step shapes and a brush to paint them in. Drag any source onto a control, or use the Matrix to fine-tune every route. Eight nameable macros and MIDI learn put it all under your fingers.

A Full Power Effects Rack.

17 fully featured modules, from reverb to resonator banks. Ring mod, pitch shift, wavefolding, multiband distortion and an aggressive three-band Ultra Comp. Split the signal into low, mid and high chains with the Band Splitter, build parallel groups, save whole chains and swap in the effects chain from any preset.

300+ Presets

Bass heavy, but reaching all the way to dark morphing pads, leads and FX. Browse by pack, type, genre and tag, star your favourites and audition presets with their own MIDI previews. Share your own sounds as a single pack file that carries its samples and wavetables with it.

Features

• Two oscillator layers, each with 2 blendable wavetables and its own sampler
• Up to 16 stacked voices per oscillator, plus up to 3x unison
• Voices window: spread modes, pitch stacks, per-voice tuning, width, phase and wavetable spread
• Cross-modulation: phase, FM, ring, amplitude, sync, morph, spectral and nine warp modes
• Sub oscillator with five shapes and drive, plus five noise colours or your own noise samples
• Built-in resampling from six capture points, with MIDI-triggered recording
• Render any recording into a new wavetable
• Sample character controls: Freeze, Warble, Comb, Lo-Fi and Fold
• Import your own wavetables and samples (WAV, AIFF, FLAC, OGG)
• 4 filter slots in series or parallel, with 39 filter types
• Growl filter family: 10 filters built for talking, distorted bass
• 2 Sculpt blocks with saturation and five-band EQ
• 20 modulation sources: 8 macros, 4 LFOs, 4 envelopes, 2 step sequencers, envelope follower and key tracker
• Advanced drawable envelopes and wavetable LFO shapes
• Drag and drop modulation plus a full modulation Matrix
• 17 effect modules, including Band Splitter, Reso Bank, Ultra Comp and Pitch Shift
• FX groups, parallel chains and savable effect chains
• Key Splitter with key and velocity zones for every sound source
• Glide with Always and Legato modes
• MPE support with Pressure, Slide and Bend as modulation sources
• 1x, 2x or 4x oversampling
• 300+ presets with a tagged browser, favourites and MIDI previews
• Shareable preset packs that include their samples and wavetables
• Resizable interface, from half to double size
• Full undo and redo, plus a built-in help strip that explains every control