Bassline

Vacuum Evolved

The AIR Bassline emulates the sound of classic mono synths with a contemporary twist. The Bassline is a monophonic vintage synthesizer featuring Vacuum Tube Synthesis with an evolved version of AIR's vacuum tube circuit modelling technology made first famous by AIR Music's Vaccum. Vacuum if you are not familiar, is considered by many the reference Synth for Avid's Pro Tools.

The evolved engine perfectly captures the crunchy, warm sound of the analogue era, with next-generation features, without compromising that superb warm sound. 

Featuring a Flexible oscillator with continuously variable waveshape including octave saw, saw, square, and sine waveforms: Discover Sub and fifth oscillators for thicker layered timbres. With multiple filters and envelopes and built-in audio effects, Bassline lets you dive deep into subtractive synthesis to recreate those sought-after analogue sounds from the 70s and 80s. 

Award-Winning Effects by AIR Music Technology

Bassline has world-class audio effects processing built-in to enhance your sounds as you create quickly. Choose from Chorus, Delay, Reverb, Compressor and the new Hype EQ, each with a dedicated section to dial-in any adjustments. You will also discover two built-in distortion algorithms to allow you to tweak your sound. 

Hype EQ provides a quick way of enhancing the low- or high- end of any patch. Beef up wobbles, basses, and kick-drum sounds with deep sub-bass by adjusting the Low Hype parameter, or turn up Hype High to polish off the high end with shimmer and sparkle; the latter sounds great on 
pads, strings, brass, and percussive sounds.

The AIR Creative FX collection has been included as part of Pro Tools® since Version 8 and is considered the reference FX suite by some of the world's most respected audio professionals. AIR FX has been featured in many of the last decade's top film, game and music projects. Each plugin has been expertly designed with ease of use in mind and will ensure professional results each time.

Packed With Presets

The Bassline comes packaged with a comprehensive factory library of over 150 cutting-edge presets, including sumptuous pads, hard-hitting plucks, thunderous basses and screaming lead sounds.

Dive deep into subtractive synthesis to recreate those sought-after analogue sounds from the 70s and 80s with your own modern twist.

Desktop App

Included with your Plugin purchase is the Desktop Player application. Fire up the Desktop Version of Hype and connect your favourite MIDI Controller either by USB or Bluetooth, and you are ready to perform live. AIR's interface has been designed with ease of use and live performance for maximum playability. 

Cross Compatibility

Originally exclusive to AKAI Professionals MPC and Force products by popular demand, AIR is excited to bring this plugin to AU, VST and AAX formats for use in your favourite hosts or as a Desktop App. Now you can bring your Standalone projects to your host of choice or take your production on the road with MPC OS devices.

New Features

• GUI can now be resized to scales between 50% and 200%
• Plugin presets can now be saved and loaded directly from the plugin toolbar including when using the standalone app

System Requirements

Mac

• macOS 12, 13, 14, 15 (Intel & Apple Silicon)
• Intel Core i5, i7, 2.3GHz processor or higher
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB RAM recommended)
• 1 GB Free Disk Space
• VST 2/3 Plugin compatible host
• AAX plugin compatible host
• AU plugin compatible host

Windows

• Windows 10 - Windows 11
• Intel Core i5, i7, 2.3GHz processor or higher
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB RAM recommended)
• 1 GB Free Disk Space
• ASIO sound driver
• VST 2/3 Plugin compatible host
• AAX plugin compatible host