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Isn't the Dstation analogue?

BassStation not analog?

Not the Waveforms, the VCF is analogue.

The Bass Station uses DCO's, so the waveforms don't live in a table stored on some EPROM.  They are generated by an analog oscillator that has its cycle reset by a digital clock.

I am not so sure about that. Having had to repair mine I cant find a Osc at all in the signal path. It seems that the Waveforms are generated in the Eprom on the board. I could be wrong but having had it in bits there is no DCO. I am sure the waveform is software generated.

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I have a novation bass station. It's apart in front of me. It has an analog filter, but no vcos or dcos in it. The large custom chip seems to be mostly digital with some analog inputs. Slowing down the clock feeding it, results in the pitch dropping proportionally, which would indicate that it is responsible for pitch generation via clocked logic, ie. digital means. Waveform conversion appears to be in this chip too and it does not seem to be affected by heat. No drift when heated. Likely not analog.
Definitely. Even if the large chip somehow has analog vcos in it, it is obviously also the only cpu used for programming and control. It has an 8mhz crystal clock input. So by definition, what's producing the sound is a digital chip, first and foremost. It only has a handful of analog inputs that are used for the various pots to be read into. The only cv observed was for the filter and vca.

i think the bassstation rack isnt analog indeed but i think the super and keys are analog (not completly sure about that) i dont really like the novations anyway had 2 sold them after a month or so

Me too.  Bored at work, but still good times. 

Looks like the Bass Station is a contender for a future episode of "Uncovering Synthesizer Mysteries"...

I had a Normal BassStation rack aswell as the SuperBassStation (totally underrated the last one)

It is al modelled stuff only the filter is a real analogue one.

The 24dB on the SBS is a nasty screaming reso filter, great for fx sounds

I loved the autoglide on the SBS aswell, very good for your gliding 808state sounds....
I used to call it a poor man's MC202/SH101

BTW, it is a shame Novation only doing the midicontroller business now, they used to make great stuff like the DStations, Nova/Supernova II's and the (Super)BassStations...Although their RemoteSL series are great too.

Yamaha CS01s are also not VCO even though it says so on it. Waves on a chip even back in the day. But its 4-pole filter on the MKII was still totally ace. Hit the exact spot and neighborhoods can rumble.

that's wavetables like on the PPG waves and Prophet VS.

i think my question may have gotten caught in the bass station discussion... so just to make sure..

What Fostex would that be? B16 or E16? They are considered  to be quite good, but personally I would only get it if I really needed 16 tracks. Despite Fostex did a pretty good job on these 16 track recorders, cramming 16 audio tracks on only a 1/2 inch tape is a bit erm... daring. Fostex did a good job making it work out quite well, but they did use 'tricks' to get results, 'tricks' you wouldn't need if you would settle for, let's say, a 2 track 1/4 inch. And be aware that a cheap reel recorder does not exist, just like a cheap  Minimoog or Jupiter 8 doesn't exist.  hey require maintanance and if a deal is too good to be true, it probably is. The E16 can go for over a 1000 euro in good condition. So be sure to check it thoroughly.