Overview

Taking the classic analog sound of the legendary silver box into the future, PHOSCYON offers an unmatched sound together with advanced features such as a state of the art Distortion unit; fully user configurable BPM sync'd Arpeggiator and Randomizer; a unique 'Play Live' mode; vintage arrangement and pattern builder, full MIDI CC support and, to top it off, the most authentic 18db/oct low pass filter ever created!

Diehard fans of the original Bass Line will be blown away with PHOSCYON’s uncanny emulation of the classic and will also marvel at the ease with which new sounds can be crafted, sounds that were not possible on the original. PHOSCYON gives you access authentic vintage sounds at a fraction of the cost of the real thing. With the familiar Bass Line interface coupled with the added sound generation tools, we at D16 Group feel that PHOSCYON is quite simply in a class of its own.

PHOSCYON's designers are also musicians who believe that in order for electronic music to stay relevant, it needs to evolve – just like any other genre. Our approach is to give forward thinking musicians and producers the tools they need to craft the sounds they want. Whether it’s Techno, Acid, Triphop, IDM, D&B, Ambient, or any other kind of genre-bending music, PHOSCYON will take your sound further.

Capabilities

Phoscyon is a vintage analog modeled Bassline synthesizer with a unique low pass filter with an 18db/oct dumping and constant resonance amplitude throughout the entire frequency domain. The filter sounds phenomenal! Hear that squelch and you’ll swear its analog! We’ve also equipped it with a fully customizable integrated arpeggiator (essential in electronic music) as well as an exhaustively analog modeled distortion effect, crucial for those screaming acid bass lines!

Wave comparison

Waveform comparison between Phoscyon and 303.

Low and high note without resonance (no accent)

Accented sound with full resonance

Spectrum comparison

Spectrum comparison between Phoscyon and 303. This is real spectrum of FFT size 4096 with Blackman window at sampling rate 44100Hz

Not accented sound with full resonance at low cutoff

Not accented sound with full resonance at high cutoff

Not accented sound without resonance at low cutoff

Reviews

Bigshot, May/June 2007

» Hosting all the features that made the 303 king, plus some massive improvements after years of tweaking, this emulator may just be the best reproduction ever wired. [...] Fatboy Slim might just have to change his track to, “Everybody needs a Phoscyon!” «

Full Features

synthesis:2 authentically emulated analog oscillators (saw/square)
screaming 18db/oct low pass filter with absolutely no self oscillation
filters equipped with transistor amplitude clipping
perfectly scaled knob ranges
additional synthesis controls expand the synthesizer's range
internal sequencer:96 patterns
each pattern up to 16 steps of length
shuffle mode
chain mode
shuffle (swing) and tempo values defined per pattern
patterns import/export via human readable xml files
two modes of synchronization:precise synchronization to the host tempo
synchronization to internal clock - tempo controlled in the range 30-300 BPM (+-0.1)
built-in arpeggiator:7 predefined chords and 1 user definable chord
arpeggiator tempo multiplier (1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6)
arpeggiator repeat feature
4 arpeggiation patterns (Up, Down, Up-Down, Random)
defined offsets of octaves to work with
built-in distortion effect (equivalent to a transistor amplifier with equalization):tailored for the Acid Bassline sound!
equipped with signal routing (Dist <=> Eq)
many ways of controlling the device:external mode (notes triggering the sounds)
internal sequencer (pattern mode)
powerful randomizer:generates patterns from user defined range of notes, user defined chords or predefined chords (Major, Minor, 7th, m7th, M7, m7-5, DIM)
generates random values for Note, Gate, Accent, and Slide attributes
allows user to define attribute frequency
fully controllable via MidiCC

System requirements

PC

OS:Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7CPU:1.5 Ghz with SSE (Multicore system 2.0 Ghz recommended)RAM:512 MB (1 GB recommended)Software:VST host (32bit or 64bit)