DarkEffekt – GrindSub v1.0.1 for WiN & Mac

A big modern bass is two sounds: a clean sub for weight and a gritty top for character. GrindSub builds both layers from one source, so they stay in step.

Weight you can count on

A clean sine or triangle, always centered and phase-aligned with the grind, so the layers reinforce each other instead of cancelling.

All the character

A morphing wavetable with its own filter, five distortion types, up to seven voices, chorus, and a widener. It stays above the sub’s range, so you can drive it hard without clouding the low end.

One full bass

The sub underneath, the top over it, from one source, so they stay in step.

Five flavors of distortion

Hard clip, two saturations, and two wavefolders, from warm to metallic. Add bias for asymmetric grit, or blend it back for something subtler.

Widen the top, leave the sub alone

Stack detuned voices, add chorus, and spread the grind. None of it touches the sub. The stereo meter shows how it will hold up in mono.

A morphing wavetable

Sweep from saw to folded, square, and triangle, by hand or with modulation.

Punch on every note

Knock adds a thump and a flash of bite to the sub. Drop sweeps the grind down into each note for growls and zaps while the sub stays on pitch.

Set the filter in musical terms

Cutoff and modulation are set in intervals above the note (“+2 octaves”), not hertz. With full keytracking, the tone stays put whether you play a low E or two octaves up.

Tuned resonance

At full keytracking, the filter self-oscillates in tune with the note you play.

Balance the levels

Separate tilt controls for the sub and grind even out loudness across the range. The default patch stays within 1.5 dB over its lowest two octaves.