If you make music…
…then our story is shared. The instruments we work on change the game: from early analog emulations by Arturia, like the Prophet V, CS-80 and Jupiter-8, to Output’s Arcade, to the era-defining SubLab XL.
We launched our first synth in 2008. That’s Gavin, one of the founders, giving an early demo at a trade show in Germany. Since then, our instruments have been used by producers including Pi’erre Bourne, Dahi, Arca, Hudson Mohawke, The Weeknd…
How you make something is where the magic lies for us. We’ll be highlighting the super-creative composers, sound designers and illustrators we work with, so stay tuned.
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Compatible with macOS and Windows.
Available as VST, AU, and AAX.
The hardest hitting sub-bass every time.
A new class of synthesizer designed for hip-hop, future bass and trap genres. Create powerful 808 style sub-bass that sounds punchy on every speaker, every time.
808 bass and beyond
- Everything you need to create powerful and punchy sub-bass in minutes
- Sample, layer, widen, and distort any kick into impactful subs
- Simple mix workflow for superior sound on every sound system
“SubLab is in a league of its own when it comes to hard-hitting 808 sub-bass sounds. This is a game changer."
Richie Souf, producer for Future, Young Thug & Gunna
Introducing X-Sub™ technology
- Our new psychoacoustic sub-bass oscillator
- Get consistent, accurate, and deep subs while playing any bass note
- Newly invented and only available in SubLab
Packed with sounds
- 250 samples from high-end modular and classic analog drum machines
- Comes with 6 signature Bass Packs
- Drag and drop your own samples into the sampler
Ready for SubLab?
Original price was: $70.$29Current price is: $29.
Take your sub-bass & 808s to the next level at a special intro price.
What you get
SubLab comes with hundreds of exclusive samples, 6 signature Bass Packs and much more. Expand the lists below for a full breakdown.
Included 808 Bass Packs
Compressed, maximised, track ready 808s. Ready to use in your music today.
- Richie Souf Signature - 808 sounds produced by Atlanta's Richie Souf. He works with Future, Young Thug, Gunna and more.
- Hits DNA Vol.1 - the top 808 sounds of the moment, rebuilt from scratch in SubLab. Includes 808s from ScHoolboy Q, 21 Savage, Post Malone and more.
- Divine Bass - smooth 808s and deep, dark subs made by YouTube trap production educator, Sean Divine.
- Crushed - the heaviest distorted 808 basses.
- Analog Machines - warm analog sounds recreated in SubLab, just like they came straight out of the classic analog machines.
- Pure Subs - the purest of subs to layer in when your track already has a kick drum.
Bonus Samples
SubLab also comes bundled with a bonus sample pack of 250 meticulously recorded kick drums, kick transients and 808s, sampled from all the analog drum machines we could get our hands on...
- Roland TR-808
- Roland TR-707
- Waldorf Blofeld
- Jomox MBase 11
- MFB 522
- Nord Lead
- Noise Engineering Basimilus Iteritas
- Befaco Kickall
- Intellijel Dixie
- Hexinverter BD9
- Mutable Instruments Plaits
- Dave Smith Tempest
- Korg Volca Beats
- Korg Volca Kick
- Vermona Mono Lancet '15
- And more...
Full Features List
Synth Engine
- Analog style synth engine with sine, triangle, sawtooth and square wave options
Sample Engine
- Access the factory library of 250 kicks and 808s, or drag and drop your own
- Delayed sample start for creating delayed 808s
- Internal maximizer for expanding and distorting
- Loop mode so any sample can be sustained
- Lo-cut and hi-cut filtering for sculpting
X-Sub™ Engine
- Our newly developed psychoacoustic sub bass oscillator
- Always keeps your notes in the sub range
- Control the exact harmonics to create the perfect sub bass
Distortion
- Darkdrive distortion with Fatness control
- Overdrive distortion with Tone control
- Grunge distortion with Fizz control
- Tube distortion with Heat control
- Visualizer to display how the distortion is working
- Lo-cut and hi-cut filters for post filter distortion
- Mix amount controls for parallel distortion
Compressor
- Auto sidechain button so the kick punches through
- Mix amount controls for parallel compression
Filter
- Analog modelled processing
- Low pass, band pass and high pass shapes
- Mix amount controls for parallel filtering
Meter / Master
- Frequency and note cursor display
- Synth, Sample and X-Sub engine frequencies overlaid
- Divided into 3 most important frequency bands
- Master maximizer for expanding and fattening
- True peak value meter for clipping control
Patch Browsing
- All patch packs have icons for easy search
- Favourites category so you can always find your favourite patches
- Create your own patch packs and build your own library
Other
- Fully resizable interface
- Editable glide curves
- BPM synced glide times
System Requirements
- Available as VST2, VST3, AU, AAX
- Tested in FL Studio, Ableton Live, Logic, Studio One, Pro Tools and Cubase
- NKS ready for Native Instruments Machine and Komplete Kontrol
- Compatible with Mac OS 10.13 and higher
- Compatible with Windows 8 and higher
- SubLab can be used offline but you need to be connected to the internet to activate