Substance is a monophonic Voltage Synths instrument built for basslines and leads: two oscillators, sub and noise feed a driven multimode transistor-ladder filter, envelope, LFO and expressive performance controls.

SUB Voltage Synths bass companion

Substance. Put a bassline beside the beat.

Q: Does Substance include presets?

Yes. 10 presets cover clean sub bass, stacked and driven basses, resonant plucks, pulse-width movement and three lead sounds.

A monophonic synth on the same real-time engine as Voltage Drums. Two oscillators feed a driven transistor-ladder filter; separate sub and noise sources join at the mixer. Glide responds to the notes you hold. Velocity and aftertouch enter the synthesis path.

Burgs · Goanna · Drive-ThruHear Substance Seven basses · three leadsSee all 10 presets Patch · perform · recallOpen the Substance guide

2 oscillators plus square sub and noise
3 ladder modes: LP / BP / HP at 12 or 24 dB/octave
Last-note priority with legato glide
Velocity and accent reach the filter; aftertouch and ±2 st pitch bend stay live
The same plug-in is included with Voltage Drums and Voltage Synths

Substance monophonic bass synthesizer interface — **Substance**The same Substance plug-in is included with Voltage Drums and Voltage Synths. It keeps identical sound and controls, plus the same preset bank.

LISTEN Three shipped presets

Same phrase. Three different circuits in motion.

Each clip plays the same original note sequence through a named Substance preset, rendered directly from the fixed-seed synth engine.

PRESET 01 · SUB FOUNDATION

Burgs

A triangle supplies the fundamental. The square sub runs at full level under a restrained filter contour.

PRESET 04 · RESONANT BASS

Goanna

Resonance is high. The filter envelope and portamento are short.

PRESET 08 · SYNC LEAD

Drive-Thru

Oscillator 2 hard-syncs to Oscillator 1. Their interval is tuned. The performance moves up an octave.

01 The signal path

The source moves through 8 panel stages

Every panel section is audible. The path runs from the oscillator mixer to a ladder filter, then through the amplifier envelope.

Oscillator one

Triangle · saw · pulse · PWM

Oscillator two

Tune · sync · cross-modulation

SUB

Sub + noise

Square sub · seeded noise

MIX

Driven mixer

Bias · saturation · level

VCF

Ladder filter

LP / BP / HP · 12 / 24 dB

ENV

Envelope

ADSR · filter and VCA modes

LFO

Modulation

Cutoff · PWM · pitch

PERF

Performance

Glide · accent · velocity · pressure

One Substance plug-in: Voltage Drums and Voltage Synths include the same instrument, parameter set and preset bank.

02 Bass range and motion

Five source octaves meet 0.1–20 Hz motion

Quantized oscillator ranges establish the octave. Continuous tune sets beating or intervals. Glide uses a constant-rate slew, so travel time follows note distance.

32′–2′five oscillator ranges

Each oscillator chooses its octave independently. A dedicated square sub channel sits beneath the pair.

±7 stcontinuous tune per oscillator

Unison beating, fifths and close intervals are generated live.

0.1–20Hz LFO range

Triangle, saw or square waves can modulate cutoff. PWM and pitch are separate destinations. Retrigger is optional.

03 Under the fingers

Last-note priority stays expressive

Substance follows the most recently held note. Releasing it restores an earlier held note without a gap. Performance messages remain inside the synthesis path.

NOTE BEHAVIOUR

Last-note priority. The newest held key takes over. Releasing it returns to the previous held key.
Legato glide. Portamento uses a constant-rate slew, so wider intervals take longer.
Pitch bend. Wheel range: ±2 semitones.
Transpose. The engine covers 2 octaves down. It also covers 2 octaves up.

PERFORMANCE CV

Velocity. Scales performance level and the selected modulation destination.
Accent. Velocities at 101/127 or above engage the circuit. Filter amount has a dedicated control.
Aftertouch. Poly pressure works. Channel pressure drives the same dedicated bus.
Deterministic drift. Seeded oscillator movement remains reproducible when the session returns.

04 10 presets

The factory bank starts with bass

Each patch stores complete engine state. A later session recalls the same level and character. The bank contains 7 basses plus 3 leads.

Burgs

Triangle foundation · full sub

Roadtrain

Detuned saw pair · 32′ sub

Bitumen

Pulse stack · deep drive

Goanna

Resonant decay · glide

The Horses

Single pulse · steady low end

Snag

Filter sweep · tracked resonance

Northerly

Free-running PWM · sub

Drive-Thru

Hard sync · tuned interval

Hume

Unison saws · long portamento

Currawong

Open pulse · pitch modulation

05 Substance FAQ

Three direct answers.

What is Substance?

Substance is a monophonic Voltage Synths instrument for basslines and leads. Two oscillators enter a driven multimode transistor-ladder filter. Sub and noise have their own mixer channels. An envelope and LFO provide modulation; performance controls remain in the synthesis path.

Which products include Substance?

The same Substance plug-in is included with Voltage Drums and Voltage Synths. It keeps the same synthesis engine and parameters. Its presets stay the same too.

Does Substance include presets?

Yes. The 10 presets begin with clean sub bass. Several use stacked or driven oscillators. Resonant plucks and pulse-width movement follow; the final 3 are leads.

06 Two ways to get Substance

Choose the collection that fits your music

The same Substance plug-in is included with Voltage Drums and Voltage Synths. Choose either product, then load Substance directly in your host.

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