In my testing, the drive and Multiband units were the standouts here. Monoment’s Effects section rounds out the plugin’s interface, offering controls for Drive, Ambience, EQ (bass and tilt), Multiband compression, and Stereo Spatialization.
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On more than one occasion, I stumbled into a bass patch with a slick amplitude shape that just grooved perfectly with the track I was working on, despite the lack of manual controls. They usually produce what I’d call happy accidents that are much harder to come by with traditional envelope controls. Although I certainly can’t argue that the limited controls Softube has opted for here will work for every production use case, the one knob controls work much more often than not. While I was a bit shocked by the lack of control here at first, my opinion quickly changed the more I used the plugin. In place of these standard controls, Softube allows the user to control the overall shape of the bass patch using a one-knob “Punch” control paired with a discrete Release knob. While we’re on the topic of envelopes, it’s important to note that Monoment offers a pretty unconventional lack of shaping options: there’s no ADSR amplitude envelope to adjust, nor does the filter provide ADSR control. Monoment offers a convenient blend control for the two main oscillators, along with a variable “Aging” control, which adds, to let Softube tell it, “Noise, Drift, Grit, Mojo, Dungeons, and Dragons.” In addition to some heavyweight analog classics, Monoment’s oscillator sub-menus also offers a decent range of digital sound sources and oscillators. Monoment’s dual oscillators don’t offer much in the way of customization-there’s no unison or hard sync here-but, again, this isn’t the intended use case of the synth. Although Softube is intentionally vague about precisely what legendary synths they sampled for Monoment, it’s evident that some real thought and care went into the sampling of vintage gear for this plugin-the analog tones sound incredibly fat and lifelike, in many cases delivering more ‘oomph’ than my Moog Sub 37 and DSI Prophet 6. Monoment offers two sampled oscillators per patch, in addition to an “Analog Dirt” layer, which can be used for enhancing the attack or tone of the patch (it’s quite similar to Serum’s “Noise” oscillator, although you can’t load your wavetables). Note that all Softube plugins require iLok machine or dongle authorization to function, and are offered in all major plugin formats (VST, AU, AAX).
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Simply download Softube Central, install the plugins you’d like to demo or own licenses for, and you’re off to the races. Thankfully, with the arrival of Softube Central, Softube’s new standalone installation manager app, the company’s excellent plugins are no longer bound to the dreadful Gobbler platform. If you’ve been using Softube plugins through the years, you’ve likely seen the company go through a handful of evolving installation and authorization mechanisms. In this review, we’ll put Monoment to the test to see if Softube can match the magic of its effects processors with one of its first virtual instrument offerings. According to Softube, Monoment is a thoroughly modern bass plugin capable of offering producers chart-ready bass sounds with minimal tweaking, offering a quick solution for producers searching for massive bass leads for electronic, pop, and Hip-Hop.
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