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Thought, I'd do a review 4 years on.
I sold my SBS to buy a pulse. I regreted that, a lot. Lucky for me, a friend had an SBS which he never uses, so I have the best of both.
The filters are interesting, not the best, but interesting. You can get nice wooly dubby subs from it, or acidy 303 type sounds (but not identical to the TB). The filters don't quite drip acid, like the Supernova, but then thats a VA, with an FX block. Must try the SBS through a Lexicon Delay.
The Pulse is sterile and static and I'm not that keen on the filters for live action, the filters are best set and left or modified with envelopes, no knob action here. But the Pulse is great for really low deep booms, which the SBS just can't touch.
SBS is fun and has and addictive sound. The Pulse sounds a lot better when overdriven through a good desk, without the overdrive, it's very clean, very well made and very sterile.
Both are good. Depends what you need. The SBS reminds of the Juno (I had a Juno 6) and the Pulse is a very well enginered German synth, capable of very deep bass, but perhaps too clean for some.
I'm getting a Sherman filter, which I think, combined with the Pulse will be a killer combo.
The SBS is great for dub bass and acid lines. The Pulse is probably better for a harder industrial/dance sound, but it won't give you Ed Rush or 2nd Gen Squelch, you'll need to add the Sherman or an MS20 Filter for that. Add overdrive and reverb to taste.
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