Erica Synths Bassline DB-01

From creamy triangle waves to nasty squares .... It's so good.

Can sound super musical but can also be a totally off-the-handle and wild on the opposite end too.

Build quality is above what I expected; think Moog but with a lovely boutique take on things. All the pots and buttons feel of premium quality.

Sequencer is immediate and doesn't take long to get your head around.
Only possible downside, if I was to be picky would be patch save; but given it's immediacy and how much fun it is I've not missed it.

Random pattern generator is fun to get some ideas if your stuck and the modulation/parameter record/step change is very cool. You can get some impressive movement out of it.

Being able to use it with external midi/CV sequencing or a controller is great too.

Love it .... ! Well-done Erica!

Thomann as per usual providing fast service, the right advice and price.

You've watched all the youtube videos, you've listened to all the demo's and you're still reading this review trying to make up your mind if you "need" or "want" this synth. Yes, I know, GAS is real.

However, let me help you make your decision:

You need to click 'Add to Basket' and then pay for this item. You will wait anywhere between 48 hours, up to 6 days (international clientele) to receive said item.

You will be a happy person once you receive it and play with it on it's own for about 10 minutes.

That's all the time you need to convince yourself that this is a good buy....

You'll realise that when you start twisting the knobs on the unit, the sounds emitted from it is out of this world, it's tight, it's loose, it's gritty, it's filthy and it can be clean and smooth at the twist of a button. You can save patterns / sequences / banks with modulated parameters / presets. Clocking it externally works effortlessly, but you knew all that from watching the videos!

It's built like a brick, solid steel case, knobs / buttons are all premium. Great feel/response to them, feelsgoodman!

It's a great piece of kit, but it's not perfect.

It's very fiddly and not very intuitive to access some of the functions.
Since they went for a more vintage aesthetic, the tiny screen often isn't very useful to know what you are doing. So you have to spend some time with the manual.
It can be a little hard to visually tell what's entered in the sequencer, I'm sometimes squinting and wondering if it's a trigger or parameter change.

But overall, it has a lot of features packed into it, many of which are great for live performance, and invite to playing around.
The sequencer is more advanced than you might think, at first glance.
And it sounds really, really good, with some unique character.