Cognate Macro Synth

 Category 
 Modulation, Synths and Pitch
Channels  Mono in / mono out
Version  1.0.0 (21/10/2026)

Overview

Cognate Macro Synth is our homage to the Electro-Harmonix Bass Micro Synth, modelled from the pedal's
circuit: its sub-octave and octave-up voices, the square fuzz, the swept resonant filter, and the attack
detector that fires the sweep on every note. Like the original it has no pitch detector. The voices lock
straight to your strings, so slides, bends and ghost notes come through the instant you play them. Then it
goes further, with nine Wave Shapes including saw, PWM and a super-saw, three more filter Types (a
Moog-style ladder, an MS-20 and a vowel formant), and a Blend control to keep your clean bass
underneath.