TB-303
I second that- most of us only keep them now for sentimental reasons. There was a guy here is Australia named Robin Whittle who used to restore them, and last I heard he had ran out of pots/ buttons ages ago. (He's the guy who does the Devilfish mod that hardfloor swear by)am wrote:i've had one for years... it's an absolute bitch to program because of stuck buttons... and the sync in drops out all the time.... a pain in the arse really.
can't quite bring myself to sell it... but also can't quite justify spending money to give it the TLC it needs.
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I say keep it out of sunlight, only touch it with cotton gloves, and... now buy a 909 to sit next to it in your trophy case
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I love the AU bassline. I've had three 303s, including one Devilfish, and the Bassline sounds awesome. If I had my preference, I would not go back to the silver box. They were fun while I had them, but I like Bassline a lot better because I can program it via Midi, it's a lot easier to have more complex patterns and changes throughout a track, and I can have as many 303s as my CPU can handle.
I liked the Devilfish, but found it too be a little too wacked out at times. At the end of the day, I love the classic 303 sound.
I liked the Devilfish, but found it too be a little too wacked out at times. At the end of the day, I love the classic 303 sound.
is that you Dan?dtm wrote:I second that- most of us only keep them now for sentimental reasons. There was a guy here is Australia named Robin Whittle who used to restore them, and last I heard he had ran out of pots/ buttons ages ago. (He's the guy who does the Devilfish mod that hardfloor swear by)am wrote:i've had one for years... it's an absolute bitch to program because of stuck buttons... and the sync in drops out all the time.... a pain in the arse really.
can't quite bring myself to sell it... but also can't quite justify spending money to give it the TLC it needs.
-m
I say keep it out of sunlight, only touch it with cotton gloves, and... now buy a 909 to sit next to it in your trophy case
Hey, a good tale is better then a boring truth... Unless my eyes betray me I think those pots might heavily influence the price of that one too...8 wrote: Homemade tb-303, made for under $50. Given to me in Germany by 2 dudes that claimed it was the first prototype made by Roland. It has a midi in. If there is any truth to the legend of it, than Roland was using MIDI on the tb-303 during the prototype stages instead of voltage sync. I sketched the circuits and found them all available at circuit places, the cost of them all being less the $50.
You can see more and hear a track I made with the box at this link:
http://www.eightbit.com/303red/a/
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