making operator a 303

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:12 am

Grappadura wrote:www.rebirthmuseum.com

There you have the perfect 303 emulation. You can use it via rewire. Its a lot of fun! The rebirth was a commercial product, but its now freely downloadable. I´m surprised nobody has posted this yet. Rebirth is THE vst 303 emulator. To make it work check out the "rewire" section in the manual, and set monitor to "in". Have fun!

I dunno what triggered your engine, but rebirth has long since been surpassed as a 303 emulator.

www.audiorealism.se makes the best 303 emulator (IMHO), D16 is a close second.
Rebirth has its own sound and character.
Its probably the best "free" 303 emulator though.
It all boils down to either needing a cheap solution or an accurate solution.

Grappadura · Post by **Grappadura** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:26 am

Ok I didn´t know that. Still in this threat the rebirth needs to be mentioned! I´m sorry if I offended you.

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:34 am

Grappadura wrote:Ok I didn´t know that. Still in this threat the rebirth needs to be mentioned! I´m sorry if I offended you.

Not at all. Sorry if I seemed offended!
Just pointing out that we have come a long way since rebirth. Rebirth is fun but far from accurate.

Also, rebirth only works for pc users or people who are on Live 4.

mdk · Post by **mdk** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:57 am

as everyone says you wont get operator to sound just like a 303, but the good thing is you can get a much wider variety of sounds for doing great acid lines.

i would definitely recommend just taking some time to work with operator and get your own acid sounds.

like sinnatagg said the filter decay is really important but also the attack, i've found that using a 7 or 8 ms attack time on the filter can really help give it that acid vibe.

still, if you want the 303 sound then definitely try out phoscyon or audiorealism bassline. personally i prefer the audiorealism sound, but there isnt a lot in it.

marvinyl · Post by **marvinyl** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:09 pm

maybe this helps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94fpI2FNmT0

no comments in the vid - and too small resolution but it seems to work...somehow.

sunrahrahrah · Post by **sunrahrahrah** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:23 pm

http://www.zshare.net/download/152606824955bfa3/

I made a 303 preset for Operator. Don't forget to program different velocities for the accents.

forge · Post by **forge** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:17 am

Grappadura wrote:www.rebirthmuseum.com

There you have the perfect 303 emulation. You can use it via rewire. Its a lot of fun! The rebirth was a commercial product, but its now freely downloadable. I´m surprised nobody has posted this yet. Rebirth is THE 303 emulator. To make it work check out the "rewire" section in the manual, and set monitor to "in". Have fun!

yeah was going to say - rebirth is free these days

condra · Post by **condra** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:53 am

sunrahrahrah wrote:http://www.zshare.net/download/152606824955bfa3/

I made a 303 preset for Operator. Don't forget to program different velocities for the accents.

Sounds reasonably close to the 303 IMO, but either way, nice fucking patch/rack man. Cheers! Very cool!

Clockpulse · Post by **Clockpulse** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:30 am

Actually The best 303 emulator i've come across is the Phoscyon, blows rebirth away.

rob lee · Post by **rob lee** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:31 am

Check this free vst 303 out..i use it in all my tracks with live..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqLxzLDdrX0

You won't get this sound with operator and it's a free download.
Watch the videa mate this thing rocks.
Hope this helps

Rob

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:58 am

BassTooth wrote:i don't know a lot about 303's but isn't the 303 not a Frequency Modulation synth and the Operator is a Frequency Modulation synth? What are the differences in the sound, especially the timbre/tone, they individually produce?

Simpler is a better choice for trying to emulate Roland303, IMO.

The Operator can easily be switched to a simple 4 oscillator subtractive synth.
But since you admit to not using it, nor knowing much about the 303, how come you say Simpler is better?