303 addiction

I ignored the TD-MOs for quite some time (which is available since 2021?).
Nevertheless - I had to pull the trigger now:

Build quality is much better than expected :grin:
Excited how it will sound (opinions / review are quite mixed).

My plan is to run it in combination with Perkons for acid- industrial improvisations.
Let’s see how this will work.

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Congrats. It’s awesome.

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The Free Roland Cloud VST 303 sounds amazing.

Better to my ears that D16 Phoscyon

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Which 303 clone works best connected to a computer? Pretty sure the T-8 just needs a USB-C for power, midi and audio. Any other work this way? Maybe the Donner B-1 works this way too?

I am.

Didnt say morph. Said blend. Which it does.

Dual osc.

Edit 1 goes from saw to square.
So if you go backwards, it goes from square to saw.

(Edit 2 sets an interval between the 2 oscillators, so leave it at zero)

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Blending the waves from two oscillators is different to the MB-33 which only one oscillator that morphs from sawtooth to square wave.

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Donner B-1 has its own little power supply (wall wart). My recollection is that it’s mandatory.

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If you set the osc’s to the same tuning and sync one to the other, it is very similar to a single osc morphing its waveform

Also no audio over usb and no midi control

Keep in mind t8 is annoyingly not midi controlled

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And @B_LD

Wave morphing is possible on EMX1.

Saw through Square
PWM
Triangle fold
Sine fold.

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Thanks, which OSC type is that?

‘Waveform’

Manual page 34

when it comes to Electribes, i like Electribe 2 for acid lines better.
its «Acid» filter is an excellent emulation.
however, the sequencer is rather tedious to program (and 4 bars only)

A few Years ago I used to think the EMX1 sequencer was tedious.

But I got another one last year, and now Ive learned all the proper sequencer shortcuts and commands, its a lot of fun.

I like moving slightly off the straight square and saw tooth waves, and use other things for the acid tones like previously mentioned wave morphing, Ring mod, cross mod, etc.

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First test drive (and rather an experimental improvisation than a polished performance) of the Acidlab Drumatix and the MXR-104 + distortion.

Got the Acidlab Drumatix last week - and it could get my new favorite drum machine. So much more to offer than a TR-606 (kicks can go really deep with loooong decay). Should have jumped on the Acidlab train ten years earlier.
A machine I completely missed and underrated.

Haven’t done distorted acid for ages and was surprised how sensitive the MXR interacts with the RE-303 (not always 100% controllable, if you don’t go for max distortion).

What’s your favorite 303 distortion?
Let me know in the comments :slight_smile:

Live recorded in a single take on 1010 BlueBox.
Reverb added on BlueBox.

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Ok - I finally found my favorite distortion device for the 303: The Boss KM60, I own for several years now, but never used it as a distortion device on a TB-303 (clone).

The few times I tried, I was not convinced and found the sound rather muffled and undifferentiated. EQing changed it all: removing bass, treble completely gives a nice and - to my ears - more harmonic 303-distortion (even at the -60 db setting, volumes on the KM and RE-303 cranked up completely, check 1:32).

The Drumatix is also send through the KM (but at much more and subtile settings, just to add a little more saturation). FX added on 1010 BlueBox (Delay and Reverb). While using the KM as a distortion unit for drums and the 303, the Send-FX are a huge plus (in my former setups, I never used them tbh).

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Live Acid improvisation on Roland’s classic machines:
TB-303, TR-909 and RE-201 Space Echo.

Recorded in a single take on 1010 BlueBox (reverb added here).
No further FX.

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My heart skipped a beat

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You mean “put in a rest note
then an accent and a glide to an octave up” :wink:

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