TT303 can you NOT make acid with that?

TrabanT · 2015-06-03T15:47:33.000Z

hi guys… got the volca bass… love it sort of. … now came across the TT303 and would like to get this, because it has an input optoin …

but I am not really an acid kinda guy… so: can you make the volca style audio stuff with the TT303

I was trying to find a TT303 Demo without acid… nope

just looking for simple bass lines with some fuckery options, portable, battery powered … biggest plus would be an external input (does not need to go through filters)

SHIT: the TT has no bpm display …syncing would be a bitch

klerc · 2015-06-03T16:36:33.000Z

TT303 is a clone TB303…means bassline with acid flavor.
You can sync the TT303 with MIDI.
You have an input on the TT303.

smilinggoat · 2015-06-03T16:46:04.000Z

LOL. Yeah… if you don’t want acid, then don’t buy an acid machine.

Teenage Engineering OP-1 is battery powered. Not cheap, but you might get lucky on forums or craigslist or something.

FutureSomeday · 2015-06-03T16:47:25.000Z

I had the bass bott, now actually selling one *end advertisement

I was weary at first about if it could only do that “acid” sound as well since I pretty much never use bass sounds like that, you’ll be really hard pressed to find a demo of the tb-303 or clones where people are not doing the acid thing on youtube, but the synth can definately do normal bass sounds, especially when you drop the resonance it has a much fuller tone.

I see it as a bit of a sh-101’s younger brother, sound wise they very much come from the same line of sound, and with both you can do the acid thing or you can get a decent normal bass with that warm “rubbery” tone people claim it to have.

klerc · 2015-06-03T16:49:13.000Z

Or really cheaper: a simple Monotribe.

heckadecimal · 2015-06-04T21:51:02.000Z

buy a guitar

insect · 2015-06-04T22:08:53.000Z

i have xoxbox (another 303 clone) and volca bass and it doesn´t sound nearly the same! you can do really good bassed by turning the resonance down … but with a bit of resonance it will sounds like an acid hit Last weekend I had an openair gig and it was like 10degrees outside. Xoxbox had massive tuning problems … and the volca bass still worked fine. You can even play chords with the tuned osc on the volca.

If you wanna do some more than acid stuff, have a look for the acid8 … Dataline posted a pic some days ago and it seems he is really into it. It´s digital but you even can draw your own osc waves with an editor. For 300eur much cheaper than the tt. Maybe Cenk can do some sound demos?

TrabanT · 2015-06-05T10:45:55.000Z

thanks for all suggestions and comments in this thread…I think I stick to the volca, …, would like a battery powered unit with an extra input…

but bought a passive mixer today …also the old kaoss pads seem to give a bit of extra spice…

a bass box for people who dont like acid… guess the monotribe / tron could be a thing…

thanks all again!