AS TBX-303?

anyone ever tried one?

i dont expect it to sound exactly the same but Analogue Soultions gear tends to have nice a raw edge to them.

Does it not have a sequencer?

  On 4/8/2010 at 6:38 PM, Deepex said:

Does it not have a sequencer?

yeah i seem to remember it not having a sequencer, so it's not really gonna sound like a real 303

lol the sequencer affects the sound?

explain that one to me pleeeease?

  On 4/8/2010 at 7:29 PM, soundwave said:

lol the sequencer affects the sound?

 

explain that one to me pleeeease?

you obviously haven't used a real 303 then.

the sequencer gives the 303 it's bounciness...that's where you get all the glide effects.

It affects the sound by method of writing! Having to page through notes affects the way you approach melody. Also there is the classic pitch slide and accent you get from the step sequencer(!) which is just going to be different if you're playing it with a MIDI keyboard or sequencing in a piano roll. I don't have a 303 or any hardware of this nature so I hope I'm not totally missing the mark here.

edit: yeah what oscillik said

With that said, I'm sure this is a totally rockin acid box that you can do wicked shit with no question! But it won't be as genuine 303 as some other imitators.

  On 4/8/2010 at 7:47 PM, soundwave said:

what're you facepalming for?

fact: at least 50% of the sound of a 303 is the sequencer doing it's magic.

  On 4/8/2010 at 7:47 PM, soundwave said:

Yeah I'm gonna have to Facepalm your Facepalm

Even if my post is inaccurate, I said that in my post. Don't be a cock, you started a thread asking a question and I gave my opinion.

edit: thank you oscillik!

  On 4/8/2010 at 7:51 PM, Deepex said:

  On 4/8/2010 at 7:47 PM, soundwave said:

Yeah I'm gonna have to Facepalm your Facepalm

 

 

 

Even if my post is inaccurate, I said that in my post. Don't be a cock, you started a thread asking a question and I gave my opinion.

 

edit: thank you oscillik!

you are right with your opinion that there's nothing wrong with having the box as a sound source, just don't expect to fool people who know the TB-303 inside and out

it's like the 303 is the only step sequencer that can do accents and slides thats why people pay over £1k for one?

any way back to my original question.......?

get an x0x0x box. that has the step sequencer.

  On 4/8/2010 at 8:34 PM, soundwave said:

it's like the 303 is the only step sequencer that can do accents and slides thats why people pay over £1k for one?

 

 

 

any way back to my original question.......?

lol be a fake 303 then

we'll all laugh at you

my mate has a TB303 which is far from fun to program

the sequencer on my old Revolution was 10X better than the TB303

I like the extra sound features on the TBX-303 and would like to use it with the sequencer on my Monomachine but.......

has anyone actually tried one?

  On 4/8/2010 at 8:42 PM, soundwave said:

has anyone actually tried one?

you're joking right? this is watmm - the place where people criticise music hardware they haven't actually used themselves :D

i've tried other analogue solutions roland emulations, not the 303 mind you but the other ones turned out to be ridiculously disappointing. The 909 modules sound barely like a 909 and the 808 clone is not even passable. I would trust any other company over AS for the roland sound alike vibe

I think the 606 hihats are very hard to replicate as well, not a single 606 clone out there as far as I know

  On 4/8/2010 at 8:42 PM, soundwave said:

my mate has a TB303 which is far from fun to program

What a cop-out. Enter in the pitches, enter in the steps, then enter in the accents/slides/transpositions. No offense of course.

I would point out that part of the 303's charm is that its such a wicked synthesizer packed into a tiny, lightweight silver box. The TBX doesn't have a step sequencer, meaning you most likely are not going to post up on a park bench or on a flight and program. You'd have to bring around an external sequencer or laptop.

-Christophocles

303 is fun to program imo.

to me it almost defeats the purpose of being a head first tb303 fag purist if you're not going to want to sequence with one, and if your such a 'purist' to begin with and badly want a real 303 or an analog clone wouldn't you be caring more about the sequencer which gives it it's trademark sound? this whole thread is odd for many reasons

the Revolutions (or Mobieus/Orb) sequencer does exactly what the TB303 does and a whole lot more all in realtime so please don't tell me that there's anything special or unique about the TB303's sequencer cos there isn't, there certainly isn't anything good or intuitive about the MC202 sequencer either, how the synth responds to the sequencer is another matter entirely but thats another debate

the Monomachines sequencer is more than adequate for 303 style and beyond

so back to my original question.........?

i don't think anyone here would buy one of those if they wanted a 303 clone sound, Xoxbox is what most people seem to gravitate towards for it.

plus if you don't think the sequencer plays an important role still, and you've actually used a 303 then you might be talking out of your ass a little bit.

my 2 cents, don't look towards Analogue Solutions for any kind of accurate or even semi close emulation of a cherished Roland synthezizer

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the Revolutions (or Mobieus/Orb) sequencer does exactly what the TB303 does and a whole lot more all in realtime so please don't tell me that there's anything special or unique about the TB303's sequencer cos there isn't,

You might be better off using Rebirth

rofl...

  On 4/8/2010 at 10:37 PM, Awepittance said:

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the Revolutions (or Mobieus/Orb) sequencer does exactly what the TB303 does and a whole lot more all in realtime so please don't tell me that there's anything special or unique about the TB303's sequencer cos there isn't,

 

You might be better off using Rebirth

lol