Alex E wrote:I don't know if I put in a vote yet. But I think I should-
Roland MC-303 (+1)
I gave mine to a friend this week. I don't want anything to do with it anymore. Great build quality, but it isn't anything like the TB-303. Try finding an even decent TB-303 sample in that box. It's supposed to be a TB-303 clone, so maybe it should actually sound like one?
Why not make the TB-303 again? Oh, analog parts are too expensive?? Why weren't they too expensive in 1982? The TB-303 and the MC-303 sold for the same price when they were new! Sometimes I think Roland makes really dumb decisions. Sometimes I think I make really dumb decisions. For both of us maybe it was the MC-303.
There is not a single TB-303 clone that sounds exactly like the original, because "all of the actual chips" are no longer in production. Every single piece of circuitry plays a part in "the sound" you can disect the the signal path all you want but you know that saying, "they just don't make em like they used to"
303's are only overpriced now because of the invention of Acid House/Techno. Before that they were thought of as worthless virtual bass accompany machines for song writers and producers. Its not hard to make 303-like squelches at all, it may not sound like a real 303 but who gives f**k when it still sounds bad a*s on top of the fact that its mixed in with a lead synth, drums, and possibly a sub-bass line. Acid is easy, tweak it till it squelches.
Bring on the Chemicals
