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Robin Whittle explaining some aspect of the 303 sound
 

offline diamondtron on 2014-01-29 09:58 [#02466590]
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http://www.geuggis.com/tb-303/art06.htm

The real fun is in the "Accent Sweep Circuit" (my name).

This involves a diode and a 47k resistor in series driving
the ACW (anti-clockwise) end of a 100k pot, and a
1uF capacitor (to ground) hanging off the CW end. The wiper

of the pot goes via a 100k mixing resistor to one of the two

summing nodes for filter frequency.....
.....Human listeners - and probably a few furry quadrupeds -
interpret this
output of increasingly high pitched audio signals as
sounding like
the cry of a living creature becoming increasingly
distressed,
apparently in response to quickly repeated bursts of
stimulus.
Whole essays could develop from this, in terms of how a few
simple
passive components in the TB-303 mimic the distress cry of a
living,
sentient creature.


 

offline WarpBot2014 on 2014-01-29 13:36 [#02466591]
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great site
recently had to replace 3 memory ICs in my 303
d444c
all thanks to robin whittle's website


 

offline WarpBot2014 on 2014-01-29 13:38 [#02466592]
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turn the tune knob up all the way, then tune it slightly to
the highest possible scale

can sound absolutely awesome when playing rhythmic one or
two note patterns


 

offline WarpBot2014 on 2014-01-29 13:39 [#02466593]
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http://www.dinsync.info/2010/02/how-to-copy-and-paste-patte
rns-on.html


 

offline steve mcqueen from caerdydd (United Kingdom) on 2014-01-31 21:20 [#02466725]
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my mate was watching a Limmy webcam the other day where he
used the 303 as analogy for someone to kinda, feel a bit
more optimistic about their life, basically,paraph : "it was
totally shit at being a bass guitar but it was so awesome
because, well it just was what it was" sorta thing..cheesy
as but decent advice

arent roland on about redoing it or something,oh dear


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2014-02-01 00:03 [#02466741]
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Have you seen the webcam show where he listens to Tomorrow's
Harvest for the first time, and narrates a sci-fi film to
it?


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2014-02-01 00:20 [#02466744]
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His random access memory one was funny. I actually
watched the whole two hours of it.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2014-02-01 00:22 [#02466745]
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Oh I haven't seen that one, I should have a look.

I can't stand Daft Punk, though.

Thanks for the link, btw!


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2014-02-01 00:24 [#02466746]
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8 )

It is actually two hours long!

here


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2014-02-01 00:29 [#02466747]
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Thanks, Limmy can't go on long enough.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2014-02-03 23:48 [#02466990]
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I watched it! The whole two and a half hours.

I thought it was brilliant. Completely agree with everything
he said, and I was really impressed by his musical memory,
constantly pulling up older tracks. And the little
'playlets' he did were very funny - especially the one about
being in Benidorm, while a bar band is playing in the
background (Daft Punk, in this case).


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2014-02-03 23:57 [#02466993]
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I also love how exasperated he gets when a new track starts.
Saying "OOoohh for fffffu........". The Benidorm bit was
funny.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2014-02-04 00:11 [#02466994]
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His face when he puts on the very first track is priceless.

And the mixing of that Touch song with Les Miserables,
worked really well.


 


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