303 distortion?

[Aratron]

the routemaster sound was a real 303 put through a boss distortion pedal
( the yellow one )


the suf sound was a 303 straight into a channel of a mackie 24/8/2 with the gain turned up full and the mids and highs up , then just keep the fader low
and you'll need a noise gate.

how was the Smitten sound made?

[davethedrummer]

how was the Smitten sound made?

well now you're pushing it!
that's enough trade secrets for the time being

no not really
the smitten sound was same as the suf thing really
but it was more geezer on smitten than me or at least geezers studio
io even did one of my tracks in his studio for smitten.
so it was his 303 and they all sound different from each other.
some are thinner sounding some are phatter some have more resonance etc etc
so you get a really unique sound every time.

same with the 909s , the kick and snare especially, they vary a lot
and seeing as they are the most regularly used bits of the 909
you get a very recognizable sound in all your tracks very quickly.

which is partly why all that old acid techno does sound the way it does
we only had 909s and samplers not much else for drums ,so we concentrated on the synths for the tune and the odd drumloop to chug things along.
so each persons record had a real definite sound, according to the studio used.
as i'm sure you can hear for yourself.

but anyway one thing i have to say about the 303
the real thing still beats the crap oout of anything else
software , and hardware , only the roland TB 303 really has THAT sound.

all hail le petite prince !

[Aratron]

well now you're pushing it!
that's enough trade secrets for the time being

no not really
the smitten sound was same as the suf thing really
but it was more geezer on smitten than me or at least geezers studio
io even did one of my tracks in his studio for smitten.
so it was his 303 and they all sound different from each other.
some are thinner sounding some are phatter some have more resonance etc etc
so you get a really unique sound every time.

same with the 909s , the kick and snare especially, they vary a lot
and seeing as they are the most regularly used bits of the 909
you get a very recognizable sound in all your tracks very quickly.

which is partly why all that old acid techno does sound the way it does
we only had 909s and samplers not much else for drums ,so we concentrated on the synths for the tune and the odd drumloop to chug things along.
so each persons record had a real definite sound, according to the studio used.
as i'm sure you can hear for yourself.

but anyway one thing i have to say about the 303
the real thing still beats the crap oout of anything else
software , and hardware , only the roland TB 303 really has THAT sound.

all hail le petite prince !

i find it amazing that 303's sound different to each other. i mean you can tell that smittens were made on the same 303 because they all sound like they are going on holiday together.

[AcidTrash]

but anyway one thing i have to say about the 303
the real thing still beats the crap oout of anything else
software , and hardware , only the roland TB 303 really has THAT sound.

all hail le petite prince !

I must be doing something right then because people seem to think I own one.

[dan the acid man]

I must be doing something right then because people seem to think I own one.

I can't say i've ever heard your tracks and thought that's a real 303 in there.

Most emulators sound great until you start tweaking the resonance.

[rhythmtech]

I can't say i've ever heard your tracks and thought that's a real 303 in there.

[dan the acid man]

I didn't mean it to sound like that, but you know what i meant