the 303acid test - especially for aratron

[acidchild]

It's more fair to not use distortion. Adding distortion only masks the 303's unique sound. Pretty much anything can sound like a 303 when it's overdriven.

Now let's see who can pick out the real 303 when it counts, in a track!

=o]


In The Hour Of Darkness

[rhythmtech]

It's more fair to not use distortion. Adding distortion only masks the 303's unique sound. Pretty much anything can sound like a 303 when it's overdriven.

eh? thats totally fair. the whole idea was to prove that emulations can sound exactly like a TB when used in certain ways.

this isnt an "i can tell a real 303" contest. **** me, theres plenty of us that know what one sounds like, its not exactly medal worthy. it was just a comparative experiment.

[acidchild]

Of course they can, that's why they're emulators. But when you're using distortion, you're masking all the machines' true sound. I can probably get my Casio CZ-101 to sound like a 303 running it through distortion. A bit of clever sequencing is all it takes. Your comparative experiment loses value when not using a dry signal. Just my views.

[rhythmtech]

Of course they can, that's why they're emulators.

and that was the whole point of the experiment. to show how, and in what circumstances an emulator can sound exactly like a 303. not to disprove it. :lol:

[d3v]

Just had a quick listen - damn b and c are close. Don't have the real deal myself but picked up a x0xb0x, pretty good.

There is some good 303 comparison stuff at the site below, including distortions - hardware emulators only tho:

http://www.acidvoice.com/

[josephjobling]

p.s. while i'm on does anybody fancy putting a vid on youtube showing how to program the internal sequencer on the abl or phoscyon for me (sorry i'm pants just can't get the hang of it - could do with a lesson)

[Metadog]

i went for c like xes cos there was more hiss behind it so sounded like it could more likely be outboard gear

lol