Another Syntecno post... DIY?

[Fraser, Colin J]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cyborg0 at GlobalEyes.net [mailto:cyborg0 at GlobalEyes.net]
> Sent: 31 July 1998 03:58
> To: analogue at hyperreal.org; synth-diy
> Subject: Another Syntecno post... DIY?
> 
> 
> ok, heres the deal.. 
> I have found 2 things that I THINK may attribute to the TeeBee's
> excellent but not perfect simulation of a tb303
> 
> Some of the things that sound different have to to with 
> mainly the fact
> that, with all knobs left except cutoff (full right) it doesnt sound
> right..ie, it doesnt sound like any of the tb303s ive 
> compared it to. It
> doesnt have the same *raspiness* and *growl*(tm) :))
> I think this may be the lack of the ol ba662 in the VCA..but it could
> be...

I used BA662 in my clone, and it still doesn't sound *exactly* like my
real 303, but is so close that you can't say which is which.
This would possibly be the case with another real 303...

> One other thing.. sometimes, esp when using SEQ303 (which is a GREAT
> program BTW) I notice that I can program a sequence exactly the way it
> is in a 303, and, for some reason, the sequence sounds exact, BUT, the
> notes seem kinda *stiff*. Anyone know a reason for this?
> i looked at wave files for each one playing the same sequence, and I
> could find NO timing difference in either the start of the frequency
> change (for slide) or the note start..
> anyone care to comment?
> Anyone notice any of these things?
> rob

Yes, I noticed these things too, with Seq303 and Cubase, and spent some
time listening to it, and thinking about it.
I posted about this to synth-diy before, and the post is copied on the
303 web site at http://www.teknet.ch/tb-303/speaking/art09.htm
Have a look there if you want - I'll not waste b/w by reposting the
whole thing.

Colin f