[sdiy] TB303 transistors

[Fierce Fish]

I'd agree that the square wave is not a technically good square wave  
but I think it sounds nicer than any square wave that I have ever  
heard.  Maybe other synth manufacturers should get theirs to be not as  
"square" LOL


On 24 May 2005, at 20:24, Tom Arnold wrote:

> On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 08:18:37PM +0100, Fierce Fish wrote:
>> Tom, in your opinion does the 3031 nail the 303 square wave? I have  
>> yet
>> to find a clone that can sound like my 303's square, most clones on  
>> the
>> market can do a very convincing distorted sawtooth acid stuff, but for
>> the more refined fluid square wave stuff they all sound way off to my
>> (not that good) ears!
>
> Tony has done an excellent job of nailing the TB3031 square wave.   
> Listen to
> samples on oakleysound.com
>
>> Anyone else have any thoughts on this, I'm starting to believe some of
>> the conspiracy theories that aliens from the future designed the 303,
>> the square wave sound is like the holy grail or something. Godammit!  
>> ;)
>
> No, the truth is the square wave on the TB303 sounds like utter crap,  
> but
> its become such the basis of a Sound we like that its now the holy  
> grail.
>
> :-)
>
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