<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I had my hands on a 303 in 1985. I thought it was the silliest thing. <div class="">The super-resonant filter was an embarrassing bodily function I only used to irritate my colleagues.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I modded it: Sub-octave, envelope-controlled PWM, wider filter range.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I modded a 606 too, (but it wasn’t really exactly my property): Remove the mummy dust from the tom-toms, make the toms tunable, remove the metal from the hats (my preference at the time), turn the cymbal into a kind of unmodulated resonant hand clap sound, make the kick drum more of a kick drum and reduce the sound of the second oscillator. Knobs and switches sticking out of it like tumors, spray painted it white.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Looking back, these were great (but opinionated) modifications. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">When I could I used the 303 to drive my PAiA Proteus I, but if I only had the 303 it sounded so much better with a sub oscillator, modest resonance, and a sharp, punchy attack envelope.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 21, 2021, at 6:31 AM, Mike Bryant via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" class="">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Well I suppose somebody must have bought one before Roland canned the fiasco (and lost millions doing so apparently). Bet the band made more selling the thing a decade later than on this record. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">So long ago now but was it Studio Sound that reviewed it on its release and couldn’t see the point of it ? Afraid I still don’t.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Adam Inglis (synthDIY) [<a href="mailto:synthdiy@adambaby.com" class="">mailto:synthdiy@adambaby.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>21 November 2021 00:54<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mike Bryant<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>chris; <a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" class="">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [sdiy] AS3394E: Practical power supply?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Ah, c'mon Mike, stop being such a fuddy-duddy !<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">You’ve clearly never heard this 303 masterpiece<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/2108668-Charanjit-Singh-Synthesizing-Ten-Ragas-To-A-Disco-Beat" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.discogs.com/release/2108668-Charanjit-Singh-Synthesizing-Ten-Ragas-To-A-Disco-Beat</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">A<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">On 21 Nov 2021, at 6:46 am, Mike Bryant via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><br class="">No you're right. The TB-303 was utter crap and few bands actually used it when it was released, and rightfully discontinued a couple of years later. <br class="">Quite how and why it then gain popularity is one of the great mysteries of our time, and shows how fast music went downhill as the last century progressed.<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">-----Original Message-----<br class="">From: Synth-diy [<a href="mailto:synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org</a>] On Behalf Of chris<br class="">Sent: 20 November 2021 18:34<br class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><br class="">Subject: Re: [sdiy] AS3394E: Practical power supply?<br class=""><br class="">On Fri, 19 Nov 2021 17:47:47 +0100 cheater cheater <<a href="mailto:cheater00social@gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">cheater00social@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 7:07 PM chris <<a href="mailto:chris@chrismusic.de" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">chris@chrismusic.de</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><br class="">I think the word of caution is not against smps in general, but<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">w.r.t. a filthy +5V going to a micro controller, including all<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">current/voltage spikes coming from digital operation.<br class="">Before you know it, you may hear something like a software LED<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">refresh rate on the supply line.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><br class="">Are you saying the TB-303 does not have The Sound? Blasphemy!<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Oh, now I understand. The TB-303 never had an oscillator. It just used LED bleed as a sound source. And since the processor wasn't fast enough for higher refresh rates, it was marketed as a bass machine. Now it all fits together...<br class=""><br class="">Actually, I never cared for 303s at all. I wasn't even tempted to get me a VA emulation for some 300 bucks.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">So I'm not just blasphemic, I am the opposite of a real believer.<br class="">Ok, now I can expect the Spanish Inquisition to come after me.<br class="">(Even though they say "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!")<br class=""><br class="">Chris<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Synth-diy mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><br class=""><a href="http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a><br class="">Selling or trading? 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