<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="">Ah, c'mon Mike, stop being such a fuddy-duddy !<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You’ve clearly never heard this 303 masterpiece</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/2108668-Charanjit-Singh-Synthesizing-Ten-Ragas-To-A-Disco-Beat" class="">https://www.discogs.com/release/2108668-Charanjit-Singh-Synthesizing-Ten-Ragas-To-A-Disco-Beat</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 21 Nov 2021, at 6:46 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=""><div 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" class="">mailto:synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org</a>] On Behalf Of chris<br class="">Sent: 20 November 2021 18:34<br class="">To: <a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" 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" class="">cheater00social@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 7:07 PM chris <<a href="mailto:chris@chrismusic.de" class="">chris@chrismusic.de</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">I think the word of caution is not against smps in general, but <br class="">w.r.t. a filthy +5V going to a micro controller, including all <br class="">current/voltage spikes coming from digital operation.<br class="">Before you know it, you may hear something like a software LED <br class="">refresh rate on the supply line.<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Are you saying the TB-303 does not have The Sound? Blasphemy!<br class=""></blockquote><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. <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" class="">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><br class="">http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy<br class="">Selling or trading? Use marketplace@synth-diy.org<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Synth-diy mailing list<br class="">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org<br class="">http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy<br class="">Selling or trading? Use marketplace@synth-diy.org<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>