Atom Smasher wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, Alex Drinkwater wrote:
>
>> Ah.. I seee. I hadn't analysed the sound in such detail, I must admit.
>> And I don't have a 303 of my own to run tests on, sadly.. So is the
>> filter env attack only altered on accented notes, or on all notes, as
>> the resonance is increased?
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> don't spend too much time on it, unless you really want to build a clone
> and/or drive yourself crazy. this is the topic of much bandwidth in places
> like analog-heaven, synth-diy, etc, and i wouldn't be surprised if there
> have been graduate theses done on it.
I've thought about it ∗waaaay∗ too much. I wrote a software clone and
went crazy. There's a lesson in that for us all ;-)
> at the end of the day, it's just "magic". especially when you're trying to
> recreate the "vibe" or "feel" on other hardware.
Yeah. Ultimately you need a not-quite-squarewave (the Poly-800's
divider-generated squarewaves are too perfect), a squeaky resonant
filter, and a fuzzbox. Maybe an echo machine, too, but definitely a
fuzzbox.
And then you need to listen to New Order - "Confusion (Pump Panel
Remix)", you know, the one from Blade with all the vampires dancing in
the club in back of a meat packing plant.
Gordon