Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

Hi
Just too add to your comments..

Read this description of the hardware of the 303 it gives a lot of 
clues on how to attack the challenge.

http://www.tb-303.org/info/history.asp

and 

http://secretstars.com/new/tbs-303.html

I had a 303 to repair once. When i finally got it going the sound out 
of it was amazing. Its really crude but does have a very mad tonal 
character.
The only thing that will sound like a 303 is a 303 at the end of the 
day.
You should be able to get close, but why not make something out of it 
thats your own creation?
The 303 has been taken to the end, but i still love it ;o)  

Have fun
Gonz


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, José Sáez <taliesin@t...> wrote:
> Sigh. The TB303 sound. The holy grail of synthesis. Actually i'm 
pretty tired of it :)
> 
> However, most of the 303 sound is given by the way it's played 
rather than an esoteric feature of he sound. However we can make a 
303 by defining its main characteristics:
> 
> 1) It is a monophonic sound. Poliphonic 303s don't work at all.
> 2) You have to change the glide time. The 303 glides from one note 
to the other, making it sound organic.
> 3) Use only one layer with a saw wave, or a square wave if you like.
> 4) Some of the charm of the tb303 sound comes from the distortion. 
But the real tb303 didn't have any fx included. The XL7 distortion is 
pretty lame, but it could be useful for a start.
> 5) Some of the charm of the tb303 sound comes also from the delay. 
But again, the tb303 didn't have a delay feature. You can use the XL7 
delay, that is pretty good.
> 
> The tb303 was a pretty simple machine. Keep it simple when you 
design it. Even a simple filter will do the trick if the rest is well 
done.
> 
> Jose
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: David 
>   To: xl7@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 6:32 PM
>   Subject: [xl7] TB-303 Sounds?
> 
> 
> 
>   Has anyone created any convincing 303 acid lines with the XL-7? 
I've
>   tried and I just can't seem to get any squelchiness out of it. 
I've
>   tried all the preset filter settings and nothing....Please help. 
> 
>   Thanks,
>   -dmn
> 
> 
> 
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