There is no possible way on the Command Station. If you have ever owned a real TB-303, than you know it's not even close to possible.
There is no accent, authentic slide, nor the synth engine to even come in the same ballpark. Now if you're talking like a fake 303 screaming lead sound drenched in plastic sounding reverb than maybe, and anything could be used I guess. But I am saying the creamy, flowing, gurgling real 303 bass line. Not the all out self oscillation at full squelch, and even then it's not even remotely convinceable. There are boxes on the market now that have every circuit and chip almost duplicated on the really TB-303 and even then most 303 purists aren't even happy, and that's the whole 303 duplicated down to the whole original scematic from Roland. So the CS's sequencer and synth engine and roms can't even touch a real 303's bubbly organic analog character. It's just completely not possible.
There is something very raw and alive in a real TB-303. It's called analog. Plus the 303's sequencer is critical. The relationship between the slide and accent can't be replicated and replaced with portemento and full note velocity on the CS. It's not gonna happen.
You can buy a TB-303 sampler CD and replicate the tones that way with a sampler, but not from anything internally.
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:05 AM, laszlozizics <fantahs@...> wrote:
im interested coz i can't create nice 303 sound on my xl7 :D
--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Scott Solmonson wrote:
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> Hmm- this might be an interesting "contest" if enough people are interested-
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> I've owned 2 actual 303s and while they were slightly different in their sound, my major surprise was how a 303 sounds when it's not doing its typical squelchy reso thing- it's got a lazy rolling meaty bass that is tough to match.
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> Leftfield Song Of Life is a good example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic2Q-G0BEFQ
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> That said- the last of the EMU rompler platforms are the most capable in existence, and I feel like with the avenues allowed in things like the XL7, 303-like sounds could be achieved pretty easily- anyone interested?
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> On Dec 9, 2010, at 10:17 AM, laszlozizics wrote:
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> > SO you can create some good tb303 patternz?
> > IM really interested with some preset or patternz ,.
> > Coz i cant simulate the 303Accent in the CS itself...
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> > any idea? thank you
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> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "David" wrote:
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> >> 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.
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> >> Thanks,
> >> -dmn
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