Is there a link to any playlist of your best tunes anywhere that we can peep casually? If it's Patreon-only that's fine, too. Just wondering. Thx, Pilz. 4 all u do 🍻
The 303 is pretty epic to use in a DAW as a Vst. Removed from the physical programming limitations. By the way... You made the best freaking Christmas video. Thanks for that. I saw you got image line to watch it. Nice!!
If he ever gets his hands on an original, he needs to make a retro style bad gear episode set in the mid 80s about the TB 303 (Kind of interesting how the perception of gear can change over time)
@@AudioPilz I was literally going to comment "Do the 303!" I get the appeal, but it's such a limited bit of kit, I've never been able to justify buying any of the clones even at
Someone told me years ago that I shouldn’t enjoy that record because it’s “culturally ambiguous” of course it was a white guy who grew up in suburbia telling me this.
@@foansmusic5603 If they meant that it was "cultural appropriation" I think I speak for most Americans when I say that anyone who wants Disco can have it.
Great video. I had to double take when you showed a clip of my comparison, I had forgotten about that entirely. Great video as always and the tunes you made with it sound great!
I built my first X0XBox about a year before the Bass Bot was released. At the time the kit was the only way to get that authentic TB sound without selling a body organ and I probably put around 20 hours into painstakingly building it up. The cost of the kit plus my labour would probably come to around the same as buying one of these off the shelf. My ears can’t tell a difference between the two, not that TH-cam audio is exactly master quality, but that and the 303 silver box looks made me wonder if the kit was worth it for the time spent building it. And the answer is hell yeah it was worth it, might not look as cool but this isn’t a fashion parade and mine’s built to OCD standards. As the X0X and original TB essentially share the same schematic there is something particularly cool you can do both. There’s an internal preset pot that acts as a linearity control, separate to the actual tuning and it’s supposed to be adjusted so an octave up is exactly twice the frequency of a particular note. If it’s not set absolutely correctly the desired notes become increasingly detuned the further away from the centre you get. And that my friends is a beautiful thing when you want to embark upon a wigged-out AFX-style acid head-f**k. Lovely.
Roland: "Alright, so you just enter your bassline here, and that'll be perfect for weddings and shows!" Ravers: *turn the resonance up* "Hey man, this is wack, let me get my acid." Roland: "No, that's not how you're supposed to play the game!"
@@lemmmakestunes8312 "Do you take this multidimensional mandala vortex of pulsating infinity and candy canes to be your lawfully wedded Gecko?" "S..sure man. One question though. Since when does the church ordain 7 foot orange-blue gerbils as priests?"
I worked in a music store in the late 80s and early 90s. We had a ton of the original TB-303s in stock, used, and cheap. Wish I had appreciated their use at that time :P
They were blowing out 909s and other boxes at Rogue Music in NY, even the hallway was stacked. Stupidly I let the sales guy talk me into buying a 505 over the much cooler looking 909 ( had never heard one at that time ) because it "sounds like real drums".
Need for Speed 4 : HIgh Stakes (in the late 90:s) was full of 303-laden music of this type! So many racing games with great music on them (both menu and in-game racing). And the Wipeout 2097 is also a classic with more of a mixed kind of electronic music (lots of Big Beat)!
REDLINE FINALLY MAKES AN APPEARANCE!!! Although it very much fits more breakcore vibes, just the fact that you used the footage will always put a huge smile on my face :)
My TT-303 V1 has had 2 knobs replaced. The knobs are SO crappy. But it sounds so good its worth (1) learning to solder or (2) paying for repairs. No Question. I just sold an SH-101, which I'll always be able to re-purchase. I won't get rid of my TT-303 V1.
Something that has 'bass' written on it but is midrangy. But once again, you doctored the bass out of it in your feature jam. I can never miss any of these friday videos! Saludos!
"Noooo whaaaaat - it's the end of times!" Flashed before my eyes as I smashed that play button 😂 the horror was real hahaha Awesome video with awesome jams as always! You're truly one of a kind when it comes to high quality productions!
IIRC the x0xb0x I bought was from the guys who became Cyclone Analogic shortly after. It used transistors from the last 303s built and other components out of spec with the usual X0X builds of the day. Still sounds bloody nice and my best 303 hardware clone (I have many lol)
I built my own X0Xb0x, and it's really good! I bought extra transistors and picked whichever ones sounded best in it. The manufacturing variability in transistors (basically, the BJT's gain-bandwidth product) probably does explain why different units seem to sound different.
Another great episode Florian. Never seen one of these or the Mk 2 (or even a Devil Fish) in the wild, down under. I now want one and I already own 3 different 303 clones including the one avoided by the colour blind. 3 and a half if I count the OG Volca - well it has that big knob. My thanx as always.
LOVE that second jam! Also, the TT is great! I love the MkII form factor. The only other 303 device I'd go for is the Avalon, but since it's basically impossible to get one, the TT is the best.
I have the whole set of MkII sardine tin shaped Cyclone Analogic machines. No need to pay DeckSavers $50 for a cover, they give you one and a perfectly sized case. My favorite is the TT-78 Beat Bot because it has some cool Latin flavor.
Try the Future Retro 777 if you ever get the chance. It isn't a 303-clone so much as an outlier - a Godzilla synth that does acid it's own way. Incredibly flexible sequencing and sync abilities, too.
@@shaft9000 The 777 is GREAT!! I would agree with everything here. What I would say though, is that if you want THE 303 sound, there are better ways to get it. But, if you want something that works like one, with better interface, but has its own sound, then yes, the 777, some Elektron boxes, (with newer firmwares that have legato) and others would be top notch. I knew someone with a 777 in the early/mid 2000s, and it's definitely one of the cooler things of this nature.
I've been a bassbot user for years ! You did a great job with the final jam 😎 Also using time mode like the oldschool TB is not mandatory with the bassbot, I only enter it sometimes if I want to use it but you can do everything in pitchmode
@@AudioPilz Thank you for the consistently great content! Now that I've watched the video (it rules), I do have a question though. What is it about the square waves on the other 303 clones you don't like?
The Finale is pretty amazing. I bought one to try and hold off on the demise of my primary TB-303 - except it broke in record time, but now I use TWO Modified Uli Bass Lines - yellow too for extra BASS. They helped retire my 303s which are now in my Memorial CS80 and Jupiter 8 Fund.
There are never enough TB-303 clones and the Cyclone analog synth, which I had seen around the net, sounds mighty nice here. That said, Roland was indeed wise to update the TB-03 UI for an alternate to the traditional 303 workflow. As a side note, I confess I had held off buying the J-6 until I watched your episode, which has worked out nicely, actually. I hope more instruments come your way to review!
I used to own three individual 303 units, over different time periods. Today, I got a TD-3 I rarely use, but having tweaked the insides it is as spot on as I'd not spend tens of thousands of euros on, shall we say...
You give me faith in my TB3. I have a TT v2 also and that rocks too, but your reviews are always accurate, insightful and will leave me feeling cheered up:) Another excellent episode 👏
If you’re interested, a guy named Dope Robot has made a midi editor that opens up a lot of new possibilities for the inscrutable problem child etch-a-sketch we call the tb-3. It might be an idea for a better gear episode.
I’ve had mine years and use it all the time with no issues. They don’t like any ‘downward’ pressure on the pots though, just like the originals (they’re the same type) - (not the green ‘original’ Florian 😂)
I am amazed at how much bad gear you review that I own/have owned... -303 clones deserve a league/vote off of their own. For me the og Cyclone tt 303 sounds so good it makes me question the fabric of reality.
Ahhhh the Bad Acid test :) Nice one, Pilz. That 3rd jam was _gettin' thar._ Most of the clones, including this one and the B, sound as some variation on a x0xb0x which is open source(OS). Having myself an og, a FR 777, FR Revo mk2, two x0xb0xes, and dicking about with my m8s Behringer, the thing I hear in all the clones (besides FR - which is closer to a 101 sound) is clipping in the VCA very soon as the resonance and EG level rises. All of the OS-based clones in every test I've heard tend to clip too soon, more or less. They typically get the basic seq+synth behavior and filter character(an offset diode ladder) down well enough, but the audio path sounds quite different at times vs the og. It's totally a "last 1 - 5 %' concern that won't even matter in many mixes/arrangements, but it CAN matter sometimes, and will def matter to the mixing engineer: _The og TB-303 doesn't clip like the clones do, especially both x0xb0xs and the B. It sounds bigger, less noisy, smoother and 'lazier' - and it stays in tune over octave jumps better. _ Something about how Roland QC'ed their builds in the early '80s makes (a sometimes significant) difference in the sound _as an instrument_ vs how the x0xb0x variants and other clones built by whoever in the last 20 years behave and sound. So.....Is the og worth a $1-2K dollar difference? Well, THAT all depends on how much acid you make... and _what acid makes of YOU._ 🙂 Huzzah!
I'd love to see a video or two about your favorite gear, that gear that you appear to be using in addition to the actual "bad gear" more than half of the time, in particular the Arturia Beatmaster Pro (?) and the black square thing with the green edges from Roland . Both are used in this video around 6:10
HA, another great vid. We just bought a tt303 last year. Bloody love it. Always wanted a real 303 and this one is as close as I will ever get. We have 2 other 303 boxes but this one is the real deal. So many wicked features on it as well. Really fun and authentic box. If you look long enough there are a few good deals out there. I waited for about 3 years for a decent priced one. Keep the fun vid's coming. Aways crack me up. x
Outside of guitars, I'm a little hard-pressed to think of a single synth with as many copies/clones as Roland's TB-303. Also, I think it's missed opportunity that you didn't save this video for a March 3rd release date. :)
great review like always... I have a few TD-3's and the bass bot sound a lot different from them.. but.. it does have a good standard bass sound, but didn't sound very '"acidy" like the TD-3
I've not thought of the "303" as paragon of sound, but rather just an inspiring framework (sequencer oddness + sound). I personally prefer the sound of the MS-404 clone which adds in some LFOs
i love mine , and it does SOOO much more than an og . Its random is awesmoe , its midi is great , and the banks are awesome !!! oh the pots are crap , i had to replace them all !
Last track is gorgeous and reminescing me classic soundtrack music from racing video games made by EA like Need for Speed etc. Rom di Prisco was using TB-303 a lot these days 🙂
I love it when you use anime clips for your final jams, and Redline is a modern classic. Recommendations for future episodes, assuming you haven't used them before: Riding Bean, Gunsmith Cats, Roujin-Z, Venus Wars, All-Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of squelchy voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
I own TT-303 MK2. There is one aspect that makes it very useful in my workflow - ability to punch in notes, accents and legatos in real time, like on Korg Volca bass. Soundwise, I prefer Behringer TD-3, which I control with MPC One sequencer (again, I use the same method to enter notes). Great video, as usual. If you could only keep memes for a second longer, they scroll too fast, before I had a chance to read them.
You can use the beat step as a sequencer so you don't have to use preset recordings. You wouldn't quite get the perfect imperfections as you would if you use the 303 internal sequencer but it's a workaround if you're trying to come up with acid lines on the fly
I wonder if this channel will ever feature the Rebirth 338 softsynth of late '96? I remember this was a sensation at the time, where did 25+ years go?!
@@AudioPilz You could make some kind of compilation with several styles. Like Glitch Acid, Deep Acid, Gangsta Acid, Gospel Acid and (of course!) Technical Death Acid.
The Akai MPC X and other mpc's have a plugin called, Bassline, witch allows to fade and mix wave forms, has onboard delay, compressors and so. accept no second "midi" track for accent but sounds pretty good and near to a TB-303 in headphones.
A Beringher Virtualizer 1024P just popped up for sale cheap near me this morning! I only have a compression & reverb pedal, was thinking it would be great addition to my Microfreak & Crave. Any thoughts on it beyond the vocoder mode?
love it. i got a future retro 777 many years ago and it is quite excellent for acid. can go way beyond a basic 303. but since i got the behringer td-3 i don't think i've turned it on once. turns out i just want that classic acid sound most of the time. i also borrowed a td-3-mo and that's pretty good too, but i think the non-modded one wins.
My eye is constantly drawn to the library in the background. Please start a Bad Books review channel. What's your favourite Kafka? Great jams in this episode! Have you done the Roland Integra 7 yet?
Whoa I just bought a dd-3t with the tempo input. I see you attached the drumbrute to yours. Is that clock out? Would that theoretically work with a beatstep pro?
I member when I was really nerding out about acid in my 20s and ordered the x0xb0x and soldered it together myself. Had fun making patterns and twisting knobs once in a while but never used it in anything so I sold it to someone I knew would get more use from it. Might buy this for random knob twidling, sounds good enough. :D Edit: for once i recognized where you pulled some of the clips from. Redline fuck yeah.
🤣 STRAMMER... Wo treibst du diese ganzen geilen Memes auf? Das ist sooo geil ich muss die Videos 100x anhalten und zurückspulen, richtig nervig und super unique!!!! Weiter so 😘 Geile Videos mit sooo viel Style!
Audiopilz: *slaps roof of YT channel*
Full Tracks, Extended Jams, Sample Packs: www.patreon.com/audiopilz
Is there a link to any playlist of your best tunes anywhere that we can peep casually?
If it's Patreon-only that's fine, too. Just wondering.
Thx, Pilz. 4 all u do 🍻
The 303 is pretty epic to use in a DAW as a Vst. Removed from the physical programming limitations. By the way... You made the best freaking Christmas video. Thanks for that. I saw you got image line to watch it. Nice!!
03:17
Fart machine🤡🌬
You're in big trouble now!!!! Gotta send the synthesizer police now.
@@pleasure1689
Burn it now!
Burn it now!👍😉🤣
I guess that if Bad Gear existed a year after the TB-303 came out, it would have genuinely been a candidate.
Maybe even now;)
@@AudioPilz Only to get canceled & ridiculed for it in 1986. 😄
Being bad gear for its intended use is part of the 303 mythos.
If he ever gets his hands on an original, he needs to make a retro style bad gear episode set in the mid 80s about the TB 303
(Kind of interesting how the perception of gear can change over time)
@@AudioPilz I was literally going to comment "Do the 303!" I get the appeal, but it's such a limited bit of kit, I've never been able to justify buying any of the clones even at
"TEN RAGAS TO A DISCO BEAT WAS FIRST" 😂 I love that record so much, the backstory is almost as amazing as the music itself.
Legendary record!!!
Well that sent me on a nice little rabbit hole. Cheers!
Someone told me years ago that I shouldn’t enjoy that record because it’s “culturally ambiguous” of course it was a white guy who grew up in suburbia telling me this.
@@foansmusic5603 If they meant that it was "cultural appropriation" I think I speak for most Americans when I say that anyone who wants Disco can have it.
Thanks champ - never heard it 👍
Man i really love that when I am done working on Friday 18 o'clock I can start my weekend with another epic episode of Bad Gear :-)
Have a nice weekend!!!
Hells to the yeah!!!
Great video. I had to double take when you showed a clip of my comparison, I had forgotten about that entirely. Great video as always and the tunes you made with it sound great!
Great comparison, thank you so much!!!
"Everybody needs a 303" Roland: "YES! Maybe we should promote his channel." Then they see the Roland episodes.
Lol
"I will stick to the original" *holds up the TB-3* 😂😂😂😂😂
"MY PRECIOUS!!"
Great episode!! Happy Friday Florian!
Thank you!!!
Jajajajajaj 😂
That made the episode! Love it Florian.
I genuinely lol’d at that 😂
„I will Stick to the original“ hahahaha oh my god…. I cant breathe
I built my first X0XBox about a year before the Bass Bot was released. At the time the kit was the only way to get that authentic TB sound without selling a body organ and I probably put around 20 hours into painstakingly building it up. The cost of the kit plus my labour would probably come to around the same as buying one of these off the shelf. My ears can’t tell a difference between the two, not that TH-cam audio is exactly master quality, but that and the 303 silver box looks made me wonder if the kit was worth it for the time spent building it. And the answer is hell yeah it was worth it, might not look as cool but this isn’t a fashion parade and mine’s built to OCD standards. As the X0X and original TB essentially share the same schematic there is something particularly cool you can do both. There’s an internal preset pot that acts as a linearity control, separate to the actual tuning and it’s supposed to be adjusted so an octave up is exactly twice the frequency of a particular note. If it’s not set absolutely correctly the desired notes become increasingly detuned the further away from the centre you get. And that my friends is a beautiful thing when you want to embark upon a wigged-out AFX-style acid head-f**k. Lovely.
Nice, always wanted to get a x0x!
Thanks!
Thank you so much for the support!!!❤️❤️❤️
Roland: "Alright, so you just enter your bassline here, and that'll be perfect for weddings and shows!"
Ravers: *turn the resonance up* "Hey man, this is wack, let me get my acid."
Roland: "No, that's not how you're supposed to play the game!"
That didn't go as c-level expected;)
acid at a wedding would go hard tho
@@lemmmakestunes8312 "Do you take this multidimensional mandala vortex of pulsating infinity and candy canes to be your lawfully wedded Gecko?" "S..sure man. One question though. Since when does the church ordain 7 foot orange-blue gerbils as priests?"
I worked in a music store in the late 80s and early 90s. We had a ton of the original TB-303s in stock, used, and cheap. Wish I had appreciated their use at that time :P
We need a time machine now;)
They were blowing out 909s and other boxes at Rogue Music in NY, even the hallway was stacked. Stupidly I let the sales guy talk me into buying a 505 over the much cooler looking 909 ( had never heard one at that time ) because it "sounds like real drums".
Last track is fantastic. Reminds me of classic racing game menu music!
Thank you!!!
Need for Speed 4 : HIgh Stakes (in the late 90:s) was full of 303-laden music of this type!
So many racing games with great music on them (both menu and in-game racing).
And the Wipeout 2097 is also a classic with more of a mixed kind of electronic music (lots of Big Beat)!
Need For Speed Heat has an awesome non-overdriven 303 song during the menus as well
Yeah seriously that’s the kind of 303 sequencing I can enjoy. Sounded a lot more fresh than typical acid lines.
Need for Speed 2 SE
I got a yellow Behringer TD-3 (with smiley face) when it was on sale and I love it.
Nice!
Smiley face very important. Only smiley face good acid
REDLINE FINALLY MAKES AN APPEARANCE!!! Although it very much fits more breakcore vibes, just the fact that you used the footage will always put a huge smile on my face :)
😀😀😀
I love those low volume shuffley grooves you always have in the background, gets my head bobbing subconsciously
Thanks!
I think it has to be said, your Finale pieces showcase rather great editing skills and cool music, that's a 5 hour megamix waiting to happen ;)
Thank you so much!!!
My TT-303 V1 has had 2 knobs replaced. The knobs are SO crappy.
But it sounds so good its worth (1) learning to solder or (2) paying for repairs.
No Question. I just sold an SH-101, which I'll always be able to re-purchase. I won't get rid of my TT-303 V1.
Yeah, these are not exactly trustworthy
This channel is like that first drink at a bar after a long week. Just hits right
❤️❤️❤️
Something that has 'bass' written on it but is midrangy. But once again, you doctored the bass out of it in your feature jam. I can never miss any of these friday videos! Saludos!
Thank you!!!
tbh it took me many years to realise that acid lines are considered "bass lines", lol.
"Noooo whaaaaat - it's the end of times!" Flashed before my eyes as I smashed that play button 😂 the horror was real hahaha
Awesome video with awesome jams as always! You're truly one of a kind when it comes to high quality productions!
Thank you so much!!!
First jam brought me right back to college, second was twenty minutes to closing of said college night. Awesome work
Nice! Thanks!
IIRC the x0xb0x I bought was from the guys who became Cyclone Analogic shortly after. It used transistors from the last 303s built and other components out of spec with the usual X0X builds of the day. Still sounds bloody nice and my best 303 hardware clone (I have many lol)
Nice one!
I built my own X0Xb0x, and it's really good! I bought extra transistors and picked whichever ones sounded best in it. The manufacturing variability in transistors (basically, the BJT's gain-bandwidth product) probably does explain why different units seem to sound different.
Nice!!!
Christmas isn't Christmas without the beloved TB-3 making an appearance.
Merry Christmas;)
I stay having to rewind and keep my finger ready to pause with Bad Gear videos due to all the great, yet speedy memes!
That's the way to watch these;)
I have that Bassbot, it’s still invited to nearly every track I make. Really great piece of kit.
Nice!!!
Another great episode Florian. Never seen one of these or the Mk 2 (or even a Devil Fish) in the wild, down under. I now want one and I already own 3 different 303 clones including the one avoided by the colour blind. 3 and a half if I count the OG Volca - well it has that big knob. My thanx as always.
Thank you!!! Are step sequencers reversed down under?;)
LOVE that second jam!
Also, the TT is great! I love the MkII form factor. The only other 303 device I'd go for is the Avalon, but since it's basically impossible to get one, the TT is the best.
Thanks!!!
TT sequencer options are excellent 😀👍
I have the whole set of MkII sardine tin shaped Cyclone Analogic machines. No need to pay DeckSavers $50 for a cover, they give you one and a perfectly sized case. My favorite is the TT-78 Beat Bot because it has some cool Latin flavor.
Try the Future Retro 777 if you ever get the chance. It isn't a 303-clone so much as an outlier - a Godzilla synth that does acid it's own way. Incredibly flexible sequencing and sync abilities, too.
@@shaft9000 The 777 is GREAT!! I would agree with everything here. What I would say though, is that if you want THE 303 sound, there are better ways to get it. But, if you want something that works like one, with better interface, but has its own sound, then yes, the 777, some Elektron boxes, (with newer firmwares that have legato) and others would be top notch. I knew someone with a 777 in the early/mid 2000s, and it's definitely one of the cooler things of this nature.
Bedankt
Thank you so much!!!
I've been a bassbot user for years !
You did a great job with the final jam 😎
Also using time mode like the oldschool TB is not mandatory with the bassbot, I only enter it sometimes if I want to use it but you can do everything in pitchmode
Thank you!!!
This is the first time I've ever given a thumbs up to a video before even watching it just because the thumbnail was great.
Thank you so much!!!
@@AudioPilz Thank you for the consistently great content! Now that I've watched the video (it rules), I do have a question though. What is it about the square waves on the other 303 clones you don't like?
Ah, such a bliss! How could anyone hate this beautiful thing??
People can be mean;)
@@AudioPilz It's like the son they never had :D :D
The Finale is pretty amazing.
I bought one to try and hold off on the demise of my primary TB-303 - except it broke in record time, but now I use TWO Modified Uli Bass Lines - yellow too for extra BASS. They helped retire my 303s which are now in my Memorial CS80 and Jupiter 8 Fund.
Thanks! I should start a fund like this too!!!
There are never enough TB-303 clones and the Cyclone analog synth, which I had seen around the net, sounds mighty nice here. That said, Roland was indeed wise to update the TB-03 UI for an alternate to the traditional 303 workflow. As a side note, I confess I had held off buying the J-6 until I watched your episode, which has worked out nicely, actually. I hope more instruments come your way to review!
Thank you!!!
I used to own three individual 303 units, over different time periods. Today, I got a TD-3 I rarely use, but having tweaked the insides it is as spot on as I'd not spend tens of thousands of euros on, shall we say...
Babe, babe wake up! Florian just released a new episode of BadGear.
Breakfast is ready;)
Plot twist: Florian was babe all along
And the pentagon has been hit babe
You give me faith in my TB3.
I have a TT v2 also and that rocks too, but your reviews are always accurate, insightful and will leave me feeling cheered up:)
Another excellent episode 👏
Thank you so much!!!
If you’re interested, a guy named Dope Robot has made a midi editor that opens up a lot of new possibilities for the inscrutable problem child etch-a-sketch we call the tb-3.
It might be an idea for a better gear episode.
Nice, thanks for posting!
loving my TD-3's (normal and MO)
but damn the prices for 303 before Uli came and i think build quality is also great of TD3's.
Yeah, the TT-303 feels like it's on the verge of breaking all the time...
I’ve had mine years and use it all the time with no issues. They don’t like any ‘downward’ pressure on the pots though, just like the originals (they’re the same type) - (not the green ‘original’ Florian 😂)
Hahaha, that picture with Uli pressed up against the window pane … 🤣
🤣🤣🤣
HONEY, QUICK! FLO IS TEARING APART THE 303!
;)
Cool acidic show and jams this Friday! Are we heading toward Volca Bass? All the best and have a great weekend!
Have a nice weekend!!! The Volca Bass won't be able to escape;)
5:03 the acid line is late
edit: and the 2nd jam! If you pulled the acid line back 5-10 ms it would be much better
Yeah, midi timing of that thing is atrocious and often unpredictable
Absolutely loved the tunes you created for this video..... gorgeous acid toonzzzz 🤩
Had me bopping like the old days, despite the arthritis 😬
Thanks!❤️❤️❤️
I am amazed at how much bad gear you review that I own/have owned... -303 clones deserve a league/vote off of their own. For me the og Cyclone tt 303 sounds so good it makes me question the fabric of reality.
Reality is overrated anyway;)
Ahhhh the Bad Acid test :) Nice one, Pilz. That 3rd jam was _gettin' thar._
Most of the clones, including this one and the B, sound as some variation on a x0xb0x which is open source(OS).
Having myself an og, a FR 777, FR Revo mk2, two x0xb0xes, and dicking about with my m8s Behringer, the thing I hear in all the clones (besides FR - which is closer to a 101 sound) is clipping in the VCA very soon as the resonance and EG level rises. All of the OS-based clones in every test I've heard tend to clip too soon, more or less. They typically get the basic seq+synth behavior and filter character(an offset diode ladder) down well enough, but the audio path sounds quite different at times vs the og.
It's totally a "last 1 - 5 %' concern that won't even matter in many mixes/arrangements, but it CAN matter sometimes, and will def matter to the mixing engineer:
_The og TB-303 doesn't clip like the clones do, especially both x0xb0xs and the B. It sounds bigger, less noisy, smoother and 'lazier' - and it stays in tune over octave jumps better. _
Something about how Roland QC'ed their builds in the early '80s makes (a sometimes significant) difference in the sound _as an instrument_
vs how the x0xb0x variants and other clones built by whoever in the last 20 years behave and sound.
So.....Is the og worth a $1-2K dollar difference? Well, THAT all depends on how much acid you make... and _what acid makes of YOU._ 🙂
Huzzah!
Interesting insight, thanks! Nice collection btw;)
I'd love to see a video or two about your favorite gear, that gear that you appear to be using in addition to the actual "bad gear" more than half of the time, in particular the Arturia Beatmaster Pro (?) and the black square thing with the green edges from Roland . Both are used in this video around 6:10
Beatstep Pro, Roland TB-3, Jomox Airbase and Elektron Digitakt are probably the most-used pieces of gear I own! Great idea!!!
@@AudioPilzdo it do it do it
Where do you find all of this gifs? Thanks for your answer and all of your work on TH-cam.
Thank you!!! I search them vigorously on Google;)
Man that 2nd sample song deserves to be a whole track.
Thank you!!! Extended jams and full tracks as usual on Patreon (shameless plug)
Viper Higgins popping up at 1:36 is like a clash of worlds for me.
😀😀😀
The TT-303 is a great clone. Hope I can add it to my TB-303 clone collection one day.
Nice angle on the whole topic!
HA, another great vid. We just bought a tt303 last year. Bloody love it. Always wanted a real 303 and this one is as close as I will ever get. We have 2 other 303 boxes but this one is the real deal. So many wicked features on it as well. Really fun and authentic box. If you look long enough there are a few good deals out there. I waited for about 3 years for a decent priced one. Keep the fun vid's coming. Aways crack me up. x
Thank you!!!
I always look forward to the vocoder shoutout
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Outside of guitars, I'm a little hard-pressed to think of a single synth with as many copies/clones as Roland's TB-303.
Also, I think it's missed opportunity that you didn't save this video for a March 3rd release date. :)
Let's see if I can find another TB clone for March;)
great review like always... I have a few TD-3's and the bass bot sound a lot different from them.. but.. it does have a good standard bass sound, but didn't sound very '"acidy" like the TD-3
Thank you!!!
I've not thought of the "303" as paragon of sound, but rather just an inspiring framework (sequencer oddness + sound).
I personally prefer the sound of the MS-404 clone which adds in some LFOs
LOVE the MS-404 - one of my favorite monos!!!
404 here still in 2023 as well.. lovely lfos!
for a mono synth quite a bunch of sounds
I need a folder full of the memes used in each episode, always such high quality!
Thank you!!!
Given its history, the 303 is the OG Bad Gear (alongside the 808 & 909, of course).
True that!
Beautifully done jams. I used ABL2 all the time, then I got a real 303 and have used it maybe a dozen times in the last ten years.
Thank you!!!
i love mine , and it does SOOO much more than an og . Its random is awesmoe , its midi is great , and the banks are awesome !!! oh the pots are crap , i had to replace them all !
The randomizer is indeed great but I really had trouble using midi
@@AudioPilz there is a firmware update ! consider it , it helps with midi timing i believe , first note not missed anymore . . . . .
I love my Bassbot, you’d have to prise it from my cold dead hands. Great episode as always and loving the last jam 🫠
Thank you!!!
Oooo, nearly unfriended there. 😉
Almost;)
@@AudioPilz I was going to clock you around the noggin with my 303, but it's too flimsy. 😜
Last track is gorgeous and reminescing me classic soundtrack music from racing video games made by EA like Need for Speed etc. Rom di Prisco was using TB-303 a lot these days 🙂
Thanks!!! Loved these games!!!
Mein Gott, ich bin in der falschen Zeitlinie aufgewacht
MULTIVERSUM!!!;)
I love it when you use anime clips for your final jams, and Redline is a modern classic.
Recommendations for future episodes, assuming you haven't used them before: Riding Bean, Gunsmith Cats, Roujin-Z, Venus Wars, All-Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku
Great suggestions, thanks!!!
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of squelchy voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
That's not a Moog. That's a Bass Station.
😂 genius!!
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I've lurked on your videos for a while now. Today I subbed. No particular reason, but thanks for the entertaining vids!
Thank you so much! Stick around!!!
@@AudioPilz Happy to! =)
You killed the demonstration!!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you so much!!!
when the intro song is very obviously made with the thing.
Yeah, the sonic fingerprint is strong!
The finale jam is a beauty! Finish it and release it!
Thanks!!! There's a full version available on my Patreon (shameless plug;)
Was expecting the TD-3 👀
Damn, I love Uli 😂
I own TT-303 MK2. There is one aspect that makes it very useful in my workflow - ability to punch in notes, accents and legatos in real time, like on Korg Volca bass. Soundwise, I prefer Behringer TD-3, which I control with MPC One sequencer (again, I use the same method to enter notes).
Great video, as usual. If you could only keep memes for a second longer, they scroll too fast, before I had a chance to read them.
One does not simply watch Bad Gear without a finger on the spacebar ☝
@@afxcs574 Having to pause a video to read a meme is like asking comedian on a stage to repeat a joke.
Thank you!!!
Seems like a pretty nice clone if you ask me.
Definitely feels like operating a synth from 1981;)
You can use the beat step as a sequencer so you don't have to use preset recordings. You wouldn't quite get the perfect imperfections as you would if you use the 303 internal sequencer but it's a workaround if you're trying to come up with acid lines on the fly
True that!!!
I wonder if this channel will ever feature the Rebirth 338 softsynth of late '96? I remember this was a sensation at the time, where did 25+ years go?!
I tried to find enough hate and it seems like EVERYBODY loves it;)
@@AudioPilz OMG the thing is truely awful! What's wrong with people?!
We are all waiting for a full length acid house album from you.
Thanks! Should i release it before or after the minimal techno and DnB album?;)
@@AudioPilz You could make some kind of compilation with several styles. Like Glitch Acid, Deep Acid, Gangsta Acid, Gospel Acid and (of course!) Technical Death Acid.
@@AudioPilz How about a boxed set?
Thank you for bringing TTs into this show!!!
Anyone else vote for the memes to last longer? They are too fast! We want the memes! We want the memes! Say it with me!
But an episode would be half an hour then and it would be super boring;)
@@AudioPilz I reluctantly understand. Thank you for these weekly masterpieces
Nahhh. The length is good. It's more fun having to scrub back or kind of half get it. Memes aren't meant for pondering imho
Yes!!! my main box gets its own little moment of glory. Thanks man X
Nice! Thank you!
Great review! Have you ever reviewed the MAM MB33?
Thanks!!! I tried to find enough hate but failed
The Akai MPC X and other mpc's have a plugin called, Bassline, witch allows to fade and mix wave forms, has onboard delay, compressors and so.
accept no second "midi" track for accent but sounds pretty good and near to a TB-303 in headphones.
Nice, I have to check it out!!!
There is a lot of stereo width on the (really long name synthwave) example track. Wondering what you did to split it our across the L-R?
I tend to use a selection of reverbs, delays and modulation FX (mostly stock plugins and freeware)
Awesome! I'd love to see your take on the Volca Bass as it's a little 303 adjacent 🤍
Great suggestion, thanks!
A Beringher Virtualizer 1024P just popped up for sale cheap near me this morning! I only have a compression & reverb pedal, was thinking it would be great addition to my Microfreak & Crave. Any thoughts on it beyond the vocoder mode?
Much recommended!
Hi. Nice video! What are the drumsounds used on Finale (acid funk retrowave)?
Can't wait for the Minimoog, CS80, OB-XA and Prophet 5 episodes
Yeah, the P5 filter is a steppy nightmare;)
love it. i got a future retro 777 many years ago and it is quite excellent for acid. can go way beyond a basic 303. but since i got the behringer td-3 i don't think i've turned it on once. turns out i just want that classic acid sound most of the time. i also borrowed a td-3-mo and that's pretty good too, but i think the non-modded one wins.
Yeah, Uli really changed the game
My eye is constantly drawn to the library in the background. Please start a Bad Books review channel. What's your favourite Kafka? Great jams in this episode! Have you done the Roland Integra 7 yet?
I'm a bit basic - I really like "Der Process". Integra? Gaz Williams just got one!!!
8:40 Always nice to see a Behringer Virtualizer getting work.
Surprisingly nice FX unit!
I only listen to Acid when it's AudioPilz Austrian style!! Nice episode - Let the weekend commence!!
Thanks!!! Have a nice weekend!!!
What animation movie is that with the car racing? That looks great!
Redline (2009)
@@AudioPilz thanks man!
Hey Florian Is that an anime in the finale section? I would like to know it's name
Redline (2009)
@@AudioPilz Thank you
5:00 "but this time, I have to" 🤣💀
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That track, which was used with the visuals of the Anime Redline, sound really dope.
Thank you!!!
I love you make your videos.Those quick snipettes, very funny 🤣All I have a Roland JD-xi,still trying to figure out how to work it.
Thank you!!!! Roland JD-xi is tight!!!
Whoa I just bought a dd-3t with the tempo input. I see you attached the drumbrute to yours. Is that clock out? Would that theoretically work with a beatstep pro?
These tempo inputs tend to be very agnostic. Just created a short click with the FM synth
I'm just happy to see that my "not you" acid meme lives on in your videos! 😂
Thank you for that one!!!
I member when I was really nerding out about acid in my 20s and ordered the x0xb0x and soldered it together myself. Had fun making patterns and twisting knobs once in a while but never used it in anything so I sold it to someone I knew would get more use from it. Might buy this for random knob twidling, sounds good enough. :D
Edit: for once i recognized where you pulled some of the clips from. Redline fuck yeah.
Redline!!!
Future Retro at 7:27 considered exotic? what does that make the 777?
exoticer 😁
It makes it a "want have"
🤣 STRAMMER... Wo treibst du diese ganzen geilen Memes auf? Das ist sooo geil ich muss die Videos 100x anhalten und zurückspulen, richtig nervig und super unique!!!! Weiter so 😘 Geile Videos mit sooo viel Style!
Danke!!!