EDIT: 3Speak is down so I am hosting a copy of this performance on the Youtube:
Join me for what was supposed to be an improvisational acid set celebrating the ubiquitous Roland TB-303 but, of course, turned into the soundtrack for some sort of side-scrolling platformer town level. Not a shopping level either, this is definitely a town where you are mostly still battling stuff but occasionally meeting townsfolk in their huts. Zelda II-esque. You get the idea.
The TB-303 is an extremely "squelchy" for lack of a better descriptor, sounding single oscillator monosynth and is at least partially responsible for both this "techno" genre you might have heard of and fully responsible for one of the most disgustingly great cyborg basslines of all time (RIP):
So yeah, I tried. It's surprisingly difficult to replicate the resonance of the 303 filter without something purpose built for the task, though I was surprised to find my usually quite tame and lush Synthesis Technology E440 was the best of my collection for mimic'ing the Q of the 303 resonance. To be fair, I have a behringer 303 clone I could have and should have used but I was feeling up for a challenge and was pretty happy with the -extremely- thin, -extremely- mono oscillator sounding bass patch I landed on. Take it for a spin exclusively on 3Speak.
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Thanks again for checking out my continued efforts to fill the Hive blockchain with synth noodlin'. Tune in 3/13 on @mspwaves with @tygertyger and @d-vine for some livestream jams and discussion about how terrible I am at getting people to care about ambient music NFTs.
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