x0xb0x

[mikegotteri]

AWESOME NOISE!!!!! \o/ ;-)

[JavaSpitLava]

what the price for this thing....and how hard is it to get?....the 303 is fucking impossible to get atm....its selling for like 2,000+ dollars.....INSANE!....but worth it in a way...

[XcesMusic]

@JavaSpitLava you can buy an x0xb0x kit at some site, but I can't remember which one. I've seen already built ones go up on ebay for 400$-600$, they are way more easier to find than a TB-303

[JavaSpitLava]

@XcesMusic thank beelzebub!.....ive been trying to find a nice analogue acid....im tired of the simulation acid....too harsh....

[RhythmAddictedState]

OMG! 5:20 How did you do this??

[kylescotese]

Awesome!

[IAmAlex91]

@BedroomFromDublin11

I don't actually own a X0x just yet so this information is based on what I have gathered.

Your going to want the standard TB303 layout, Filter, Resonance etc..., everything the original TB303 had, but the main addition that many x0xs tend to have is an increase of range on the features. It's usually a Filter, Env Mod, Resonance and Accent increase-end which gives you a greater range of editing that the 303 didn't have. Also you want MIDI fitted with In Out and Thru

Alex.

[IAmAlex91]

@BedroomFromDublin11 You can usually get X0Xs for around 200 to 500 pounds depending on if they are pre-built, what modificatios they have and what design they are. They can be bought from the online manufactures shop (Mode Machines usually have some) or more likely, eBay for around the same price, usually pre-built. ;)

[scaryfishdude]

I actually prefer the way this sounds compared to the original TB-303, in terms of the 'classic acid' sounds. Fuck the puritan idiots, this sounds far more mature and serious than the original 303, even unmodded.

[mvdbolt77]

Sounds like 303 great!

[quantum470]

ACIIIIIIIIIIID!!! Nice! I just orderd one.... :)

[hesten303]

<3

[dhollseed]

wow, it really sounds like the real thing. far more than the other clones out there

[kaine180]

i want to here da funk done on this !

[zinkelzonkel]

your box is so hot dude :D

please tell me what is the mod of the slide button at 5:20 .

if i try this the sound fades out :(

[Nox979]

Awesome Acid Sound...Cool Job Man!

[DjHyphie]

Best Acid Track imo: "Green Calx" By Aphex Twin, chek it out!

(be sure to add &fmt=18 at the end of the address bar for better quality :)

Great video by the way, that machine makes some lovely sounds!

[SYN7HOR]

Sounds great.

[daksha303]

WOW

[LoopStar2008]

nice video! keep on rocking the b0x!

[Polarit]

Your x0x does sound well. How did you modify the slide function to get the notes to retrigger? Or is it just a really long decay time?

[narki86]

Had it, sold it, want it back.

[PettinatoDj]

sorry.... it sounds horrible, what's that?!

How can you call it "Bass line synthesizer"???

it's a "trance noise creator"... I wish people will buy more bass guitars instead of these shit.

[Maxopo]

@PettinatoDj bass guitars don't make acid house and acid techno..... i wish people would buy more fucking x0xb0x's and 303's but i don't go around complaining about it... oh wait i just did.

[pomfrit93]

@Maxopo nice one mate. put him where he belongs with his bass guitars and shit

[Aneurysm06]

ah there it is

[Aneurysm06]

any accent?

[NatLife1]

what the name of distortion u used?

[NatLife1]

the same...love this sound!

[TheMason76]

i love this kind of sound. analog, fat and bassy.

i like the demo. perhaps my self build digital synth is also capable of making such sounds. but i will see when i finished the enlcosure of my second synth :-))

[DjLanx]

god i love the sound of this little box... i'll be building my own shortly once all of my parts come in.

[Llitsor]

x0xb0x kits are essentially no longer made. But it's actually not very hard to amass all the parts yourself from multiple suppliers. I did it, and it really wasn't too bad. Was definitely worth doing.

If you are interested, get yourselves onto the x0xb0x forums at adafruit. All the info is there.

[inbetweenmovements]

very good - I ll also get one!

[h4x0riz3d]

this really sounds (to me) like the best 303 hardware emulation

i want one.. how can you get the parts and how do you build it if you're not an electronics engineer?

[Intosia]

I dont think AdaFruits is selling kits anymore. You can look on Ebay for kits. Or buy a complete on that someone build. But ppl are sick amounts of money for them :S Ive seen X0xb0x's that dont even work and they ask 350euros for it!! INSANE.

[h4x0riz3d]

holly crap..

that's so sad..

[mace1337]

Its not emulation, it's the real thing because they sourced all the original parts so it's the same as the original 303 for all intents and purposes.

[h4x0riz3d]

i think not _exactly_

AFAIK the sequencer misses some features (that are maybe stupid, but it misses them)

i got some audio comparison of TB-303 vs x0xb0x

well, the most obvious thing is that at full resonance, the TB-303 has more feedback (screams more) i guess this is due to the different parts

the next thing is the knob response..

[h4x0riz3d]

..what i'm saying is that *some* of the parts that were used for the TB-303 are no longer available, sadly

but overall, the x0xb0x is the closest thing

stuff like Future Retro 777 (i might have spelled it wrong) just sound different, yeah they scream, they slide, but there are some specific stuff that i hear the TB-303 doing, that i haven't heard anything else do it like that (only the x0xb0x)

[whisperingvenus]

Which one has wider filter range, dirtier, over all best acid bassline sounding between: x0xb0x, acidlab bassline 2, or FutureRetro R2? (or maybe there are any other good ones?)

Also +/- inputs would be great .. Thanks!

[DAnnien]

IMO x0xb0x sounds best overall. I have an acidlab and it sounds so dirty/angry/hard/german, I like it but I would rather have a x0xb0x. Future Retro I don't know, though in all the demos I've seen it has sounded too polite and soft

[hansumpp]

From 1.29 the sound in the pattern mutates to the slide function isn't it? How come? I do not see you touching the slide button nor the pattern thingy. I bought my x0xb0x yesterday so am not too much advanced with it.

[HeavyJohnsson]

Anybody can build it themselves. However its far from the real tb303 sound.. A good clone but not the real deal. I have both.

[Llitsor]

If you made one, then you likely know that the synth circuitry in the x0xb0x is identical to to the Roland TB303. So if the x0xb0x sounds different, then so does one TB 303 to another TB 303. Which is true, because it is quite common for original 303's to sound different to each other.

Having said that, a x0xb0x will start to stray more from the original 303 sound if modified (i believe this example has the res boost mod?), or using parts that differ in specification to the original.

[HeavyJohnsson]

Yes it's great and I love the midi etc, but there is something more edgy, dirty and real about the 303, not just the name.. Yes I know that circuitry and transistors etc of the x0xb0x resembles tb303, but its still not even the same size pcb or same old 1980 parts.. But but... today 2009 I prefere x0xb0x over the 303 in my livesetups.. ;)

[slackdave]

So far I haven't been able to hear a difference. But I own neither. I thought it was "perfect"!

Still once I get through the waiting list, I'll happily pay up.

Do you know anything about acid labs clones? They seem pretty good to me.

[576557]

r u selling these ?, fckn great, you are clever...

[nabel0]

Wohoooo. Sound amazing :) I really like your pattern ! Is it possible to post the pattern notes here ??

[LoopStar2008]

Simply put an absolutely lovely machine! I never regretted it that I built two of these (and it was my first big diy soldering project ever), even though it was a large sum of money I had to get together. Mine are self-sourced, though.

[Intosia]

ZOMG, i cant stop watching x0x vids, im going to buy one the next 2 months, now i had enough waiting :P

[gefnanroolz]

Beautiful, bubbling acid. Can any one help me: should I buy an Acidlab Bassline2, or an x0xb0x?

[Intosia]

x0x, Acidlab is even more rare then a x0x. Acidlab is about 500euro. You get a x0x for that money to. I like the sound of a x0x better. Check for yourself on YT. But there arent much Bassline2 vids on YT, thats says enough ;)

[funkulankula]

The envelopes seem a little snappy. Does original TB also snap/crackle/pop with fast envelope times?

[UgoZg]

Add 909 please. It would fuckin ROCK!! It rocks as it is, but...

[576557]

very clever, who needs the tb 303, nice one

[slackdave]

or rather.. who can get or afford one?!

[Intosia]

O man, i love that 'wet water drop' like resonance

[mountebank1]

that wasnt aimed at the guy who made the video or the x0x

[tristanactor]

where's the base drum? :)

[slackdave]

it's stuck in a different box!!

[mountebank1]

you are a big gay

[krunkhaus]

do you have this running thru any distortion or is it purely the xoxbox?

[ideegeniali]

Read description: distortion mod included

[subclonk]

I just copped one of these from ebay. Looking forward to receiving it. I def prefer my 303 to be clean and slurrrpy. I love distortion, but not on my 303 :P

[retali8one]

That sound at 5:20 in, is hotttttttttttttt

[HoweGavin]

is there any way to make a circular one like the revolution?

[devmiles]

very good sounding machine!!

[whybirdssleepwell]

Jesus that thing is sexy.

Ima get one. NOW.

[matrix12x]

I like the case mods. I didn't do the case mods, but I am thinking about some of the other mods.

[andon61248]

Im not keen on the black plastic but i know from experience using my mc 303 that the bigger knobs make it so much easier than using the wee knobs that you get on the 303 and 606. sounds nice. keep them comming

[BlackGnosis]

I like how it looks, with the flat leds and the the black box =) well done ^^

[maolyn666]

I want it! Damn <3 <3 <3

[genewitch]

Phat :-)

[PilferMusic]

So the VCF overdrive... what mod is that. Is it the devilfish one? how'd ya do it?

[ianjhicks]

psychedelic!

[inducejack]

i cant wait for my name to come up on the list!!!

[tonttu303]

Hi, what mods did you do? I have units #19 and #125

[booster69]

VCF Overdrive switch

Resonance boost switch

Increase ENV Mod range

Increase Accent range

Increase filter low-end

Power switch on IO panel

[chilledbroccoli]

is that it? just those mods?

I think I hear reverb.

and are you running into a distortion box?

sounds like an EH tube zipper around 3:30... cool!

[chilledbroccoli]

>> is that it? just those mods?

nevermind that came out wrong... i wasn't thinking.. :)

so, what effects are you running the x0x into? (reverb... any dist box?)

[chilledbroccoli]

>>is that it? just those mods?

nevermind, that came out wrong....

what i meant to ask was are you running the x0x into any effects (i.e. i hear reverb... are you using a dist box too? which one)

[chilledbroccoli]

bah, typing isn't my day.. :(

[booster69]

The signal has a small amount of reverb from my xenyx1002fx mixer. The distortion was made by maxing out the trim pot on the mixer channel.

[booster69]

The sound at the 3:30 mark is using VCF overdrive and resonance boost.

Mixer/trim overdrive is from about 4:30 onwards.

[MrJUNLAIS]

@tonttu303 Please, can you explain how to to this mods, especially the increases in ENV mod and Accent?

In mine does´t affect too much sound.

Thanks.

[bigbruvofenglanduk]

OMG! I love it

[mikboo303]

That sounds cool. I want one!!

[SuicideServer]

Absolute amazing machine, if only i had the skills to build one on my own ;)

[fibranijevidra]

...or nerves to wait for years just to but it. I am building one soon with PCBs I`m making in local PCB company. Until than enjoying these x0x videos.