How To Program A TB-303

There are a lot of videos with TB-303's in 'em on YouTube, but none that shows how you actually program one.

The manual is so hard to get through, it's best someone shows you.

Kinda messy (my first video with iMovie by the way) but hey...

some of my tracks at http://soundcloud.com/zuur

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• tb-303
• 303
• acid
• programming
• techno

[DJCJ999]

.... Have you compared this to a mc-09,and a xoxobox? ..... I know some people will not entertain " anything " sounding as good as a 303 but they are over a grand to buy!!! Poopins!

[praevius]

@DJCJ999 I don't know the MC-09 but isn't that sample based? De xoxbox is very good and if I didn't have a 303 already, I'd seriously think about the Acidlab Bassline 3. I'm not a 303 snob (if it sounds good, it sounds good) but I'm not a fan of samples or digital emulation. It just doesn't get that dog whistle high I love. ;)

[DJCJ999]

@praevius The mc-09 is a sampler " and " a analoge synth, said by Roland to be " like " a 303... apparently the fact it has a step sequencer makes it easy'er to program... I have just bought one of ebay for $100. I agree with you if it sounds good it is good, i'm sure it won't sound exactly like a 303 but with a the use of effects i'm sure it will rock! when it arrives i'll post a vid...

[praevius]

@DJCJ999 Cool! Sounds like an interesting machine! Looking forward to your video, the quirky sequencer is about half the fun of a 303, so that MC-09 could be great to play around with. Can't beat 100 bucks either!

[rizdraver]

Kind of a bummer when people make tutorials but are too embarrassed to even talk. Some useful info; but thanks for making the lesson as disassociative, impersonal and disconnnected as humanly possible.

[praevius]

@rizdraver Actually, I get a lot of compliments on my voice, but I had planned to do a combination of voice-over and captions. It turned out too much of a hassle, so I couldn't be bothered with adding voice-overs. I now since got a different HD capable camera and will make a new video in a bit. Will make it commented, just for you.

[esuterik2]

fuck yeh cunt

this is off the hook mate

fucking oath

best tb 303 vid ive seen yet man

keep it up seriously

[Vipmaxp]

do the notes on the 303 not correspond to the notes on a keyboard...or is this just out of tune

[rizdraver]

@praevius

: ) Wow, seriously thanks for all your effort.

[micropod]

I love the way that most if not all tb-303's have ware marks around the most important pots! lol

[d3mrp0]

good instruction and good music = rare! thanks for doing this

[VinceVega303]

Best video for learning to program a 303! thank you.