quoted 5 lines So is acid something that cannot be done without a 303? Or is the 303
>So is acid something that cannot be done without a 303? Or is the 303
>merely the fave instrument for making acid tracks? I dig a lot of acid
>music (mostly UR's acid though), but even assuming they use a 303 the
>sound to me was never so much about the -303- as much as that bubbling,
>squeaking, etc., sweeping filters, tweaking, and obtuse lines.
uh, well, that's exactly what the 303 does. and UR are the masters of the
303 line. no question.
quoted 4 lines Obviously
>Obviously
>the 303 is extremely well-suited to this, but other instruments can
>generate this stuff as well, albeit not exactly as the 303 does. Someone
>even said the true workhorse of Detriot is the Prophet 5 I think.
well whoever said that is full of crap. the whole thing about techno, the
whole reason it sounds the way it does is based on economics, as usual.
back in the day when this stuff was starting out, people were giving away
303's and 606's. "real musicians" hated them. they didn't do what they
were "supposed" to do - which was to provide bass & drums for guitar
players who wanted to be able to practice without a band. of course the
303 sounds like total crap for rock bass and the 606... let's not even get
into it. pop superstars could afford linn drums and prophet 5's (both
around $1500 i think when they debuted). poor black dance producers could
afford 303's and 606's (given away free with cereal boxes (well,
comparitively)). put them together and you've got a nice minimal electro
acid track. listen to a seminal track like "acid trax" (phuture)... 707
and 303, and that's it. they sync together quite nicely, all you gotta do
is hit START on the 707 and the 303 bubbles away in perfect sync quite
happily. two pieces of gear, one cable for the sync signal, plus a tiny
line mixer and a tape recorder... music on the cheap, the true roots of
techno.
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