At 11:39 PM -0500 3/7/99, Nick Rejack wrote:
quoted 7 lines Sigh. I don't know where this rumor about messing up a 303's batteries> Sigh. I don't know where this rumor about messing up a 303's batteries
> having something to do with the "acid sound" came from, but it's incorrect.
> The small truth behind it is nearly dead batteries can have some strange
> effects on the sound, but the acid sound was pretty much created by DJ
> Pierre, of Phuture, who turned the knobs WHILE the sequencer was running. A
> pretty basic idea now, but up until then the idea was to get the sound you
> wanted, program the notes and let it run.
I've seen interviews with the early Phuture guys wherein they
commented that removing the batteries and replacing them would fill
the sequence memory with random sequences. Then again, who's to say
the journalist didn't misunderstand...
Joe