First off, let me say I have not heard "Antacid" so I make no comment on
that particular track.
However... It occurs to me that the very title "Antacid" may be telling.
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. 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.
On Sat, 6 May 1995, Che wrote:
quoted 8 lines While the flamethrower's out, I'd like to point out how "Antacid" is> While the flamethrower's out, I'd like to point out how "Antacid" is
> utterly ruined by that damn 303 SAMPLE. I'm sorry, but the sound of the
> filters on Messrs. Pritchard & Middleton's sampler opening and closing is
> a poor substitute for a real 303.
>
> To think, this could have been one of the all time great acid tracks.
> Instead, I'm already getting tired of it because it doesn't have
> that...SQELCH.