Spotlight: Roland TB-303 Bass Line Synthesizer

Roland TB-303

"This is THE sound of acid and techno house music! This is a monophonic analogue bass synthesizer released in 1982. It features 2 waveforms (ramp or square) and has a simple, excellent VCF filter with resonace, cut-off, and envelope control. There are also knobs to adjust tuning, envelope decay, tempo and accent amount."

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Spotlight: Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer Drum machine

 

Roland TR-808

"The TR-808 is a classic analog drum machine. It is the signature sound used in most R&B and hip-hop as well as a lot of dance and techno music. It's drum sounds include the most famous super low kick, the snappiest snare, low/mid/hi toms, low/mid/hi congas, rimshot, claves, handclap, maracas, cowbell, cymbal, open hihat, and closed hihat. The sounds have a very thin and pure quality, they aren't grungey like the TR-909. Booming bass kicks, crispy snares and that typical cowbell sound made famous during the 80's are all part of the 808 and it's famous sound."

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Spotlight: Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer Drum machine

 

Roland TR-909

"An awesome analog drum machine! THE standard house and techno beatbox. Sounds include kick, snare, handclap, open and closed hi hats, low mid and hi toms, rim shot, ride and crash cymbals. Sounds are tweakable-attack/tone/tuning/decay snap/accent. This machine DOES NOT sound like true acoustic drums, and we don't want it to. It has a unique and very loveable analogue sound that's all it's own! Extremely popular today, especially for dance."

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