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Wow. Social Entropy Electronic Musical Instruments are selling a replacement TB-303 operating system chip called Quicksilver.
As well as supporting MIDI - including remote control of all the machines functionality - everything can also be manipulated in realtime. That includes entering patterns, editing notes, changing modes, and brand new features like “all accent”, “randomise” and “chop”.
I’ll just let that sync in for a moment whilst your mind races with the possibilities for live performance.
All data is stored in an EEPROM so batteries aren’t required, and the OS can also be updated over USB as they intend to add new features in the future.
This looks to be an essential upgrade for all committed acid heads. If you know anyone selling cheap 303s with dead OS chips then now is the time to snap them up before the prices skyrocket!
[via awesome Australian acid aficionado Dylabs]
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Recorded this two weeks ago as part of the SoundCloud monthly acid pattern.
I’ve got to admit that I enjoy hanging out with the oscilloscope worms: underground, dirty, messy, wilfully unpredictable, surviving on scraps and detritus, just doing your own thing trying to ignore the continual heavy pressure from above.
Surviving without claps is a bit tough, though. Worms have no hands, y’see.
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My stab at the January acid pattern recorded live last night.
Rust Creep’s original pattern is a cool smooth 4 bar thing but I got tired after inputting the first 13 notes and then absent-mindedly left the door open for some weird mutants to creep in, confuse me massively with their monkeying around, and introduce stacks of hard-to-control layered distortion.
Eh, it happens.
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brandonhixon:
Sneak peak of the new Eventide “Space” Reverb stompbox. Running a Roland TR-808 and TB-303 through some of spatial effects including basic reverbs, delays and unique combination effects.
dat 808 in the background has blue LEDs :o
