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KVR Forum [Instruments] » Archive » Instruments » July 2003 Index | KVRFA1
AuthorTopic: 303s aren't [i]really[/i] 303s
kritikon
Posted: 3rd July 2003 13:44
Surprised Surprised Surprised I just found out that they made 101s before 303s..... I thought I had a real one with my 202, but they made 101s before the 202s, so if you want the real sound you have to get a 101 (and not the blue edition either). Apparently 303s are just a poor mans imitation 202, which is an imitation of a 101. So what happened to the 404? Very Happy
kritikon
Posted: 3rd July 2003 13:48
In fact... I had a 606 once too. I don't know where Roland got off thinking that snares and hihats would fool anyone into thinking they had a 6th generation bass synthesizer. I tried tweaking all the controls and I could never get that original squelch on the pulse wave...and they only play one note too..... Shocked
sealed
Posted: 3rd July 2003 13:58
4 is considered to be an unlucky number in Japan (true), it is associated with death. It didn't stop Roland building a 404, but it fell off a bridge and died.

You may know the japanese read backwards , so the 303 was actually the original reading right to left as they do.
kritikon
Posted: 3rd July 2003 14:03
Ah, but it'd still be a palindrome even in Japanese.
Kriminal
Posted: 3rd July 2003 14:31
I had an SH-101 (2 actually, 1 with a handle thingy) and they were fucking great, soundwise. I also had a 303 which gathered dust very quickly. I got a Kenton CV-MIDI for the 101, and used it for years.

I always thought the 101 was a great synth, nothing touched it for along time, in hardware, for those raw bass and lead sounds.
xoxos
Posted: 3rd July 2003 19:44
it has always been my station to only say what is obvious: 404, object not found
pough
Posted: 3rd July 2003 20:03
xoxos wrote:
it has always been my station to only say what is obvious: 404, object not found


Laughing
kritikon
Posted: 4th July 2003 18:45
So it IS the holy grail....."the lost 303" I bet the 404 was the design that never reached the shops....with 13 notes up to H. The idea being similar to Spinal Tap's amp.....when you really want to get the crowds' hands in the air you start playing H.
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