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tone303 · Post by **tone303** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:29 am

I wish i could find the TS-404 before it was ruined where there is no way to gate it or use it anymore in terms of the one built-into FL Studio. Amazingly this is still one of the best sounding soft-synths I ever heard even though its from 1999

The 1999 stand alone EXE is still here: http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/ts-404.shtml

the thing about it is the built in distortion and the filter of it sound better than 95% of all VSTi's Ive ever heard. if that exe could only just be a VST DLL . I can show you what i mean if i save .pat files for the exe. Can you also hear how good its filter is?

tone303 · Post by **tone303** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 2:02 am

Here this loads an auto-starting embedded player without need to DL or press any buttons. This is from the 1999 stand-alone TS-404. This will bring back some old school nostalgia for people who used FL when it was Fruityloops or got this stand alone. This is all the 1999 standalone LOL, the distortion is built-in so is that little delay

http://180upload.com/1nki0h3eie6l

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:37 am

This thread alone proves that there will be such a thing as "vintage plugin effects". It also proves that it's all about nostalgia.

The original TS-404 like many others of that day, sounds absolutely horrible to my ears. I always thought it sounded horrible.. back then I had a fair share of hardware though so I had a lot to compare with. So there's that.

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:38 am

tone303 wrote: http://180upload.com/1nki0h3eie6l

You SERIOUSLY think that sounds good?

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:46 am

bmanic wrote:
tone303 wrote: http://180upload.com/1nki0h3eie6l
You SERIOUSLY think that sounds good?

I do...

That synth had an interesting character to me. Harsh, yet thick digital sound... not the hollow wavetable sound, but analog if analog was digital and being overdriven...

CrystalWizard · Post by **CrystalWizard** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 8:39 am

kidding, to each there own. i think it sounds horrible but if you like it that's great, if everyone's tastes, opinions, ideas were all exactly the same life would be booooring.

but still, really? you like it?

tone303 · Post by **tone303** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:48 am

its a good synth but i didnt do anything but press the random pattern button and thats the pattern i got on first hit of random, and only uploaded 2 very old goa like sounds. it doesnt have as much use today but it can make subtler simple subtractive sounds heavily effected as soft background sounds in some genres of today

really the quick uploading of one crazy distorted one doesnt show it but it was a nolstalgia thing when we used to like to do that sort of thing on fruit loops 1.5 to 2ish

thats the kind of thing we'd do back in 1999 on fruityloops, goa type lines

and yes that was the point, how unique its filter is for a digital plugin

the more capible plugin synth probably most similar to it is the Novation V-Station

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:42 am

^ you had me at Goa

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:45 am

If TS-404 is not good enough maybe try TS-808 instead (which actually sounds quite good to me).

http://tactilesounds.blogspot.de/p/tact ... izers.html

Ingo

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 12:55 pm

The TS404 became Wasp...then Wasp V then Wasp XT

Sounds much better now....

cytospur · Post by **cytospur** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:23 pm

And WASP XT morphed in to DUNE

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:33 pm

There is something wrong with the TS-404 built into FL?

larm · Post by **larm** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:38 pm

Oh, the memories of Buzz-tracker

.. That mp3 sounded exactly like what you could do with that software.

tone303 · Post by **tone303** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:03 pm

recursive one wrote:There is something wrong with the TS-404 built into FL?

Yeah i know this is a really old and Nostalgic topic, but like in 2003 i think it was, they removed the gate fuction and the made it so it doesnt respond right to sequencing, it will only sound according to its envelope and you cant make notes sound the length of the note in the piano roll.

It has to do with not being able to control the notes except with its internal envelope so it either has this long sustain/release, or short bursts that have a steep decay, and is all ruined.

Old topic, just happen to think of the old 404 and download the standalone before i made this thread

Debutante · Post by **Debutante** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 11:34 pm

I liked it also.

The Old TS-404 before it was ruined