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funkadil · Post by **funkadil** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 3:08 am

I was just wondering what some techniques are for getting the best out of a 303 emulation. I really like "tb unknown" just dont like the distortion too much. What are your favorite effects to put on it?

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 4:59 am

Noizware TriDirt is a great match for tb unknown.

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:19 am

The Mdrive, made by Muon is really cool. I don't think they sell it alone, but it comes with the Tau2, which is dirt cheap.

kritikon · Post by **kritikon** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:04 pm

Personally I think soft overdrives work well with that type of sound. QuantumFX has a good one.

BigTick Nastyshaper on low settings works well as a mild distortion/exciter type thingy as well.

If none of those flop your mop, then a cheap solution is a 2nd hand guitar overdrive pedal

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jmh · Post by **jmh** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:27 pm

Won't name a name... but it's a new plugin (recently released), doesn't look or sound like them SE creations, and is absolutely great for 303 stuff.

You'll have to do the math though, I ain't giving the name directly, it's my little secret

Regards,

JMH

Rusty Shackleford · Post by **Rusty Shackleford** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:48 pm

camelphat

The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:06 pm

camelphatfree

ouroboros · Post by **ouroboros** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:10 pm

Kim Lajoie · Post by **Kim Lajoie** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:03 am

I like to use Amplitube (it can kick out some killer bass!). Most amp simulators can be abused for interesting tone.

-Kim.

funkadil · Post by **funkadil** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:26 am

Yeah, I use amp simulators for it alot. I have tried mdrive because it came with the tau2 demo. That first one looks sweet. Any other effects besides distortion effects I may have overlooked? like flange or anything (probably a bad example but I was trying to make a point.)

Kim Lajoie · Post by **Kim Lajoie** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:42 am

A subtle phaser (low feedback) can add a liquid-like motion. It's particularly good if you can set the number of phaser stages to a low number. SampleTank2 and Sonik Synth 2 have a tasty analogue-modelled phaser built in, but there are plenty of choices, some even free! Interesting things happen when you apply the phaser before the distortion/overdrive.

-Kim.

rpc9943 · Post by **rpc9943** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:50 am

try some overdrive like BJ Overdrive. i like that one.

mindless · Post by **mindless** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:26 pm

I've found that the reFX CLAW has some crazy distortion. Check out my version of Judas Preist's Breakin' the Law in my site link to hear it drive the song.

I use ODO Bass Station on about 80% of my tracks.
Bass Station in the most under-rated one. It does crash sometimes.

verstaerker · Post by **verstaerker** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:38 pm

tried yesterday my Poco the Rat with my MAM MB33 - really nice distortion

- i think native Instruments Guitar Rig has an emulation of this distortion-unit so give it a try

funkadil · Post by **funkadil** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:05 pm

SK-1 wrote:I've found that the reFX CLAW has some crazy distortion. Check out my version of Judas Preist's Breakin' the Law in my site link to hear it drive the song.

I use ODO Bass Station on about 80% of my tracks.
Bass Station in the most under-rated one. It does crash sometimes.

I used to use BS for a while because I didn't catch on to tb unknown, I thought it was somehow like the unknown synth that was all rave-like so the name threw me off. One of my favorite tracks of mine uses BS heavily though.

Good distortion for acid basslines?