Hi guys,
Im no expert,but i think it deppeneds on how you
are using the TB 303,to how different it will
sound after the Kenton job. I have noticed it
sounds slightly different,(but not much,say 20-30
%) when straight notes are being played,but you
can acctually get more filter bandwidth,because
you now have two filters,1 on the 303 and 1 on
Cubase,which seems to vary depending on what
controller number its on,ie,0-127.
Also the Accent also works in a similar same way.
It only seems to be that dam Slide that doesent
work,(for me anyway ),in playing a long continuios
note,but it will sort of slide into each other if
you overlap the notes on Cubase,(but this has
nothing to do with the Slide socket fitted by
Kenton ?)
So maybe this is its weakness if you arent just
playing straight notes,but are wanting that
classic acid 303 ,joining,looping sound.
But all that said and done,i dont see how someone
can have fun programing the TB 303's own seqencer.
Once youve realised that the Roland manual was
writen by a 5 year old,in broken English,with most
of the paragraphs in the wrong order,you find out
that accually programing it is just as
difficult,and TIME CONSUMING,not to mention that
when you press to enter a note it doesent always
register,etc,etc,etc,etc.
I suppose it might be ok if you have loads of
free time on your hands,and/or your trying to get
new creative sounds,but if you know what you want
roughly,it is a major pain.
The reason im saying this is becaue i spent
almost one whole week,laying down about 5 or 6
tracks in a song with i could have on done in midi
in a couple of hours. Every time i had programmed
one track into the 303,i had to record over it in
the 303 seqencer,as it only can hold so much data.
All in all,i think i will end up using both
methods,but im diffenetly glad that i can midi it
up,and still keep a fair amount of that 303 magic.
Also i heard quite a few demos of the devilFish
mod the other night,and i hated the sound it was
making. It was sqelching and sqealling,in a way
that didnt sound anything like the pure 303. I
also thought the Borg mod did much the same.
After hearing those demos,there is no way i would
do that to my babe. At least the Kenton hasent
done much to alter its orriginal being.
In all fairness though,maybe the demos werent good
ones,and i may change my mind if i had one to play
with for a while,but at the moment,no way.
Anyway,thats how i personaly feel about things at
the moment,but may change as time goes on.One
things for sure though,a real TB 303 is special.
PS,if anybody can give me some info on my Slide
issue,i w