your favorite synth to create distorted 303 sounds?

[jetpackjotto]

just wondering if anyone has a favorite when it comes to nice, squelchy acid sounds or just hard, driving distorted screeches. i've personally noiticed sylenth1 to be nice but lacks a bit of low end?

dunno, i cant afford to buy one so i figure i'd find a good VST to do the job...

[test_recordings]

Albino? Massive can't do it as far I can tell

[jetpackjotto]

ill try that. i've been wanting to try albino.


btw, Massive does have a wavetable called "Acid" that you might wanna try. i've gotten a few nice resonated squelch sounds out of it

[test_recordings]

To be honest I just don't like the sounds of massive. Good for stabs and neurofunk but too clinical for my liking. I really want to get my own hardware synth and just record that, that squelch is mostly from the filter anyway so if you find a good stand-alone module you're sorted.

[outbound]

I"ve been playing about with this recently:-

http://www.d16.pl/index.php?menu=10

A lot of fun and sounds pretty damn good

[test_recordings]

I"ve been playing about with this recently:-

http://www.d16.pl/index.php?menu=10

A lot of fun and sounds pretty damn good

That actually sounds alright

Bit too soft though, in my opinion. That's my general opinion of soft synths though. I am pretty impressed by the DnB fat bass, though. I'd actually consider using it for that purpose after hearing it. The distorted bass sounds a bit rough otherwise, nice mids and treble for pads and stabs though

[mthrfnk]

I like the look of that D16 plug, was looking at it a few days ago, their stuff seems pretty nice.

Atm for 303ish sounds I use Vanguard.

[AxeD]

You can get really great 303 clones for like 250 dolla. Hand-build stuff with quality components.

[test_recordings]

Nice! Analogue smashes it every time

[jetpackjotto]

Wow, great info guys. Many thanks!

I'll try some more of these soft synths, and who knows... maybe a 303 will be my first hardware purchase!

Thanks again.

[Barka]

Yeah, the D16 one is a TB-303 software clone that should sound pretty close to the original hardware. According to them and their graphs at least. Looks quite similar too!

[test_recordings]

I'd still suggest a modular synth over a 303, more versatile and can be easily modified over time. You can probably pick up the basics for one as 2 VCOs, an LFO, filter, and VCA for $200, if that.

[Artie_Fufkin]

The G-Sonique Alien303 is pretty good imo.

[fragments]

Try unsynched lfo's *subtly* modulating distortion, pitch shift to simulate analog drift/slop. Use a delay, very short delay time...feedback to taste, overdrive this into a LPF to darken the tone, probably some resonance. You want a short enough delay that it's more of a thickening effect like a chorus than a real delay. <---just some general tips on making things sound a bit more analog ish.

[test_recordings]

You could also make the envelope add to the distortion, recreating the intensity-distortion ratio of actual saturation

[Aphile]

Try unsynched lfo's *subtly* modulating distortion, pitch shift to simulate analog drift/slop. Use a delay, very short delay time...feedback to taste, overdrive this into a LPF to darken the tone, probably some resonance. You want a short enough delay that it's more of a thickening effect like a chorus than a real delay. <---just some general tips on making things sound a bit more analog ish.

there's a whole rabbit's hole that is making things sound analog.

[claudedefaren]

d16s one is awesome

[wub]

http://www.audiorealism.se/abl/abl_info.htm

The legendary silver box which is hallmark in electronic music has been recreated in AudioRealism Bass Line. Analog modeling techniques have been employed to create a DSP-algorithm that accurately emulates every aspect of the original Bass Line, from growling basses to hollow middles and beeping highs with metal rattling accents. Patterns are composed in a fashion similar to the original Bass Line using the integrated step sequencer with easy to use manipulation functions such as transpose and randomization.

Can't recommend this one enough

[fragments]

Try unsynched lfo's *subtly* modulating distortion, pitch shift to simulate analog drift/slop. Use a delay, very short delay time...feedback to taste, overdrive this into a LPF to darken the tone, probably some resonance. You want a short enough delay that it's more of a thickening effect like a chorus than a real delay. <---just some general tips on making things sound a bit more analog ish.

there's a whole rabbit's hole that is making things sound analog.

Certainly is. Having worked a bit with a few pieces analog gear, some "high end" and "low end" software emulations, and searching for that vibe through my own sound sculpting I thought I'd just offer a small bit of a method anyone with a standard DAW and native plug ins can do. I think the real key that helped me understand why analog sounds the way it does is reading the white papers on a some of the emulations.

[Electric_Head]

The G-Sonique Alien303 is pretty good imo.

This is my weapon of choice.