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TB-303 Give-Aways from Propellerheads and d-lusion

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the no-school-like-the-old-school dept.

slashflood writes "Good news for those of you who are into music synthesizers: Propellerheads has opened its Rebirth Museum and gives away the 'revolutionary' software simulation of the classic Roland TB-303. Interestingly, that happened just a day after the small German company d-lusion released another 'legendary' TB-303 simulator called Rubberduck as a free give-away."

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  1. Shitty Techno HOOOOOOOO by soupforare · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Even more importantly, they're giving away rebirth mods that were previously only availible to registered users. Go get the SIDstation mod and start making some chiptunes!

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  2. Only The REAL Thing Counts... by Black-Man · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Please... no software simulation touches the real Roland TB-303. Anyone who believes otherwise is fooling themselves.

    1. Re:Only The REAL Thing Counts... by dzfoo · · Score: 2, Insightful

      True, but since to most of us getting a real TB-303 or TR-808 box is out of reach, ReBirth offers a more than acceptable facsimile.

                -dZ.

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    2. Re:Only The REAL Thing Counts... by Andy_R · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Speaking as a TB-303 owner, who spent quite a while a/b testing ReBirth, it does come remarkably close.

      I've been fooled from time to time, and I've had exactly that sort of 'you can tell it's real' comment from people who know I own the real thing, about tracks I've used purely ReBirth on.

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    3. Re:Only The REAL Thing Counts... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      And guitars or (insert an instrument here) have been played since they were introduced. There's a reason some sounds/instruments will continue to be used - they sound good.

    4. Re:Only The REAL Thing Counts... by RexRhino · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Yes, but there is musical innovation happening with guitars. People are constantly doing new things with guitars.

      Where as the 303 sound has totally stagnated. The 303 was remarkable because it was this cheap little synth that cats could buy for next to nothing and create sounds that the makers of the 303 never intended. It was part of the whole philosophy of black urban youth taking this discarded technology and turning into something remarkable, a kind of metaphor for discarded Urban areas like Detroit and Chicago that spawned Techno and House music respectivly.

      But now the 303 isn't a cheap synth for underground producers... it is an expensive synth for collectors that creates a sound that stopped being innovative ten years ago. It is not the instrument that the Juan Atkins or Derek May of the 21st century is going to use, it is for pretensious wankers... it is like collecting a Stratovarius.

  3. Wasn't there an open source 808 emulator shut down by t0qer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    somewhere? I can't recall exactly when, maybe 3-4 years ago, but I seem to recall another open source 808 emulator being shut down by propellerheads and then pulled from sourceforge for being "too close" in UI design to rebirth.

    Not that it isn't a good thing propellerheads is doing by giving it away for free, but shutting down open source projects (this was even mentioned on slash) is a bad thing for everyone in the long run. How about releasing your source propellerheads? Re-birth is about as old as Quake3, if Id can do it, so can you.

    Anyways, end rant.

  4. time to get out your magnifying glasses by GoatPigSheep · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wait until you see what a program hard wired to 800 x 600 looks like on your 23 inch dell lcd...

    Still the program was quite revolutionary back in the day...

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  5. Re:Is it too much to ask - by Nick+of+NSTime · · Score: 2, Insightful
    In theory, this kind of software could enable a hundred Vince Clarkes - in practice I don't see any. Any suggestions?

    Vince Clarke is who he is because he's Vince Clarke, not because he has the equipment. My friend Jabwai makes music using Reason. He is signed by a few techno-oriented labels and performs regularly here in Dallas. Maybe you should give his stuff a listen and decide if he's "Vince Clarke-enabled."