"For your consideration, a beautiful 1983 Roland Bass Line TB-303. It has been well loved and stored in a client's collection - originally purchased in Japan at Three Sisters Music, one owner, immaculate condition, shop tested, shop approved with minimal signs of use over all. For the age and make this is a fantastic piece. Original box. Original Styrofoam. Original Manual. Original Japanese / English Chord Shift Scale. Original Roland shoulder bag carrier. A very nice example of vintage Roland equipment."
Serviced by Jeff B at The Analog Lab
www dot theanaloglab dot com.
There are some minor scuffs and scratches, but as you can see from the photos, it is in overall very good cosmetic condition especially considering its age.
It comes with the three Presto-Patches and original Documentation.
It works great, however, it is a vintage synth from the early 1970s and sometimes gear of this age can have the occasional quirky outburst.
Since it's back from the service though it's been pretty solid!
As for the work in the service, the Power supply was recapped, pots were cleaned/replaced,
Oscillators were modified (matched transistors on Lin to log conversion)
Electrolytic Capacitors on PCB (aprox 30) were replaced
Connectors on PCB.s were cleaned.
Trimmers on PCB's for calibration (aprox 21) were replaced
Reverb circuit was repared..
Full calibration also performed.
Beautiful Specimen which I am sad to let go, but am funding the build of my studio.
"Dom walks through some of the synthesis related additions to the MODX in OS V2 and Montage V3 in a bustling Yamaha stand at Synthfest UK 2019. Checkout the new 'mini' filter & the new LFO's as well as some of the new performances included in the latest OS updates."
"I caught only 2 of the many live performances that day: Kurt Kurasaki (Buchla madness) and Carson Day (DSI/Sequential monster jam). The projected video synth images by Dirty Bill accompany the first session - nice ambience. :-) A great show - thanks Robotspeak (Steve) for another great annual event !!!"
Track: Sang Froid From Sang Chaud Ep
Longtime collaborators La Fraicheur & Leonard de Leonard are coming up with a techno live performance with brand new material, mixing analog, digital and modular, from which the two original tracks from the Sang Chaud EP are the first excerpts, giving a glimpse into their acid and industrial sound ruffed up by a punk energy.
Sang Chaud EP
written and produced by La Fraicheur & Leonard de Leonard
mixing and mastering by Leonard de Leonard at Sound Provider, Berlin
out on Leonizer Records, October 25th 2019
Video & artwork by Loic Sattler
Booking :
France & International: Marine(At)myfavorite.fr
Switzerland: Nadia(At)gladwemet.ch
"With the new Analog Heat OS 1.20, we’ve added features that will expand the usability of our powerful sound processor, enabling more sound sculpting possibilities and experimentation. With these new features, plus a few improvements and bug fixes, 1.20 is here for your fiery leisure!
Class compliant audio over USB
We’ve added support for class compliant audio over USB. This means that you will have new possibilities when using the Analog Heat together with devices that supports class compliant audio (such as computers, phones or tablets) making it an even more flexible partner in your setup. Practically this means you now may use the unit in a bunch of different scenarios - for example, as an audio interface, recording the processed sound, or as a sound processor for your USB audio host. You can also use the USB audio host as a pre or post effect for the Analog Heat. The choice is yours.
Check out all the routing options in the new Audio Routing menu. Here you can setup up the audio routing in a multitude of different ways to suit your particular setup and needs.
Preset transfer
You can now export and import the Analog Heat’s presets and settings. This enables safe storage of your favorite presets and settings, and the possibility to reload them at your convenience.
For a full list of improvements and fixes, check the release notes.
"This quick tip shows how to make a cowbell sound inspired by the famous TR-808 cowbell.
You will need:
- a trigger source (clock or sequencer)
- one envelope generatorr (with exponential decay)
- two VCOs (voltage controlled oscillators) with square wave outputs
- a mixer with at least two channels
- one VCA (voltage controlled amplifier)
- a bandpass filter
The patch:
- square wave outputs of two detuned oscillators to mixer inputs
- mixer output to VCA audio input
- trigger source to trigger input of the envelope generator
- envelope generator output to VCA CV control
- VCA output to bandpass filter
- bandpass output is your cowbell
The TR-808 cowbell is one of the most distinctive of analog drum sounds, and it is a fairly simple sound to recreate with a modular synthesizer. Two square wave VCOs are mixed together and then run through a VCA. The VCA is opened with an exponential decay envelope and then run through a band pass filter.
To get a sound similar to the 808 you can tune your oscillators to 587 and 845 Hertz. The fun thing about building this sound in eurorsack is that you can try different tunings, or even modulate or sequence the tuning of the oscillators."
