Roland TB-303 (1982)
Monophonic bassline synthesizer with two waveform types, -18 dB/octave resonant low-pass filter and programmable step sequencer.
TB-303 is one of the most well-known, widely-used and sought-after synthesizers in the history of electronic music equipment. It is that key piece of gear responsible for the birth of many styles in 1980s including acid, house and techno.
Synthesizer
Oscillator
- Waveforms: saw, square waveforms
- Controls: tuning
Filter
- -18 dB/oct resonant low-pass filter
- AD envelope generator
- Controls: cutoff, resonance, envelope mod, envelope decay, accent
Sequencer
- 16-step pattern programmer
- Individual note length, slide (legato + portamento) and accent per step
- Sound range: 3 octaves (pattern), 4 octaves (track)
- Memory: 64 patterns, 7 songs
- Controls: tempo (40-300 BPM)
Connections
- Line output
- Headphone output
- CV/gate output
- Sync input
- Mix input
