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Roland TB-303, bass

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Contest: Roland TB-303 played bass on B-Boys & Flygirls by Bomfunk MC's (1999)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + 1 square -1 oct, unison 1, detune 6 cents, sub square -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct resonant
cutoff
320 Hz
resonance
0.55, drive 0.35
envelope
A 2 ms D 110 ms S 0.55 R 70 ms; fast snapping envelope opens the cutoff hard on every 16th-note hit then slams shut for the acid squelch under the breakbeat; filter env amount 0.7
modulation
lfo sine 0.4 Hz to cutoff, glide 35 ms, mono
effects
short slapback delay on the bass, kept dry and forward against the breaks, drive
notes
A single square-under-saw stack through a fast-snapping resonant filter, the acid-house gesture Bomfunk MC's and JS16 carried over from the Helsinki breakdance scene into their first mainstream single. The bass line sits mono and tight, pumping under the breakbeat rather than sustaining, so it reads as percussion as much as pitch.

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  • Seedsystem