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Roland TB-303, bass

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Contest: Roland TB-303 played bass on James Brown Is Dead by LA Style (1991)

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Settings

osc
1 saw, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub none
filter
LP 18 dB/oct, resonant, sequenced per step
cutoff
700 Hz
resonance
0.72, drive 0.35
envelope
A 2 ms D 60 ms S 0.2 R 20 ms; accented steps snap the cutoff open and let it decay back down before the next note, the classic 303 pluck; filter env amount 0.55
modulation
glide 40 ms, mono
effects
none on the bass itself, sits dry and low in the mix, drive
notes
A rolling 16th-note acid bassline with per-step accent and occasional slide, run hot into a light distortion stage so it holds its own under the stab. Filter envelope amount is kept moderate rather than screaming, since the track leans on groove more than the harsher acid records of the same year.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem