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Roland TB-303, bass

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Contest: Roland TB-303 played bass on We Are the Bass by Marusha (1994)

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Settings

osc
1 saw -1, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub square -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct, resonant acid sweep
cutoff
900 Hz
resonance
0.72, drive 0.55
envelope
A 2 ms D 60 ms S 0.8 R 90 ms; fast pluck with slow decay sweeping the resonant peak upward; filter env amount 0.75
modulation
lfo sine 0.4 Hz to cutoff, glide 30 ms, mono
effects
short slap delay, mono, no reverb to keep the bass tight, drive
notes
Was the TB-303 driven into overdrive as the whole track's rhythmic hook — the title literally names the bass as the lead instrument. Accent and slide programmed 303-style, filter opened gradually across the 2-minute run to build energy for the Feuerreiter TV theme cut it started life as.

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  • Seedsystem