{"id":74594,"date":"2016-09-09T22:25:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T03:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=74594"},"modified":"2016-09-23T09:58:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T14:58:19","slug":"roland-tb-03-recreates-classic-acid-bassline-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2016\/09\/09\/roland-tb-03-recreates-classic-acid-bassline-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Roland TB-03 Recreates Classic Acid Bassline Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-74594 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2016\/09\/09\/roland-intros-tr-09-rhythm-composer\/roland_boutique_tb-03_main\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Roland_Boutique_TB-03_main.jpg\" 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2016\/09\/09\/roland-intros-tr-09-rhythm-composer\/roland_boutique-tb-03_bottom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1680\" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Roland_Boutique-TB-03_bottom.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Roland_Boutique-TB-03_bottom.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Roland_Boutique-TB-03_bottom-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Roland_Boutique-TB-03_bottom-320x200.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Roland_Boutique-TB-03_bottom-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Roland_Boutique-TB-03_bottom-640x400.jpg 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Powered by Roland\u2019s advanced ACB (Analog Circuit Behavior) technology, they also extend on the originals&#8217; capabilities, adding enhanced features and modern connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>The new <strong>Roland TB-03<\/strong> ($349) uses ACB to recreate\u00a0the sound and character of the original\u00a0<strong>TB-303 Bass Line Synthesizer.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roland Boutiques \u2013 the next chapter\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xcje0uhewfg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A\u00a0new four-digit LED display allows for enhanced programming, while rotary dials give hands-on control over tuning, cutoff, resonance, envelope mod, decay, and accent.<\/p>\n<p>Saw and square waveforms are present, alongside new overdrive, delay, and reverb effects.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the original\u2019s Pitch and Time write modes, there\u2019s a new Step mode and fine tempo control, and sequences can continue playing while switching modes.<\/p>\n<p>Ports for external gear include a dedicated trigger input to drive the internal sequencer, plus MIDI IN\/OUT, USB, and CV\/Gate for control over analog gear, modular synths and DAWs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Roland_Boutique-series_Image-on-black-ground-640x280.jpg\" alt=\"roland_boutique-series_image-on-black-ground\" width=\"640\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Roland_Boutique-series_Image-on-black-ground-640x280.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Roland_Boutique-series_Image-on-black-ground-150x66.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Roland_Boutique-series_Image-on-black-ground-320x140.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Roland_Boutique-series_Image-on-black-ground-768x336.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Roland_Boutique-series_Image-on-black-ground-686x300.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Roland_Boutique-series_Image-on-black-ground-1200x525.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All three new Roland Boutique units run on 4 x AA batteries or USB bus power. Each module also includes a powered mini-speaker.<\/p>\n<p>See the Roland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roland.com\/us\/products\/tb-03\/\">site<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 1971px; left: 301px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by the classic TB-303 Bass Line Synth, the new Roland TB-03 ($349) uses ACB to recreate\u00a0the sound and character of the original.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2016\/09\/09\/roland-tb-03-recreates-classic-acid-bassline-sound\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Roland TB-03 Recreates Classic Acid Bassline Sound<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25],"tags":[28075,5222,277,31454,3659,30615],"class_list":["post-74594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-synthesizers","tag-909-day","tag-bassline","tag-roland","tag-roland-tb-03","tag-roland-tb-303","tag-synthesizers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/roland-tr-03-bassline-synthesizer.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}