Electronic Musician

TB-303 Software Bass Line

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Ronan has been writing about music technology and production for over 20 years. He’s also a drummer, but don’t hold that against him

Strengths

+ Soundsverycloseto the real thing

+ Muchimproved sequencing

+ Built-ineffects are handy

+ Flexiblerandomization

Limitations

- Wewishwecouldjust buy it

- Theoptiontosequence it ‘old school’ would have been welcome

It took Roland an age to finally get into the virtual instrument market, but over the last couple of years, the brand has nailed it with its Legendary Series of plugins.

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