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Acid bassline

>Acid house delivered a more edgy sound than more mainstream house of the time, and much of this was down to the squelchy filtered sound of the TB-303. This compact monophonic bass module from Roland with its single sawtooth or square oscillator, onboard sequencer and cheap-looking silver fascia was a commercial failure. However, a few years later it wasremains a fantastic demo of the sound. Understandably the sound is a popular synth preset available on many synths, but creating convincing parts also requires some sequencing features. Here we’ll start with the basics, creating the sound from scratch, and then building up to a complete part.

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