elektron's new box is winning by far
]]>remember the MC 303 ... lol
and the Jupiter 80
and the SH 201...
This. Roland doesn't exactly have a stellar track record when it comes to this kind of stuff. I wish that they would rerelease the Jupiter 8 for real, like what Korg did for the MS-20. Tbh, I just wish someone would release an affordable polysynth that doesn't suck. IT'S 2014!
]]>I'd say the main reason they never brought the 303 back is that it was a huge fucking failure. As a commercial product it bombed hard.
You would think they would have taken notice to the 303's use in the early rave genres and re-marketed it between then and now. I'm sure they've been aware of it being an iconic instrument. It's a shame that it's taken this long for them to do it though.
]]>The 303 will never actually come back, the closest you're ever going to probably get is a x0xb0x unless Roland can make some sort of deal to use Moog's patented filter which they stole until Moog's patent actually went through (which is my main understanding why they haven't brought back an authentic rebuild despite the demand).
Diode ladder filter vs transistor ladder so not the same at all. Not sure what you're talking about.
Maybe you're thinking of the arp 2600's filter, they got in trouble with moog for copying the moog filter design and had to start using a different filter.
I'd say the main reason they never brought the 303 back is that it was a huge fucking failure. As a commercial product it bombed hard.
]]>roland are probably gonna produce some tacky digital poo and give it the same name as a thing people liked to try and trick you into buying it
which sucks becuase if they made faithful reproductions of the 303/606/808/909 and sold them for a sensible price they would make a killing
]]>which sucks, h8 u roland, be more like korg please
]]>i didn't think the 303 used the moog ladder filter
though?anyway if these are gonna be VA you might as well just use d16's excellent VST emulations
I'm paraphrasing information from a longtime 303 owner, if anything it's just nitpicking because the clones are so accurate that it doesn't even matter and literally nobody would know the difference especially after post. At the same time I can imagine that people would legitimately throw a fit a Roland for not doing a 100% reproduction of the original specs.
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