I have one of these too, bought it years ago when Sam Ash was blowing them out. It's sound is good, but when you sequence it with something like the 777 it really shines. That said, I wouldn't say that it sounds exactly like a 303 but, really, who cares because it is good on its own merits and isn't outrageously expensive. IMHO, it sounds a bit different than a Control Synthesis Deep Bass 9 too. In fact, I never really thought that any of the first wave of 303 emulators really sounded like a 303, but they still were good machines in their own right. I still remember the days when Future Music magazine flogged the Novation Bass Station as a 303 emulator, which it isn't and never will be. Seeing as manuals for the Fat Freebass or MAM MB33 seem to absurdly rare heres a scan of the dip switch settings for the Midi channel from a. When i bought my F A T Freebass the manual that came along with it a filter lock modification on the MB33 or FB383 39 MAM MB33 39; Looking for the manual. Other similar units are the Doepfer MS404, Syntechno Tee Bee (which has a ring mod function too), and the Will Systems MB303 (?). I'm sure there are more '1st wave' 303 emulators out there, and I'm not even considering the newer wave that includes machines such as the X0Xb0x. Another monophonic analog clone! The FB 383 is a re-packaged version of the with a special front-panel design as part of an exclusive deal with Turnkey music shop UK. Just like the MB 33, the FB 383 offers all the same basic sounds and controls as the original TB-303 in a 1-unit rack module. It has just 8 basic knobs for the same basic 303-like control: tune, filter cutoff, resonance, envmod, accent and decay. Unlike the 303 however, the oscillator can be varied from sawtooth to square from a knob on the front! Also featured is an external audio input to the filter for processing other elements. The FB-383 makes a decent 303 sound however it lacks too many functions that should be there. Controls do no send or receive MIDI and there is no memory for storage of your own sounds. However, at its low price tag, you get what you pay for and for a quick and easy 303 the FreeBass comes in handy! Related Forum Topics.
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