History of the Roland TB-303 by Nate Harrison www.nkhstudio.com

musictools

1. 

   mothymothy

   March 29, 2010 at 9:40 am

   Happy 303!!!
2. 

   Intosia

   March 29, 2010 at 10:02 am

   The HA in Takahashi isnt pronounced :)
3. 

   corri303

   March 29, 2010 at 10:32 am

   square = odd harmonics
   saw = odd AND even harmonics

   so which one do you think is richer? yes, it’s the saw.
4. 

   jrev99

   March 29, 2010 at 11:20 am

   Okay, okay I get it at last; the narrator says ‘the timbre of the machine can be altered by switching between SINE and square waveforms. Glad it doesn’t have sinewave, not many harmonics there ;o)

   Nicely observed toxicosmosis.
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   toxicosmosis

   March 29, 2010 at 11:20 am

   Guy’s you’re really missing the point of the first post !! Watch it again and see if you can spot the mistake !?! OK
6. 

   jrev99

   March 29, 2010 at 11:58 am

   I’m no expert, so please don’t be offended but as far as I understood it a sawtooth wave contains ALL integer harmonics, the square wave contains only ‘odd’ integer harmonics, hence theoretically a saw tooth should contain more harmonics and sound richer. Either way it’s all down to taste, but whenever I switch between saw and square on a 303 or similar I immediately prefer the saw. Seems more agressive/bubbly/alive. Interesting that so many people seem to prefer the square afterall…
7. 

   pheargoth

   March 29, 2010 at 12:16 pm

   A square wave contains an “infinite number of odd harmonics” wheras a sawtooth does not. hence the reason a square sounds much more rich than a saw.
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   toxicosmosis

   March 29, 2010 at 12:37 pm

   Thirded. Square Wave !
   Watch it again . . .
9. 

   jrev99

   March 29, 2010 at 1:35 pm

   Square wave is fine, but Saw tooth just sounds so much better…Far more harmonics, cuts through the mix much better.
10. 

    digitalzero

    March 29, 2010 at 1:56 pm

    Seconded. Square wave.
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    hsifylleg

    March 29, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    SQUARE WAVE DAMMIT!