Roland TB-303

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Technology

Roland TB-303 · The TB-303 Bass Line was meant for guitarists who only practised and missed a bass player. The little box has one oscillator, a filter and a sequencer in which you program a bass line note by note, with accents and gliding notes. It did not sound like a bass guitar and flopped; in 1984 it went out of production. In Chicago, producers discovered that you could turn the knobs for cutoff and resonance while playing. The same bass line then squeals, squelches and wails. That sound was given the name acid.

Listening

• 
  Acid Tracks · Phuture, 1987
• 
  Acperience 1 · Hardfloor, 1992
• 
  Higher State of Consciousness (Tweekin Acid Funk Mix) · Josh Wink, 1995

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Genre Map · Technology^NL Map
• Mixtape 8: Electronic Music^NL Reader
• Mixtape 9: The Instrument^NL Reader

See also

• Roland TR-808
• Acid house
• Rave
• Trance
• Gabber and happy hardcore