Erica Synths has announced their own take on the legendary Roland TB-303 Bassline. Dubbed the DB-01 Bassline mono synthesizer, Erica’s version takes the gnarly LP/BP filter design from the Acidbox. The DB-01 employs the Erica Synths signature sound engine and adds a sequencer.
Erica Synths DB-01 Bassline Features:
» Aggressive LP/BP filter design from the Acidbox
» One knob overdrive for even more destructive sound
» Transistor based sub-oscillator
» Independent amplitude, filter cutoff and pitch envelopes
» BBD based detune for massive swarm sound
» Syncable LFO with multiple waveforms for FM and VCF modulation
» Noise source
» Intuitive, easy to use sequencer for up to 64 step patterns
» Sequence transposing
» Pattern randomisation
» Arpeggiator
» Modulation track with VCF cutoff automation
» Built in and user defined scales with microtonal possibilities
» Analog clock in and out
» CV/Gate output/input
» MIDI IN and THRU
» Four banks of 16 patterns memory
» Aluminum enclosure
As you can hear from the demo above, the DB-01 has a distinctly different, albeit biting, sound than the famed “greasy” 303. The DB utilizes the Polivoks’ synth engine, designed by Vladimir Kuzmi, and noteworthy for it’s switchable dual-mode band pass / low pass filter. Whether this will appeal to the market that’s been infatuated lately by Behringer’s 303 clone, or have their viable dollars vacuumed up by the new Korg WaveState or the ASM Hydrasynth, has yet to be determined, but they’ll have a few months to make that decision.
Erica Synths DB-01 Bassline costs €460 and will be available sometime this spring.
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