Guess which one is ABL3 and which one is the real 303?

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pjeudy
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12 Dec 2015

Many of you have probably heard this one already. For those that haven't , Guess which one is ABL3 and which one is the real 303?

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My opinion is that Propellerhead REASON needs a complete rewrite!
P.S: people should stop saying "No it won't happen" when referring to a complete rewrite of REASON. I have 3 letters for ya....VST
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Electric-Metal
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12 Dec 2015

#2 is ABL3 i guess
:?: The question is - Who cares :?:

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12 Dec 2015

It's probably the 1st one?

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12 Dec 2015

1st one is emulated
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13 Dec 2015

2nd one emulated?

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tronam
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13 Dec 2015

When the guessing reaches 50/50 we know the emulation is a success.
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pjeudy
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13 Dec 2015

tronam wrote:When the guessing reaches 50/50 we know the emulation is a success.
hahaha !!:-)
My opinion is that Propellerhead REASON needs a complete rewrite!
P.S: people should stop saying "No it won't happen" when referring to a complete rewrite of REASON. I have 3 letters for ya....VST
Mon Dec 11, 2017 1:53 pm

Tumble
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13 Dec 2015

Why only 4 seconds? It's impossible to judge when your ears don't have any time to adjust to each sound.

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Aquila
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13 Dec 2015

3rd one's the emulation :P

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Gardinski
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13 Dec 2015

I genuinely don't know, but I prefer the first one. It seems more airy and dynamic somehow, to my untutored ears.

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pjeudy
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13 Dec 2015

Tumble wrote:Why only 4 seconds? It's impossible to judge when your ears don't have any time to adjust to each sound.
I understand, try hitting play often. Im still interested at you answer, to which one do u think is hardware vs software
My opinion is that Propellerhead REASON needs a complete rewrite!
P.S: people should stop saying "No it won't happen" when referring to a complete rewrite of REASON. I have 3 letters for ya....VST
Mon Dec 11, 2017 1:53 pm

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dconana
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13 Dec 2015

I have no idea which is the emulation, slightly prefer the first one though, maybe parts of it are louder

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It's virtually impossible to tell, IMHO. That said, your hardware 303 can't do this:

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13 Dec 2015

The TB-303 is actually an emulation of the ABL3 created by a time traveler who made do with the technology he had available when he traveled back to 1982. I'd say he did a pretty good job emulating the ABL3; spot-on.

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13 Dec 2015

The first part is ABL3 since it's much smoother than the original hardware. That's something I noticed when comparing it to my x0xb0x.

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pjeudy
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13 Dec 2015

EnochLight wrote:It's virtually impossible to tell, IMHO. That said, your hardware 303 can't do this:

:puf_bigsmile:
Oh...hehehe...will try this#
My opinion is that Propellerhead REASON needs a complete rewrite!
P.S: people should stop saying "No it won't happen" when referring to a complete rewrite of REASON. I have 3 letters for ya....VST
Mon Dec 11, 2017 1:53 pm

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dconana wrote:I have no idea which is the emulation, slightly prefer the first one though, maybe parts of it are louder
Interesting. The second one sounds louder to me.
My opinion is that Propellerhead REASON needs a complete rewrite!
P.S: people should stop saying "No it won't happen" when referring to a complete rewrite of REASON. I have 3 letters for ya....VST
Mon Dec 11, 2017 1:53 pm

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13 Dec 2015

1st part sounds like the real 303 to me, seems to have a slightly more pronounced accent sweep and tiny bit more resonance. There could be some subtle differences in the square wave as well, but it's hard to tell.

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pjeudy wrote:Many of you have probably heard this one already. For those that haven't , Guess which one is ABL3 and which one is the real 303?

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So Pjeudy where is the answer? :puf_wink:

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Well I wanted to it till tomorrow... to give more people A CHANCE to participate...but oh well.....
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My opinion is that Propellerhead REASON needs a complete rewrite!
P.S: people should stop saying "No it won't happen" when referring to a complete rewrite of REASON. I have 3 letters for ya....VST
Mon Dec 11, 2017 1:53 pm

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pjeudy wrote:Well I wanted to it till tomorrow... to give more people A CHANCE to participate...but oh well.....
ABL3 vs TB303.png
Correctemundo, i knew it :puf_wink:
Anyway, if so many people are fooled with the emulation then it is a REALLY good emulation hehe :puf_bigsmile:

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Skullture wrote:
pjeudy wrote:Well I wanted to it till tomorrow... to give more people A CHANCE to participate...but oh well.....
ABL3 vs TB303.png
Correctemundo, i knew it :puf_wink:
Anyway, if so many people are fooled with the emulation then it is a REALLY good emulation hehe :puf_bigsmile:
LMAO !! AHAHAHAHAHAH ! :lol:
Hey Skullture what do you mean "Correctemundo" ??? you got it wrong in your post :puf_bigsmile:
Skullture wrote:1st one is emulated
My opinion is that Propellerhead REASON needs a complete rewrite!
P.S: people should stop saying "No it won't happen" when referring to a complete rewrite of REASON. I have 3 letters for ya....VST
Mon Dec 11, 2017 1:53 pm

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pjeudy wrote:
Skullture wrote:
pjeudy wrote:Well I wanted to it till tomorrow... to give more people A CHANCE to participate...but oh well.....
ABL3 vs TB303.png
Correctemundo, i knew it :puf_wink:
Anyway, if so many people are fooled with the emulation then it is a REALLY good emulation hehe :puf_bigsmile:
LMAO !! AHAHAHAHAHAH ! :lol:
Hey Skullture what do you mean "Correctemundo" ??? you got it wrong in your post :puf_bigsmile:
Skullture wrote:1st one is emulated
I was referring to the answer that is avalible online but I couldn't find it.
Yes this is a damn good emulation :oops:

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13 Dec 2015

Skullture wrote:
pjeudy wrote:
Skullture wrote:
pjeudy wrote:Well I wanted to it till tomorrow... to give more people A CHANCE to participate...but oh well.....
ABL3 vs TB303.png
Correctemundo, i knew it :puf_wink:
Anyway, if so many people are fooled with the emulation then it is a REALLY good emulation hehe :puf_bigsmile:
LMAO !! AHAHAHAHAHAH ! :lol:
Hey Skullture what do you mean "Correctemundo" ??? you got it wrong in your post :puf_bigsmile:
Skullture wrote:1st one is emulated
I was referring to the answer that is avalible online but I couldn't find it.
Yes this is a damn good emulation :oops:
:puf_smile: ..I thought the first one was ABL3...the second one sounded thicker to me ..so I assumed the second one was the REAL hardware 303
My opinion is that Propellerhead REASON needs a complete rewrite!
P.S: people should stop saying "No it won't happen" when referring to a complete rewrite of REASON. I have 3 letters for ya....VST
Mon Dec 11, 2017 1:53 pm

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pjeudy wrote:
Skullture wrote:
pjeudy wrote:
Skullture wrote:
pjeudy wrote:Well I wanted to it till tomorrow... to give more people A CHANCE to participate...but oh well.....
ABL3 vs TB303.png
Correctemundo, i knew it :puf_wink:
Anyway, if so many people are fooled with the emulation then it is a REALLY good emulation hehe :puf_bigsmile:
LMAO !! AHAHAHAHAHAH ! :lol:
Hey Skullture what do you mean "Correctemundo" ??? you got it wrong in your post :puf_bigsmile:
Skullture wrote:1st one is emulated
I was referring to the answer that is avalible online but I couldn't find it.
Yes this is a damn good emulation :oops:
:puf_smile: ..I thought the first one was ABL3...the second one sounded thicker to me ..so I assumed the second one was the REAL hardware 303
I actually thought it was the opposite because of the aging electronics inside of a 303. Some of my friends using old 80's hardware need to do some maintenance on their parts once in awhile.

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