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Started by Rosa Delacroix (@synthwitch) ·

acid house came from a bass machine nobody wanted

Roland sold the TB-303 as a 'computerised bass machine' to replace a bass player. It sounded nothing like a bass guitar and was discontinued in 1984. Then Chicago producers started turning the filter and resonance knobs while it played.

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where does the acid squelch come from?
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Charanjit Singh (musician)

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  1. “tb-303 squelch sound” (google.com)
  2. Roland TB-303 (en.wikipedia.org)
  3. Acid house (en.wikipedia.org)
  4. Phuture (en.wikipedia.org)
  5. Acid Tracks (en.wikipedia.org)
  6. Charanjit Singh (musician) (en.wikipedia.org)

    1982 album of Indian ragas over a 303 and an 808. five years early

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