D16 Group
Phoscyon 2 - 303
If certain songs are to be believed, ‘everybody needs a 303’. D16’s latest plugin delivers an updated emulation that you might just ‘need’ instead
> As happy accidents go, the Roland TB-303 received a pretty lucky roll of the dice back in the ’90s, becoming the must-have device for numerous forms of house and dance music. Fast forward to today, and its popularity remains undiminished, with used-unit prices extending beyond reach for most of us.
303 with benefits
Consequentially, it’s the perfect device to emulate in software, and that’s not entirely because of the exorbitant price tag. The original 303 was always, essentially, a budget unit, and with those budgetary constraints came an interface that made sequencer programming something of a nightmare, while control of the synthesiser elements was relatively easy, but on the limited side.