Bad Gear - Roland TB-3 - A Touchscreen TB-303 Nightmare???

These are going for upwards of $399 now, yeesh! XD

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Your videos make me smile but this makes me laugh so much ... I have long ago learnt that there is a very fine line between spending enough time to learn how to get the best from a piece of music gear and realising your wasting your life on false prophecies of good marketing and bad gear..

Can I disable one step and have 31 sequencer bass line?

I came back! I bought one! Do the update review everyone is asking for. Thanks!

The TB-3 is a crowd pleaser, I frequently play live EDM music for my friends an when I feel I'm losing them with fancy music ideas and advanced synthesis, I just press play on the synced TB-3 with a 4 on the floor beat and 16th note hihats and its acid party time!

Filthy, like the remote control in a 3 star hotel room 😂😂😂😂

Nice, have you done a video on your favourite effects pedals?
Peace from OZ

What made you come around to this? I managed to snag one at a very good price and they proved to be a bit harder to track down, and in a price I like. It seems to be a cornerstone of your sound, in these videos at least.

Mine is definitely in the "never ever sell" category for me.

I feel like it would be worthwhile to do a follow-up video on the TB-3! This video is almost outdated now, we know how much you love the TB-3 these days 😉

In this episode, a true love is found.

Its hilarious how hard you trash the TB-3 in this video but then use it in all your videos

roland tb3 or tb03? which would you recommend?

But we see this in almost every track you do. What is it about it that makes it indispensable to you? The roland grime under essentially accessible control?

😂just found this ......but now you like Margret?😂😂😂

"I still don't like the TB-3"

That aged like milk

The TB-3 reminds me of the JazzMutant Lemur Multitouch Modular Controller!😅

Big up Sammy the crab, that cameo must have cost you a fortune! 🦀

Don't you owe the TB-3 an apology at this point? 😁

Roland renewed the TB-3 for another production run this year, so either they only make 50 at a time or it's more popular than most people think.
Just wondering if the 3 or the GAIA will last longer at this point.

i dont like the TB-3, i like The TB-303 but the TB-3 feels more like roland trying to fight againsts brands like cyclonic

While this episode is very good you have come a long way.

Hey Florian, it's your monthly reminder to do the Throwback episode for the much loved TB-3. :D

Question: I’m loving my TB-3, and I’m extra in love with the little foam feet pads they used, especially when using the touch pad. You know a source for those? It’s like it’s on a cloud. 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

By all means, this is bad gear that you can tweak to sound pretty gnarly and cool. I run mine through a sherman filterbank.

It's fun to revisit this video two years later, knowing how integral the TB-3 has become to the jams on the show!

Sorry for that absolutely dumb question, but where you got all those funny visuals from?
They are crazy and good af, hahaha

I've noticed you tend to use this thing somewhat frequently in the jam portions of your more recent Bad Gear vids. Have your thoughts on the TB-3 changed any over time?

so this is now one of your fave pieces of gear...

Tbf It seems this has become a favourite of yours.

wait arnt you in love with this thing? didnt come across like that in this video

I was listening to Cirrus's "Stop and Panic" just now and was reminded of this. You made a legit old-school acid track.

I like this thing for the sounds and features in a tactile form.

Touchboy TB3 is grown on you in those years uh? I see it in a lot of jam right now😂

On my TB-3, half of the touchscreen simply doesn't work. That means you can't program patterns with it, which means the only way to use it is to let it generate its own random patterns.* Now THAT'S the true spirit of the 303! ;)

*It just wants some creative input and has firm boundaries, which I respect.

I thought this was a new season of "The IT Crowd" 😂
Just as entertaining. Clearly your "professionalism" standards are much higher 🥳

The TB-3 is ugly!
But once said that. His workflow is easy, his sequence too.
The ACB offers a good reproduction of the 303.
In short, is it just happiness? I'm keeping it and maybe buying a second one. 🙂

I used the TB-3 in many productions and live performances. I got some odd comments on it from a TB-303 owner calling its sound "plasticky". I think most people won't be able to tell the difference to the original in a blind test. But since it's digital with a touch screen and it has a green border, it must sound like pure plastic, right? Noting here, that the original TB-303's case wasn't made of metal, either.

Yeah having owned a 303 in the late 90s where you could find them at pawn shops, it was totally chaotic neutral. You just had to twist knobs and push buttons and had to pray it would do something cool. Its the ultimate punk instrument. Who cares if its a rompler, its the ghost dad we need

I love it!

The dancing crab really sold it for me~

Turn the cut off and resonance down and you’ve got a decent bass synth to complement a real 303 clone

I find it so amusing that, despite disliking the TB-3, you've ended up using it regularly in your videos. Have you warmed up to it?