JC-303: Free TB-303 Synth Plugin by midilab

[CosmicEquilibrium]

https://midilab.co/jc303/

As far as software emulations of the TB-303 go and according to Acid Voice, JC-303 comes right after popular commercial and proprietary plugins such as AudioRealism's Bass Line or D16's Phoscyon.

Test it out and leave here your opinions

[acid being]

I think this is an extremely useful addition to a digital studio. It is fantastic that it is free software which will also hopefully continue to be improved for years to come.

I have been using it for a while and it is capable of producing some excellent acid sounds. However, in my opinion compared to some other emulators, it can take a lot more time with this to get the type of sound you want. I think this is mainly because it has so many different controls to alter the sound, including emulation of a number of popular distortion modules and notably the Modifications to the basic 303 sound which are partly inspired by the legendary Devil Fish mods to the TB 303.

So because there are so many ways to configure the exact sound, it is easy to get lost in them and it can be very sensitive to slight changes in one setting. You might think that just starting with the default settings with all the modifications off would give a good acid sound, but on my system I needed to fiddle with it a lot more to get that. It is possible there are still some bugs in it to be honest.

However, once you take the time to learn it, the possibilities are almost endless. Just make sure you save your favorite presets so you can quickly get it back where you need it.

Having used it quite a bit now, I find that this is a great synth to use alongside other acid synths so you can build up layers of different acid sounds. I would not personally use it as my only acid synth at this stage, but it is certainly good enough if you plan to do that.