Behringer TD-3-MO AM

The TD-3-MO from Behringer is a clone of the famous Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer with "Devil Fish modification", whose bubbling and screaming sound has captivated generations of musicians, DJs and revelers. Probably the most widely used sound in electronic music, it uses surprisingly few controls and really comes alive with its internal sequencer. Instead of the distortion effect of the TD-3, the TD-3-MO has all the features of the infamous circuit expansion. furthermore, the filter can be controlled via MIDI.

History & Hype

Originally, the TB-303, along with the TR-606 drum machine (both made by Roland), was intended to replace drums and Bass in a solo entertainer context, allowing musicians to practice without band members present. However, this target group did not feel addressed and thus the TB-303 ended up with disco house DJs and producers, who linked the bass machine with a drum computer and thus created countless tracks that are legendary then and now. In the 90s with the emerging Techno wave many producers wanted to call a "303" their own, which was unfortunately reserved for only a few due to the then already increased second-hand market prices and the low availability. So numerous manufacturers took up the cause and published a considerable number of clones in soft- and Hardware. Sometimes the sequencer was successful, sometimes the sound generation, but many times the result was so independent that it was a lot of things, just not a 303.

As Fatboy Slim put it so simply and aptly: "Everybody needs a 303!