From Joe Rice Sent Mon, Mar 8th 1999, 07:10
From Joe Rice Sent Mon, Mar 8th 1999, 07:10
At 11:39 PM -0500 3/7/99, Nick Rejack wrote: > Sigh. I don't know where this rumor about messing up a 303's batteries > having something to do with the "acid sound" came from, but it's incorrect. > The small truth behind it is nearly dead batteries can have some strange > effects on the sound, but the acid sound was pretty much created by DJ > Pierre, of Phuture, who turned the knobs WHILE the sequencer was running. A > pretty basic idea now, but up until then the idea was to get the sound you > wanted, program the notes and let it run. I've seen interviews with the early Phuture guys wherein they commented that removing the batteries and replacing them would fill the sequence memory with random sequences. Then again, who's to say the journalist didn't misunderstand... Joe