Synthesisers

Notes: Red version of Cyclone's excellent bass synth, replicating the sound of the iconic Roland TB-303. Fully analogue synth with modernised sequencer and classic acid sound.

Supplier's Notes:
A full analogue synth clone of the famous TB303, coming with a lot of new features and improvements, from the sound point of view as well as the ergonomics of the machine and the sequencer.

A new design, new pots very smooth, new features for Live jam, 2 new sequencer modes for even more creativity, added CV / Gate (and even more) outputs to play your favourite synths!

The design of the analogue circuit (composed of 1 VCO) and the audio engine has been improved compared to the previous version, giving it a warm and groovy sound thanks to the addition of the Shuffle (not present on the original).

The very intuitive sequencer takes on the original spirit while bringing new and unique features such as Mute and Hammer, which gives it a great flexibility for live jam and more sound variations, as well as 2 new sequencer modes to create New patterns.

Specifications

Bass Bot TT-303

VCO

Monophonic
Waveforms: Sawtooth or Square
Frequency Range: 20Hz-850Hz

Main Controls

Tempo Knob
Volume Knob
Track/Pattern Bank Selector Knob
Mode Selector Knob
Power On/Off Switch

Audio Controls

Tuning Knob
Filter Cutoff Frequency Knob
Filter Resonance Knob
Filter Envelope Modulation Amount Knob
Filter Envelope Decay Knob
Accent Amount Knob
Waveform Selector Switch

Data Storage

User Patterns: 432 (9 banks of 48 patterns)
Pattern Lab Patterns: 108 (9 banks of 12 patterns)
Preset Patterns: 108 (9 banks of 12 patterns)
User Tracks: 9

Operating Modes

Pattern Write | Loop Edit |Pattern Lab | Arpeggiator
Pattern Play | Preset | Track Play | Track Write | MIDI

Per-step Modifiers

Down Octave | Up Octave | Accent | Slide
Mute | Hammer | Rest / Tie

Pattern Features

Pattern Length: 1-64 steps
Per-step modifier assignment
Time scales: 16th note, 32nd note, 8th note triplet,
16th note triplet
Assignable pattern LED color
Pattern Copy / Paste functions
Intelligent procedural pattern generator
Pattern-based Arpeggiator
Pattern Mutate function

Track Features

Visual track programming system
Maximum Length: 144 bars | Per-bar transpose option

Global Features

Shuffle Amount | Slide Time | Gate Length |
Illuminated buttons: 26
Tap Tempo Input | Automated VCO calibration |
System LED colour |
MIDI In / Out channels

Outputs

Main Mix (1/4" mono, +15dBu)
Headphone (1/4" stereo, +10dBu)
VCO Waveform (1/8", Sawtooth: 5Vp-p, Square: 3.7Vp-p)
Control Voltage (1/8", 1V/octave, range 1V 5V)
Gate (1/8", 0V 12V)
Accent On (1/8", 0V 5.5V)
Clock (1/8", DIN Sync compatible, 0V 5V)
Start/Stop (1/8", DIN Sync compatible, 0V 5V)
MIDI Out / Thru

Inputs

Filter In (+4dBu nominal, 100kO input impedance)
Power (9VDC, 300mA) | MIDI In

PC Functions

Cyclone Studio application for PC & Mac enables Bass Bot software update and user data backup & restore using MIDI/SysEx transfer.

Physical

Dimensions: L310mm x W130mm x H35mm
Weight: Unit 783g (Boxed with accessories) 1.332kg

Included Accessories: 100-240v Universal Power Adapter | Near Invisible Force Field | Case Transporter | Printed User Manual

Available Accessories: 7 Lines 1/8 to 1/4 output cable snake | Triple 100-240v Universal Power Adapter

Notes: ***B-STOCK: Box opened, product in perfect working order***


The Arpopone from LepLoop is a little synth-voice for generating a melody or bass line and a chord section at the same time. It is based on analog ramp dividers of which each one generates a voltage ramp starting from a master clock that can be internal or external.

Trig1 and Trig2 potentiometers set the number of clock pulses.

With the Trig Mix switch it is possible to select between a single trigger (1 or 2) or both (1+2) to advance the scales.

The Scale Step potentiometer sets the number of steps for the two scale generators.
In the mixer section, the two scales are summed together to obtain a more complex pattern. The amount of each scale can be set by two controls and can be positive (ascending scale) or negative (descending scale).

With the VCO Pitch knob, the melody can be transposed while maintaining the same interval between notes.

The note generated by the VCO is fed to a chain of dividers to obtain four sub harmonics of the original note. One of these is the bass section with its own filter and envelope, the other three form the chord section with their envelope.

The two envelope sections are identical, both have a selector for different trigger sources:

Trig1 & Trig2: the envelope starts at the flash of the green LED (bass) or yellow LED (chord)
SB1 & SB2: the envelope starts at the first step of Scale1 (bass) or Scale2 (chord)
White & Blue: the envelope follows the intensity of the white LED (bass) or the blue LED (chord). Except for this setting the envelope length is set by the two controls Bass ENV and Chord ENV. Additionally, an EXT CV input allows to provide an external envelope.
The bass channel is passed through a resonant low-pass filter with Cutoff and Resonance control.

Finally the Bass and Chord channels are mixed together. The output level is set by the Bass LEV and Chord LEV controls.