Be Acid
The Roland TB-303 ! the legendary Transistor Bass synthesizer by Roland.
Created to emulate bass sound and used by nearly nobody until someone saw the light : “hey, listen what happens when i turn these knobs!!” turn up the res to the max ! yeah ! aciiiiiiiiiid
Back to the Chicago House, Acid House, Belgian New Beat, then Acid Techno, Acid Trance and every electronic music genre.
Now let list some free TB303 software emulations :
1. Rebirth RB-338 by Propellerhead (Standalone)
Rebirth RB-303, free ! aciid
Information and download : http://www.rebirthmuseum.com/
Rebirth was one of the first TB303 software emulation, in 1997!
And it’s free since 2005.
Rebirth is more than a TB303 emulator ; you have two TB303, and TR909 + TR808 drum machine emulations + onboard effects . The software is old, and it still sounds incredible.
As it’s a standalone application, you have to use rewire for sync with your sequencer. Useful informations about sync etc.. can be found here : http://www.rebirthmuseum.com/support/support2.htm
Installing Rebirth 338 on Windows 7 may require more steps, you have to download the old winhelp32 to get Rebirth work on Windows 7. Here’s a blog post with all the link you need :
The rebirth ISO torrent, the Win7 installer and the link to the win32help :
http://sporsmaal2blog.blogspot.fr/2010/02/how-to-install-and-run-propellerhead.html
2. RubberDuck by D-Lusion (Standalone)
RubberDuck TB 303 emulation for funky people
Download for free ! => http://www.d-lusion.com/ProductsRubberduck.html
This one is even older than Rebirth 338. The sequencer has been simplified, compared to a real 303, and it’s a great gain of time when programming patterns!
There are also onboard effects : a simple but effective delay, and a distorsion unit for getting this squelchy acid sound.
The RubberDuck software is MIDI sync’able, Of course you can record as wav the output of the synth.
3. Creakbox BadBoyz edition (VST)
Creakbox Bad Boys edition
download : Creakbox Bad Boys Edition
The Creakbox VST by Bioroid development was stopped and gone open source in 2004!
The “bad boys” edition adds an effect section with delay & multi distorsion unit : analog drive, rectifier, bit reducer etc.. + different filter modes : hipass, bandpass, bandstop, 18 or24 dB / octave.
The sound is good, but unfortunately the sequencer has some bugs in many VST hosts
acid trance !
4. Venom VB-303 by Antto (VST)
Venom VB-303
More about and download here : http://antonsavov.net/cms/projects/venom-vb-303.html
This one is the newest : it’s a VST plugin made with Synthedit. It sounds very good and should work nice in all 32 bits VST hosts.
Acid house!
5. FreeBee (workname Lush) standalone
FreeBee 303
Info and download : archive + dl
The Audiorealism bassline ancestor !
This standalone application sounds very good, you can record as wav
mellow acid !
6. survey : do you need a free Creakbox VST 64 bit port ?
Post your comment !
Aciiiiid :
Solar quest – Acid Air Raid
Acrid Abeyance – 303 Delight
Dr. Fernando! – Stomach Substance
Plank – Acid Wars
Hardfloor – Acperience 1
Unknown Structure – Helixcoid
Where can i download the Creakbox VST freeware ?
where is the creakbox 64 bit ?
Nice one , it looks quite alright ! I have a goodun
Nice list !
You could also add Dolphin Bassline VST
available in 64 bit too !!
http://www.signaldust.com/p-dolphin.html
Acid Techno For ever !
Thanks, it’s really awesome!
Real Premium Bass in this Dolphin TB303 synth!
id love to try the Creakbox in 64 bit if it exists, pleeeez?
You are the first to ask since the article was posted !
I have already ported creakbox to 64 bit, but i wait for more love before releasing a version.
Or maybe recode the sequencer, the current on is buggy as hell
Would also love the 64B … is there a way to control pattern order with vst host ?
i can’t remember if there’s a way to control the pattern order from the host.
the source code is a mess
i aldready have a 64 bit version working, but i’m going to add MIDI in
Did you already succeeded to add MIDI in it? The soundsource is great, but it would be great that we could pass the internal sequencer.
64 bit CreakBox would be good. 32 bit version crashes all the time 🙁
I waaaaaaant the tb 303 VST acid 64 bit !!!
is there a free version for mac too ?
64bit? 🙂
eyo. what about audioRealsim’s Bass Line and Bass Line 2 (aka ABL)
http://audiorealism.se/abl/abl2_announcement.htm
Oh. Free. I’m sorry. I somehow always overlook that word.
Creakbox is awseome in the time it works.
I would also like to have a 64-Bit-Version!
THX
Share with us the 64bit version please…
We need the 64bit version 🙂
Please!!!
Great stuff 🙂
If I had time to learn C++ CreakBox would be my first project to revive to a x64 plugin. Are you still going ahead with it? Or have you given up?
it works well in 64 bit, under win & linux, there’s still the mac version that is hard to debug…
not quite emulations…
refx tbl bassline /claw;
neotec cetone033 /cetonelight (filter);
braindoc aggressor (filter);
wwaym nwbass v1 /v2.
open303
https://sourceforge.net/projects/open303/
tb4005
http://www.robotplanet.dk/audio/tb4005/
open303
https://sf.net/projects/open303/
tb4005
http://www.robotplanet.dk/audio/tb4005/
RubberDuck H30 (by d-lusion) is hands down the most creative 303 emulator. It has some of the best sounds as well, very dynamic and less rigid than all the others. I had bought ABL (which is great sounding and lovely to sequence!) but prefer RubberDuck for it’s creative freedom and the amazing sounds and rhythms you can get from it with zero effort. The only real issue with RubberDuck H30 is that it’s a standalone (not a VST) but map it to a MIDI controller and you can play it live and import it to a DAW.
Here’s a track I made with it. This is my second attempt of using it in music (instead of just playing with it as a toy)….
“Psytropia”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOxJkZvHw_U
Is the Creakbox 64 bit version still available?
NO VeganPete , RubberDuck H30 (by d-lusion) IS NOT the most creative 303 emulator, because it is the worst TB-303 emulator. In fact,it is not an emulator at all! It doesn’t even try to emulate a 303 or anything out there.
and YES,It is the sickest and most creative ACID machine that has come to my attention over the years, and I mean THE sickest! I regard it as a rival to TB303 and RB338 or “Rebirth”, with a more “acidier” sound.(they actually eat its dust). And I really have been wondering so many years how come so many people have made so many emulators of the 303, after RD H3O! I mean RubberDuck should be a milestone in ACID emulators.Why no-one has ever come up with one -just ONE – RDH3O emulator all these years?
If what people made with a 303 named it ACID, then the music made by RD H30 should be called something like TNT, or “greek fire” (google this to get what I’m sayin’ )
Regards. I heared your track in YouTube and I liked it.
Is there a VST3 TB303 Acid BassLine plugin out there ?
I can’t find any, free or not
we are in 2021, and WE WANT ACID
come on
Don’t know of any 303s in VST3, Might as well keep it vintage use on old machine no need for new. Thanks all for the links some I did not know of. There’s BEEN alot of 303 style generators out there I have used Protrekkr Tracker which has dual 303s. Just finished a tune in AXS Tracker whilst the TUNE is not trying to be a 303 style AXS is certainly capable of it…Tune here-
https://soundcloud.com/waxing-and-waning/pulp-friction
All done in Lil’ old 460 KB AXS 3.0 beta4 more on it at-
https://warmplace.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6350