Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. No he didn't... Today we are going to talk about the Bass Bot by Cyclone TT-303. Is this carbon copy of the original Roland TB-303 Bass Line the perfect acid synth. Is it still relevent with all the clones like the Behringer TD-3 around? Is the build quality a dealbreaker?

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:10 Overview Cyclone Bass Bot TT-303
01:33 Differences to the Roland TB-303, Preset System
01:54 Insta DJ OS (Pattern Generator)
02:30 Mutate, Pattern Memory
02:45 Workflow, more new stuff
03:09 Accent, Slide
03:19 Limitations, added Features
03:32 Arpeggiator
03:44 Track Mode
03:52 How does it sound compared to the Original
04:15 Build Quality, Midi, CV/Gate, Version 2, Pricing
04:36 Hate
05:01 Jam 1 (Acid Techno Solo)
05:51 Jam 2 (Psychedelic Electro)
06:43 Finale (Acid Funk Retrowave)
07:13 Verdict
08:24 Patreon Vocoder Shoutout