Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
TD-3 vs TD-3 MO match up test
someone asked if you can match up a TD-3 MO to a regular TD-3
so.. here we go!
note i could not hear notes when programming the TD-3 MO from the
baseline settings proposed by the devilish 'match up' text below so had to move some stuff around a little.
Those 'settings' i started from:
"Limiting the Devil Fish to TB-303 sounds
The Devil Fish’s “sound-space” is immense. A mild-mannered subset of this space is that of a standard TB-303. Some users wish to restrict themselves to that space for sacred occasions. Here are the limitations to observe. The original pot settings are specified in terms of a clock face. For instance the third line from the far left position is 9 o’clock
Filter Cut Off - Between about 10.30 and 3 o’clock.
Resonance - No limits.
Env Mod -
Between 12 and 4 o’clock. (The lower limit of envelope modulation was not zero in the TB-303, but it is in the Devil Fish. The upper limit in the Devil Fish is about 3 times what it was in the TB-303.)
Decay -
Fix at 12 o’clock. This pot now controls the Volume Envelope Generator, which had a fixed decay time in the TB-303.
Accent - No limits.
Overdrive - Fix at 2.
Normal Decay - No lower than 2. This pot performs the function which the Decay pot on the TB-303 did.
Accent Decay - Fix at about 2.7. (? not sure if this is 2,7 or 2 or 7 with a typo...)
Filter Tracking - Fix at 0.
Soft Attack - Fix at 2.
Muffler - Fix at 0.
Slide Time when using internal sequencer - Fix at 0.
Slide Time with External CV - Fix at 5.
Sweep Speed - Fix at Norm.
Accent Sweep - Fix at 2.
Filter FM - Fix at 0.
Bass EQ - The TB-303 has a weaker bass response than the Devil Fish. To replicate this, roll off the 30 to 60 Hz band by a few dB. (and the sub off I suppose :-))
TD-3 vs TD-3 MO match up test
someone asked if you can match up a TD-3 MO to a regular TD-3
so.. here we go!
note i could not hear notes when programming the TD-3 MO from the
baseline settings proposed by the devilish 'match up' text below so had to move some stuff around a little.
Those 'settings' i started from:
"Limiting the Devil Fish to TB-303 sounds
The Devil Fish’s “sound-space” is immense. A mild-mannered subset of this space is that of a standard TB-303. Some users wish to restrict themselves to that space for sacred occasions. Here are the limitations to observe. The original pot settings are specified in terms of a clock face. For instance the third line from the far left position is 9 o’clock
Filter Cut Off - Between about 10.30 and 3 o’clock.
Resonance - No limits.
Env Mod -
Between 12 and 4 o’clock. (The lower limit of envelope modulation was not zero in the TB-303, but it is in the Devil Fish. The upper limit in the Devil Fish is about 3 times what it was in the TB-303.)
Decay -
Fix at 12 o’clock. This pot now controls the Volume Envelope Generator, which had a fixed decay time in the TB-303.
Accent - No limits.
Overdrive - Fix at 2.
Normal Decay - No lower than 2. This pot performs the function which the Decay pot on the TB-303 did.
Accent Decay - Fix at about 2.7. (? not sure if this is 2,7 or 2 or 7 with a typo...)
Filter Tracking - Fix at 0.
Soft Attack - Fix at 2.
Muffler - Fix at 0.
Slide Time when using internal sequencer - Fix at 0.
Slide Time with External CV - Fix at 5.
Sweep Speed - Fix at Norm.
Accent Sweep - Fix at 2.
Filter FM - Fix at 0.
Bass EQ - The TB-303 has a weaker bass response than the Devil Fish. To replicate this, roll off the 30 to 60 Hz band by a few dB. (and the sub off I suppose :-))
