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Yea those are the expected devices. I think that pretty mimics their botique line which are adorable little synth replicas of the original. They're so cute I had to collect them and have them displayed on shelves in my living room.

Damn, I really wish they would have given these away as VSTs instead. I'd love to bring an official Roland 303 software synth into my setup without paying their ridiculous subscription fees.

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That's probably why they aren't free VSTs, this is just for tinkering and nostalgic normies. All the artists making music for public distribution knows its faster and easier to do it all in their DAW

But! FLStudio has Transistor Bass. I don't know if it's available as a VST but IL has posted comparison videos online and I can't really hear any difference through my studio monitors.

DAW are indeed technically superior but the biggest problem is that they thwart creativity. They’re not good for exploring but they’re excellent for executing once you know what you want to do.

To some. I have always produced music in the box. In fact I can't play an instrument beyond what is needed to input MIDI data into the computer.

If musicians study their software like they study their instruments, they would realize that the two are closer than they think

Check out AudioRealism Bassline 2 (ABL2). It's the closest 303 soft synth I've ever used and no subscription BS.

ABL3 is out now too, it has a much better emulation.

They’re charging 150+€ for each of these as VST… giving them away doesn’t seem like a sound business decision.

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