The Flop That Changed Electronic Music // Roland TB 303

// This is the story of the Roland TB-303, a silver box that changed electronic music forever. All sound examples in this video are played by me on Arturia Acid V. No original recordings. // Besides my music, I also have a cute app on the App Store where you can play completed to-dos as a melod: https://doonuts.app/yt // Interested in a 1on1 music prduction workshop? https://buymeacoffee.com/juliannox/e/... // Feel like supporting my work? https://buymeacoffee.com/juliannox // Need some new samples? https://buymeacoffee.com/juliannox/e/... // I also do ghost productions on House of Tracks: https://houseoftracks.com/label/knox // Julian's music Spotify: https://bit.ly/4dTjhOq SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com/juliannox Apple Music:   / juliannox   // Julian's links Website: www.juliannox.com YoutTube:    / @juliannoxx   Instagram: www.instagram.com/juliannoxx TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@juliannoxx // Time code 00:00 - The sound that was never supposed to exist 00:47 - 1981: Roland's bass player in a box 01:35 - Why the TB-303 flopped 02:11 - How the 303 sound works 03:49 - Chicago: Phuture & Acid Tracks 05:35 - 1988: Acid House & the Second Summer of Love 06:23 - The 90s: acid everywhere 06:56 - Clones, reissues & plugins 07:46 - The TB-303 today 08:10 - Why it still matters // Sources Roland – The 303 Story: https://www.roland.com/global/promos/... Wikipedia – Roland TB-303: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_... Wikipedia – Acid Tracks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_Tr... DJ TechTools – History of the TB-303: https://djtechtools.com/2015/12/02/hi... Roland press release, Boutique series (TB-03), 2016: https://www.roland.com/us/company/pre... Wikipedia – Second Summer of Love: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_... Wikipedia – Higher State of Consciousness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_... Wikipedia – ReBirth RB-338: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReBirth... Sonicstate – Roland TB-303 software & 303 Day: https://www.sonicstate.com/news/2019/... Synth Anatomy – Behringer TD-3: https://synthanatomy.com/?p=39077 Note: how much Phuture paid for their 303 is remembered differently. DJ Pierre says about $40, Spanky says $200. // Credits TB-303 photos via Wikimedia Commons: "Roland TB-303 Bass Line – dark, angled left" by j bizzie, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... "Roland TB-303 Panel" by Steve Sims, CC0 Some mood shots (clubs, streets, raves) are AI-generated.