Lit mostly in red but framed in green, the pad is capable of recognising aВ single contact only, its functionality decided by aВ line of small rubber buttons. Much of the space is taken up by aВ 150 x 60 mm touchpad. Designed to accompany the other Airas, the Touch Bassline is simplerвЂ‘looking and, frankly, more toyвЂ‘like than the plastic box of yore. Resembling the twisted lovechild of aВ Kaoss Pad and aВ butter dish, the TB3 is aВ bolt from the blue - or rather, the green. Can ACB (the 'Analogue Circuit Behaviour' fuelling the Aira range) really deliver aВ satisfying and convincing Bassline experience? Touching Bass That Roland have finally acknowledged the love for their classic silver box must surely be aВ step forwards, but coming this late to the party, expectations are high. If only I'd had such insight aВ decade earlier when IВ decided IВ no longer needed many of the vintage synths, drum machines and, yes, TB303s I owned! The first IВ reviewed was the FAT Freebass in 1997 and, in my conclusion, IВ suggested that if Roland ever started to make the 303 again, it was more likely to be in the form of aВ computerвЂ‘modelled version. We've therefore seen countless rack clones, wannabes and awkwardly close 'homages'. Such was the demand for Roland's TB303 in the years since it was discontinued that aВ flourishing market arose for companies willing to step in and plug the gap. As Roland revisit their classic Bassline, we ask does everybody need aВ TB3?

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