Behringer TD-3-AM
Discontinued, this product can no longer be ordered.
Product no: 9000-0059-1343 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty when you register it with Behringer within 90 days of purchase. If the product is not registered it has a 2-year warranty.
General
Back to save the world, this friendly little yellow box never needed the bulk of a massive modular synth wall, or the fussiness of a huge keyboard and an army of controls to gain the considerable cult status that it probably never expected. This is the old Roland TV-303, repackaged and reborn in the shape of the Behringer TD-3. Designed to work seamlessly alongside other recent legend-based Behringer gear, the renowned '80s bass rammed into this device comes at a more than attainable price, especially when compared to what you'd have to fork out to get your hands on a genuine second-hand TV-303.
The TD-3: The Return of a Legend
Almost the entire catalogue of electronic music produced throughout the '90s (yes, Acid included) was usually driven by a 303. This was not just due to the incredibly popular 303-sound, but due to the incredible simplicity of the thing. In honour of this effective simplicity, the TD-3 is built around an oscillator (sawtooth or square), a filter and a step-sequencer. The original 303 always had an 18dB filter but, since no one quite knew how it worked anyway, the architecture of the original chip has been lost and replaced with a less obscure 24dB filter - highly tweakable for any sound-designer. Even with the 6dB difference, this little bass box is still able to spit freaky loops using a singing filter with brilliantly weird accents, overdrive and almost-human sounding slides.
Further Highlights
Besides its deep vintage roots, the TD-3 is definitely a synthesizer of our times. Around the back, you'll find a MIDI input and a MIDI Out/Thru as well a thoroughly modern USB-MIDI port. A single CV port is also included so that the TD-3 can freely interface with Eurorack gear and other equipment. In terms of controls, besides the addition of a small corner of encoders that can be used to set the distortion level, things have been kept as straightforward as the original 303, because why would you need more?
Specifications
Product features
| 19-inch rack size | not applicable |
|---|---|
| Number of keys | 12 |
| Arpeggiator/sequencer | sequencer |
| Control | none |
| Sustainable product | not specified |
| Synthesizer inputs | none |
| Sound source | analogue |
| MIDI & other | MIDI in, MIDI out, MIDI over USB, CV/gate out |
| Synthesizer options | simple |
| Synthesizer outputs | line out jack, headphone |
| Synthesizer kind | bass synth |
| Type of keys | touch-sensitive keys/pads |
| Vintage remake | yes |
| Synthesizer type | desktop module |
| Difficulty level | easy |
Weight and dimensions including packaging
| Weight (incl. packaging) | 1,5 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions (incl. packaging) | 43,5 x 22,5 x 9,5 cm |
Reviews from other countries
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en toevallig al een idee wie er kans maakt op die waardebon van 1000euro, die zou ik ook goed kunnen gebruiken, ik wil de elektribe:tron maar kost erg veel...i pray to win and make more awesome sounds soon :d
alleen had ik verwacht dat de td-3 wat kleiner van formaat zal zijn,was wel handiger geweest.
maar het klinkt goed en werkt goed.
Verdere pluspunten: de USB midi functie, de cd en gate outs. Ook handig is dat je zelf een sequence die je op de TD hebt geprogrammeerd kan uitsturen naar je DAW, met je DAW neem je dus de MIDI notes op, waarna je de TD als soundmodule kan gebruiken en je sequence data dus in je DAW bewaren, aanpassen, en de TD mee aansturen. Best of both worlds dus: gebruik de quirks van de interne sequencer om aparte lijntjes te maken, en sla je patterns centraal op in je DAW. En daarnaast: gewoon via MIDI kunnen syncen is toch net wat makkelijker dan de oude sync24 (want in sync mode moet je dan altijd in je DAW op play drukken om je pattern te testen)... ik 'vrees' dat ik mijn originele TB nu minder vaak ga aanzetten.
De Distortion: leuk extraatje, niet de mooiste distortion, maar heeft wel een sweet spot dus in sommige gevallen zeker bruikbaar.
Geen idee hoe dit apparaat het op de lange termijn uithoudt, want de drukknopjes voelen - net zoals op de echte 303 - nogal crappy aan en zou me niet verbazen als het over 5 jaar begint te happeren... Enfin, daar is de prijs dan ook naar denk ik. Ook gelijk de RD-6 in geel erbij besteld :)
Qua sound zijn ze niet of nauwelijks van elkaar te onderscheiden, tenminste als je geen modificatie op je originele TB303 hebt.
De TD-3 is een beetje groter en lichter dan de TB-303 en in diverse kekke kleurtjes te krijgen. Deze gele met acid smiley stal gelijk mijn hart. De knopjes hebben dezelfde feel maar zijn minder gammel en bewerkelijk dan bij het origineel.
Ook heeft de TD-3 een aansluiting voor MIDI plus een MIDI thru (een groot voordeel ten opzichte van de echte box, die je alleen via SYNC kunt aansturen) en een distortion, een leuke aanvulling waarbij wel gezegd moet worden dat het volumeverschil in het oog springt afhankelijk van de instellingen.
Daar houden de overeenkomsten en verschillen wel op. Zowel voor in de studio als live is dit een vette knetterbak die zeker voor dit geld het origineel heel dicht benadert. Thumbs up voor Behringer!
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