| x0x clones is a new website for learning about vintage Roland machines as well as their hardware clones and software emulations, old and new. I will be providing detailed descriptions, reviews, images, audio samples, demo videos, technical specs and useful links. I hope it become a place to discuss your gear and show off your work. Enjoy the site! |
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The Roland SH-101 is a monophonic bass synthesiser manufactured in 1983 featuring a small 32 key keyboard with a simple arpeggiator and realtime sequencer. The ...
The Roland TB-303 Bass Line is a simple monophonic bass synthesizer with a built-in sequencer. Manufactured from 1982 to 1984 it was originally intended to ...
The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer is a fully programmable drum machine manufactured between 1980 and 1984 featuring sixteen synthetically generated sounds and a 16 step ...
The Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer is a is a fully programmable drum machine manufactured from 1984 to 1985 featuring both analog and sample-based sounds and ...
![]() | MFB-503 Drumcomputer The Drumcomputer MFB 503 is a compact drum machine that resembles the sound of Roland’s TR-909 Rhythm Composer. It features three fully analog instruments including kick, snare and tom (lo/mid/hi) and two instruments that use sampled waveforms… |
![]() | Novation Bass Station II The original Bass Station was always popular amongst those wanting to recreate the classic acid bass lines of the early 80s. It did a pretty good job of it too, soon becoming a classic in its own right! Novation have now updated the synth to the… |
![]() | MFB Tanzbär Drumcomputer The MFB-Tanzbär ("Dancing Bear") is a full featured drum machine with fourteen analog percussion instruments (including all nine from the excellent MFB-522) and a TR-style 16-step sequencer. It also has an simple analog synthesizer, useful for… |
![]() | Korg Volca Keys Analogue Loop Synth The Korg Volca Keys is a simple polyphonic analog synthesizer featuring a 27 key multitouch keyboard and a 16-step sequencer. It has three voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs) that can be set to play simple chords or used in unison and detuned for… |
![]() | Korg Volca Beats Analogue Drum Machine A vintage-style analog drum machine from Korgs recently announced Volca series. Volca Beats includes a 16-step sequencer and six editable analog parts including Kick, Snare, Hi/Lo Toms and Open & Closed Hi-Hats designed to provide sounds reminiscent… |
![]() | Korg Volca Bass Analogue Bass Machine Part of Korgs recently announced Volca series - a set of three fun and affordable vintage-style analog devices (Volca Bass, Volca Beats and Volca Keys) equipped with 16-step sequencers and performance recording capabilities. The Volca Bass is a… |
![]() | Elektron Octatrack DPS-1 The Octatrack is a dynamic performance sampler perfect for both live and studio use. It's a real box of tricks allowing real-time sampling, sample editing, slicing, pitch scaling, time stretching and looping. It can even be used to play and control… |
![]() | AcidLab Bassline3 The Bassline3 is AcidLab's third revision of their popular clone of the Roland's TB-303 BassLine Synthesizer. It is a monophonic synthesiser with one oscillator providing both square and sawtooth waves (selectable via a switch on the front panel)… |
![]() | Review: Elektron Octatrack as a Drum Machine & Sample-Based Synthesizer So you're wondering why a sampler has been included on a website about x0x clones and emulations. Well, as you've probably noticed from the screenshot above, Elektron's Octatrack DPS-1 includes an x0x-style step sequencer that's just asking to be… |
![]() | Review: Cyclone Analogic Bass Bot TT-303 A few months ago I was told about a new hardware clone of Roland's TB-303 BassLine Synthesizer. I was told that this would resemble the TB-303 more closely than any clone that we've seen so far. At the time I hadn't been shown any images so I just… |
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Review: Cyclone Analogic Bass Bot TT-303
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Review: Cyclone Analogic Bass Bot TT-303
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Korg Volca Beats Analogue Drum Machine
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MFB Tanzbär Drumcomputer
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