Editing Roland TB-303 (section)

==Design and features==

The TB-303 was manufactured by the Japanese company [[Roland Corporation|Roland]]. It was designed by [[Tadao Kikumoto]], who also designed the [[Roland TR-909]] drum machine.<ref name="emusician">{{Cite web |url=https://www.emusician.com/gear/tadao-kikumoto |title=Electronic Musician: Tadao Kikumoto |last=Hsieh |first=Christine |website=Emusician.com |access-date=2010-10-02}}</ref> It was marketed as a "computerised bass machine" to replace the [[bass guitar]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Gordon |date=December 2004 |title=The History Of Roland: Part 2 |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/people/history-roland-part-2 |access-date=2018-03-26 |website=[[Sound on Sound]] |language=en-gb}}</ref> However, according to ''[[Forbes]]'', it instead produces a "squelchy tone more reminiscent of a psychedelic [[Jew's harp|mouth harp]] than a stringed instrument".<ref name=":2" />

The TB-303 has a single [[Voltage-controlled oscillator|oscillator]], which produces either a "buzzy" [[sawtooth wave]] or a "hollow-sounding" [[Square wave (waveform)|square wave]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasperhamill/2014/03/25/one-synth-to-rule-them-all-roland-takes-on-clones-with-reissue-of-legendary-tb-303/#346a468359d5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329023727/http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasperhamill/2014/03/25/one-synth-to-rule-them-all-roland-takes-on-clones-with-reissue-of-legendary-tb-303/#346a468359d5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2014 |title=The world's most famous electronic instrument is back. Will anyone buy the reissued TB-303? |last=Hamill |first=Jasper |work=Forbes |access-date=2018-03-26 |language=en}}{{Better source needed|reason=[[WP:FORBESCON]]|date=October 2022}}</ref> This is fed into a 24&nbsp;[[Decibel|dB]]/octave<ref name=":3" /> [[low-pass filter]], which is manipulated by an [[Synthesizer#ADSR envelope|envelope generator]].<ref name=":0" /> Users program notes and [[Portamento|slides]] using the internal [[Music sequencer|sequencer]].<ref name=":2" />