7 Dec 2010

2001 and 303 equals compo!

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Ok, this is nerdy shit. Have you read Arthur C. Clarkes 2001? Seen the movie? If not, do it immediately and then get back here.

After a some mails on the analogue heaven mailing list I just got the urge to do this. The conversation started about the possibility of reverse engineering the TB-303 CPU, because it is not available anymore. Then the discussion turned to how many different patterns would be possible to program on the 303. I will not bore you with the details, but here are the last mails that led to the making of the picture above:

"37 possible notes:
each note can have neither accent or slide +37
each note can be accented +37
each note can be "slid" + 37
each note can have both accent and slide +37
each note can be a rest +1

If I'm right about that, then for 16th note patterns the total possible
variations is the sum of: 149 ^patternLength
where patternLength is 1-16"

"To me this looks correct. If you calculate this it would add up to a staggering 5.9*1034 possibilities!!!"

"According to recent articles there are only 3 x 1023 stars in the Universe."

"The 303 is certainly a universe of its own"

"it's full of stars"

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Crazy Compo time!

Make a cover of Also sprach Zarathustra or An der schönen blauen donau (lead themes for 2001) on a TB-303 or X0Xb0X and win a printout of he picture :) The best five will win, decided by me alone. Send your submission to info at analogsweden dot com   Effects and outboard is allowed!, but only 303 soundz please.

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