What This Is
A home for your patterns. Back them up privately, share them with the world, and dig through what others have programmed into their machines.
Right now it's all about the TB-303 and the acid pattern sheet. For years the community has been sharing these patterns - scattered across forums, blog posts, youtube videos etc. Brilliant stuff, but fragmented, and a fair bit of it has already vanished. This is an attempt to pull it all into one place. There's even a Cambridge paper on how the community uses it if you're curious.
Why This Exists
TB-303, TR-606, TR-808, TR-909. These boxes changed music forever. Acid house, techno, electro, hip-hop - all built on patterns banged out on these machines.
But they're getting old. The 303 only holds 64 patterns in memory. No export, no backup, no cloud. When the battery dies or the CPU gives up, those patterns are gone. It happens more than you'd think.
I learned this the hard way when my RE-303's CPU died and took a pile of good patterns with it. If it happened to me, it's happening to everyone still running these machines. So here we are - somewhere to keep them safe, and somewhere to share the ones worth sharing.
Help To Get Us Going
If you're getting something out of this and fancy chucking a few quid in the tip jar, it's hugely appreciated and keeps new features coming.
If you do decide to donate, drop your username in the Ko-fi message. I'm planning to put together a supporters list down the line, and I'd love to include you on it.
Found a bug? Got a feature idea? Want to help out with code, design or anything else? Just want to say hi?
info@acidarchive.com