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ICON-303

Bass line synthesizer

Acid bass the way it should be.
Turn one knob and you're in.

ICON-303 is an acid bass synth with a built-in 16-step sequencer, designed around the sound of the classic 303. You get a raw saw or square wave, a gritty filter with squelching resonance, accents that really bite and slides that glide between notes. The brushed-metal hardware look with red lamps feels instantly familiar, but the workflow is modern and fast.

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PatternA01

Tempo120 BPM

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64Patterns

8Acid lines included

4Filter characters

32Steps max

4Random styles

12Tone wheel

Meet the machine

Every lamp tells you something

Hover or tap the red lamps on the plug-in.

Try it in your browser

Program an acid line

A playable web version of the ICON-303. Drag the knobs, set notes, accents and slides, press play and sweep the cutoff. Click a note for the tone wheel. Turn your volume down a little first.

ICON-303Web edition

OUT

Transport

Tempo

120BPM

Wave

Filter

Dirt

Steps

Random style

Click a note for the tone wheel, or right-click for a semitone down. Red lamp = accent, red line = slide into the next step, gate = note length. Drag knobs up and down, double-click to reset.

A simple browser version for a first taste. The plug-in has 64 patterns, 32 steps, 1/4 to 1/16 scales, copy/paste/duplicate, Drive, DAW sync and MIDI drag-and-drop.

Everything inside

The full spec sheet

Six knobs, right where you expect them.

01Sound

Raw wave, gritty filter

303-style voice
Monophonic, with saw and square waveforms.
Resonant low-pass filter
Four characters to choose from.
Classic 303SmoothDirtyModern
Six knobs
TUNE, CUTOFF, RESONANCE, ENV MOD, DECAY and ACCENT, right where you expect them.
Drive + Dirt
DRIVE for warm saturation, plus a DIRT switch when it needs to get nasty.

Note, accent, slide and gate on every step.

02Sequencer

16 steps of acid

64 patterns
Including 8 ready-made acid lines to get you started.
Steps, scale and swing
8, 12, 16 or 32 steps in 1/4, 1/8 or 1/16, with swing.
Per step
Note, accent, slide and gate length for every step.
Tone wheel
Click a note and pick from a circle of 12 tones, or tap + and − to move a semitone up or down.
Random
Four styles for instant inspiration.
SubtleClassicWildMutate
Edit
Undo, copy, paste and duplicate.

INT or DAW: follow your DAW or run at its own BPM.

03DAW workflow

From pattern to clip

Drag MIDI out
Drag your pattern straight into your DAW as a MIDI clip, with accents, slides and swing included.
Drop MIDI in
Drop a MIDI file onto the plugin to load it as a pattern.
Your DAW is in charge
Hit play in your DAW and ICON-303 plays your clip exactly as it sounded in the preview.
Tempo
Follows your DAW tempo or runs at its own BPM.

04Alive

A machine that's switched on

A column that lights up on every step, flashing accent lamps, a spark that follows the filter around the cutoff knob, and glowing displays. ICON-303 feels like a machine that's switched on.

Format: VST3 for Windows (64-bit) · free, always

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