from TB-303 resources mailing list -------[ http://www.tb-303.org ] ---------------------- I'm not sure, J-bird... I wouldn't buy a printed scan of the chord wheel, only the real thing - and then only as a collector's item, as it's not much use really for making acid basslines (do you really want to play that bossa nova bassline from the manual, or program that wicked Jaco Pastorius bass solo?).
Let me tell you a funny (at least to me) story about the chord wheel. A couple of years ago I encountered a client who thought he had invented exactly the same thing. He probably really did so, but he was not the first one to do so, obviously. He used it a lot himself for transposing existing sheet music, and was convinced other people would also find it very useful for the same reason, so he wanted to file a patent aplication for the device. I advised him strongly not to do so, because it would probably not have been granted for the reason it wasn't new anymore (so-called 'prior art') - since patent applications cost lots of bucks (you can have a complete professional studio for that kind of money!). I showed him an original ad for the 303 with the chord wheel, and the guy really started crying, dissapointed as he was that he would never be able to just sit back for the rest of his life while the royalty fees keepcoming in... -------[ http://www.tb-303.org ] ---------------------- Subscribe & unsubscribe there : http://www.tb-303.org/
