The TD-3 is Behringer's take on the Roland TB-303, the bass synthesizer that accidentally invented acid house. The original was a commercial flop when it shipped in 1981 — too fiddly, too weird, too far outside what anyone expected from a bass machine. Then Chicago producers got hold of cheap used units in the mid-80s and the rest is history. Behringer's recreation keeps the full analog signal path — matched transistors, VCO, VCF, VCA — and adds a few modern conveniences the original never had: MIDI, USB, CV/gate outs for modular integration, and a distortion circuit modeled after the Boss DS-1. The sequencer holds 250 patterns across 7 tracks. It's an honest, affordable way into that sound.
This unit is in excellent condition and fully functional across all controls and functions.
- Make: Behringer
- Model: TD-3-YW
- Color: Yellow
- Type: Analog bass line synthesizer
- Oscillator: VCO, sawtooth and square waveforms with transistor wave-shaping
- Filter: 4-pole low-pass resonant VCF with cutoff, resonance, envelope, decay, and accent controls
- Distortion: Yes, DS-1-style circuit, switchable
- Sequencer: 16-step, 7 tracks, 250 user patterns
- Arpeggiator: Yes
- Poly chain: 16-voice across multiple units
- Controls: 11 knobs, 28 switches
- Connectivity: 1/4" audio output, headphone output, MIDI in/out, USB, CV out (3.5mm), gate out (3.5mm)
- Power: 9V DC adapter, center negative
- Modifications: none
- Includes: none
Ships carefully packed and insured for full value.
International buyers are welcome — please contact us for a shipping quote before purchasing.
About Mill River Music
Mill River Music is an independent, human-powered music shop located in downtown Northampton, MA, run by a team of players, enthusiasts, and certified repair technicians. Every piece of used gear we sell is personally inspected, tested, and set up before it ships — we don't list it until we'd be happy to play it ourselves.
As Martin and Taylor certified techs, we hold our guitar work to a high standard, and we're committed to full transparency about the condition of everything we sell. No surprises.
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