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Acid techno, sometimes known generally as "acid", is a genre of techno that was derived from acid house and developed in Europe in the early 1990s.[1] It saw younger artists apply the "squelching" synthesizer sound of Chicago acid house to harder-edged techno material
The acid style was obtained largely through Roland instruments, most prominently the TB-303 bass synthesizer.[3] The term Acid specifically refers to the harsh "acidic" squelching sound of the Roland 303.[3][4] The acid sound is achieved by manipulating the resonance and cutoff frequency parameters of the synthesizer; doing so in real-time as the track is being recorded is a technique known as tweaking.

In addition to acid records imported from the US, the style was influenced by sources such as hardcore, German trance, and Belgian New beat/rave music.