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PPG Wave 2.3, pad

October · a-ha / Single (1986)

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Contest: PPG Wave 2.3 played pad on October by a-ha (1986)

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Settings

osc
PPG wavetable sweep + 1 saw -1, unison 3, detune 12 cents, sub sine -1, noise 0.05
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
1400 Hz
resonance
0.2, drive 0.05
envelope
A 900 ms D 400 ms S 0.8 R 1800 ms; slow open over the intro; filter env amount 0.3
modulation
lfo tri 0.2 Hz to cutoff
effects
large hall reverb, stereo chorus, none
notes
A wordless instrumental built almost entirely from synth textures: a slow PPG wavetable sweep under a Fairlight string-like pad, giving the track its wintry, cinematic character.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem