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Roland Jupiter-8, arp

I Call Your Name · a-ha / Single (1990)

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Contest: Roland Jupiter-8 played arp on I Call Your Name by a-ha (1990)

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Settings

osc
square + saw, unison 1, detune 8 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
3800 Hz
resonance
0.3, drive 0.1
envelope
A 1 ms D 50 ms S 0 R 50 ms; percussive per-note pluck driving the syncopated riff; filter env amount 0.35
modulation
lfo tri 3 Hz to cutoff, mono
effects
tempo-synced stereo delay, short room reverb, none
notes
The song's signature synth riff drives the track, a bright, syncopated arpeggiated line that functions as the main hook alongside the vocal, typical of a-ha's more uptempo, dance-adjacent singles from this period.

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  • Seedsystem