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ARP Solina String Ensemble, pad

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Contest: ARP Solina String Ensemble played pad on SOS by ABBA (1975)

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Settings

osc
2 saw + 1 tri, unison 3, detune 18 cents
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
3400 Hz
resonance
0.1
envelope
A 350 ms D 280 ms S 0.78 R 850 ms; slow gentle swell, largely static; filter env amount 0.15
modulation
lfo sine 0.22 Hz to cutoff
effects
chorus, plate reverb, none
notes
A sustained string-synth pad fills out the choruses behind the piano and vocal harmonies, stacked saw and triangle waves with heavy detune for a chorus-ensemble width, matching the same Solina-era texture ABBA used across their mid-70s singles.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem