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ARP Solina String Ensemble, pad

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Contest: ARP Solina String Ensemble played pad on Dancing Queen by ABBA (1976)

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Settings

osc
2 saw + 1 tri, unison 3, detune 20 cents
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
3200 Hz
resonance
0.1
envelope
A 400 ms D 300 ms S 0.8 R 900 ms; slow gentle swell, mostly static, no dramatic movement
modulation
lfo sine 0.25 Hz to cutoff
effects
chorus, plate reverb, none
notes
The song's engine is Benny Andersson's piano, but a sustained string-synth pad, stacked saw and triangle waves with heavy detune to mimic a chorus-ensemble sound, fills the middle register and gives the chorus its glossy disco sheen. A slow LFO breathes the cutoff so the pad never sits perfectly static. No official patch sheet survives; this is a reconstruction by ear from the record's texture, anchored to the band's known Solina-era rig rather than invented outright.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem