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Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, lead

The Heat Is On · Agnetha Fältskog / Single (1983)

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Contest: Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 played lead on The Heat Is On by Agnetha Fältskog (1983)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + 1 square, unison 2, detune 10 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
4200 Hz
resonance
0.3, drive 0.1
envelope
A 4 ms D 100 ms S 0.5 R 180 ms; bright, punchy opening on the hook line, tracking the song's uptempo dance-pop pulse; filter env amount 0.4
modulation
lfo sine 3 Hz to cutoff, mono
effects
gated plate reverb, short delay, none
notes
Fältskog's first post-ABBA solo hit, produced by Mike Chapman in a bright, uptempo dance-pop mode; the synth line answers the title hook, a world away from ABBA's orchestrated Polar sound.

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