Roland Jupiter-8, keys

Hitokakera no Emerald · Akina Nakamori / Single (1982)

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Settings

osc: 3 saw unison, percussive, unison 3, detune 28 cents, sub none, noise 0.04
filter: BP 12 dB/oct
cutoff: 3960 Hz
resonance: 0.1, drive 0.24
envelope: A 8 ms D 216 ms S 0 R 100 ms; gentle bow-in as the note sustains; filter env amount 0.5
modulation: mono
effects: spring-adjacent plate reverb, subtle chorus, drive
notes: Rhythmic synth stabs built from 3 saw unison, percussive punctuate the arrangement, filtered bp 12 db/oct with a fast, percussive envelope. Written for Nakamori's 1982 album Prologue; gear and style approximated from the album's documented production (arranger/producer credits: Mitsuo Hagita / Kei Wakakusa; period gear: Roland Jupiter-8, Yamaha CS-80 and a Roland System-100M modular, sequenced from a Roland MC-4 Microcomposer). Japanese title: ひとかけらのエメラルド.

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10 Sep 2026Seedsystem