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Oberheim OB-8, pad

If You Were Here Tonight · Alexander O'Neal / Single (1985)

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Contest: Oberheim OB-8 played pad on If You Were Here Tonight by Alexander O'Neal (1985)

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Settings

osc
2 saw + FM electric piano layer, unison 2, detune 10 cents, sub sine -1
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
2400 Hz
resonance
0.1
envelope
A 150 ms D 350 ms S 0.75 R 700 ms; slow swell; filter env amount 0.2
modulation
lfo tri 0.2 Hz to cutoff
effects
chorus, plate reverb, none
notes
Lush OB-8 pads blended with a DX7 electric-piano layer set the romantic mood of this slow jam, the quintessential Jam & Lewis mid-80s ballad texture.

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  • Seedsystem