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Roland Jupiter-8, arp

Forever Young · Alphaville / Single (1984)

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Contest: Roland Jupiter-8 played arp on Forever Young by Alphaville (1984)

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Settings

osc
DX7 FM bell patch, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
6000 Hz
resonance
0.05
envelope
A 1 ms D 400 ms S 0 R 500 ms; static, bright FM bell tone; filter env amount 0.1
modulation
lfo sine 4 Hz to pitch
effects
large 1980s digital reverb, slow tape-style delay, none
notes
The song's original mid-1980s FM bell arpeggio, still instantly recognisable, is why the eighteen-year-old recording briefly returned to the German Top 50 in the early 2020s off the back of a viral trend rather than a remix.

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  • Seedsystem