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Yamaha CS-80, lead

Party Fears Two · Associates / Single (1982)

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Contest: Yamaha CS-80 played lead on Party Fears Two by Associates (1982)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + 1 tri, unison 2, detune 8 cents
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
5200 Hz
resonance
0.3
envelope
A 2 ms D 120 ms S 0.5 R 200 ms; opens quickly on note-on then eases back off the attack
modulation
mono
effects
light chorus, short slap delay, none
notes
The tumbling, piano-like riff that opens and drives the record is widely believed to be a CS-80 rather than an acoustic piano, a big part of its strange, glassy character. Reconstructed by ear; sources differ on the exact instrument.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem