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Yamaha CS-80, pad

Too Much Heaven · Bee Gees / Single (1979)

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Contest: Yamaha CS-80 played pad on Too Much Heaven by Bee Gees (1979)

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Settings

osc
3 saw, unison 3, detune 10 cents
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
2800 Hz
resonance
0.1
envelope
A 500 ms D 350 ms S 0.85 R 1000 ms; very slow, warm swell under the falsetto harmonies
effects
chorus, plate reverb
notes
The CS-80 pad here is slower and warmer than on the group's uptempo tracks, built to sit under the Bee Gees' falsetto harmonies. Weaver's synth work across the Spirits Having Flown album is well documented in interviews about the band's studio approach.

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  • Seedsystem