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Oberheim OB-8, pad

Baby, I Wanna Tell You Something · Bobby Brown / Single (1986)

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Contest: Oberheim OB-8 played pad on Baby, I Wanna Tell You Something by Bobby Brown (1986)

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Settings

osc
3 saw -5/0/+5, unison 3, detune 12 cents, sub none, noise 0.02
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
2200 Hz
resonance
0.08
envelope
A 600 ms D 900 ms S 0.8 R 1200 ms; slow swell; filter env amount 0.15
modulation
lfo sine 0.15 Hz to pitch
effects
chorus + long plate reverb, ballad wash, none
notes
A slow-swelling three-oscillator string pad under the verses, Oberheim-style detuned saws with a gentle chorus and long reverb tail, typical of the ballad cuts on Blackmon's Cameo-adjacent work.

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  • Seedsystem