Moog Minimoog, lead
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Settings
- osc
- 1 saw + 1 square, square -1 detuned, unison 1, detune 15 cents, sub square -1, noise 0.05
- filter
- LP 24 dB/oct, resonant sweep
- cutoff
- 1800 Hz
- resonance
- 0.45, drive 0.2
- envelope
- A 5 ms D 150 ms S 0.7 R 300 ms; fast open on each note's attack, sweeping back down through the sustain for a falling-through-space feel; filter env amount 0.6
- modulation
- lfo sine 5 Hz to pitch, glide 60 ms, mono
- effects
- spring or plate reverb with a longish tail, tape echo slapback on accent notes, none
- notes
- A monophonic lead with a touch of glide between phrases carries the title's spaceman image, its filter snapping open on the attack and sagging back down through the note - the era's shorthand for a voice arriving from somewhere else. It doubles or answers the vocal line rather than sitting underneath it. Wikipedia notes the single as an early marker of the duo's turn toward electronic production without naming the exact instrument, so this reconstructs a plausible late-1970s Minimoog/ARP-style patch for the sound described.
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- Seedsystem