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Moog Minimoog, bass

Take the Heat off Me · Boney M. / Single (1976)

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Contest: Moog Minimoog played bass on Take the Heat off Me by Boney M. (1976)

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Settings

osc
Minimoog saw -1, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub sine -1
filter
Minimoog ladder
cutoff
350 Hz
resonance
0.35, drive 0.15
envelope
A 4 ms D 90 ms S 0.8 R 120 ms; short pluck opening the filter on each downbeat; filter env amount 0.4
modulation
mono
effects
none, direct to desk, none
notes
Four-on-the-floor Minimoog bass doubling the kick, filter cracked open a touch on the off-beats to keep the groove moving under the title-track vamp. Mono, tight envelope, no vibrato so it locks with the bassist's guitar-style figure.

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  • Seedsystem