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Yamaha CS-80, lead

He Was a Steppenwolf · Boney M. / Single (1978)

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Contest: Yamaha CS-80 played lead on He Was a Steppenwolf by Boney M. (1978)

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Settings

osc
CS-80 solo brass-ish, unison 1, detune 6 cents, sub none
filter
CS-80 lowpass
cutoff
2200 Hz
resonance
0.4, drive 0.15
envelope
A 40 ms D 200 ms S 0.6 R 400 ms; expressive open on the melodic hook; filter env amount 0.5
modulation
lfo sine 5 Hz to pitch, mono
effects
plate reverb, tape slap, none
notes
Expressive CS-80-style lead line answering the spoken narration, a small amount of pitch vibrato giving it the human, wolf-cry quality documented in Farian's Venus-era arrangements.

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  • Seedsystem