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Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3, pad

Pollution · Franco Battiato / Single (1972)

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Contest: Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3 played pad on Pollution by Franco Battiato (1972)

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Settings

osc
ARP-style saw pad, unison 2, detune 15 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
1800 Hz
resonance
0.3
envelope
A 400 ms D 500 ms S 0.7 R 900 ms; slow drift; filter env amount 0.3
modulation
lfo sine 0.1 Hz to cutoff
effects
long tape delay, spring reverb, none
notes
A drifting synth pad underlies the title track's rock-band-plus-electronics arrangement, one of Battiato's first attempts to blend the VCS3 with a conventional rhythm section.

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  • Seedsystem