Roland TR-808, bass

The Fat Shadow · 808 State / Single (1989)

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Settings

osc: 1 square -1 + sub sine -2, unison 1, detune 16 cents, sub sine -1
filter: LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff: 421 Hz
resonance: 0.66, drive 0.53
envelope: A 1 ms D 40 ms S 0.85 R 60 ms; TB-303-style snap with slow decay glide; filter env amount 0.34
modulation: glide 21 ms, mono
effects: short slap delay, light chorus, octave
notes: Listed on the UK edition as "The Fat Shadow (Pointy Head Mix)"; dropped from the US Utd. State 90 edition. A mono, TB-303-adjacent acid bassline drives the track, its LP 24 dB/oct envelope snapping open on the downbeats then decaying back for the classic squelch.

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Revision history

10 Sep 2026Seedsystem