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Roland R-8 (Mkii), lead

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Contest: Roland R-8 (Mkii) played lead on Sayonara ja Owaranai by Akina Nakamori (1989)

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Settings

osc
1 square + 1 saw, hard sync feel, unison 3, detune 10 cents, sub none, noise 0.13
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
3900 Hz
resonance
0.39, drive 0.11
envelope
A 64 ms D 302 ms S 0.5 R 398 ms; slow filter opening over the intro, settles by the verse; filter env amount 0.21
modulation
lfo saw 0.78 Hz to pitch, glide 108 ms, mono
effects
spring-adjacent plate reverb, subtle chorus, crush
notes
The lead line is built from 1 square + 1 saw, hard sync feel, cut lp 12 db/oct near 3900 Hz with the filter slow filter opening over the intro, settles by the verse; it sits on top of the arrangement carrying the vocal-answering hook. Written for Nakamori's 1989 album Cruise; gear and style approximated from the album's documented production (arranger/producer credits: Satoshi Takebe; period gear: Roland D-50, Yamaha DX7II/TX816, Akai S900 sampler, Roland R-8 drum machine). Japanese title: さよならじゃ終わらない.

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