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PPG Wave 2.2, pad

Loving the Alien · David Bowie / Single (1984)

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Contest: PPG Wave 2.2 played pad on Loving the Alien by David Bowie (1984)

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Settings

osc
2 saw +2, unison 2, detune 14 cents, sub none, noise 0.02
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
2600 Hz
resonance
0.2, drive 0.1
envelope
A 8 ms D 220 ms S 0.7 R 350 ms; digital-era brightness sweep; filter env amount 0.2
modulation
lfo sine 0.3 Hz to cutoff
effects
lush chorus, hall reverb, none
notes
Derek Bramble's stacked 80s synth rig (DX7, Jupiter-8, OB-8, PPG Wave) fills out the verses under the Fairlight hits, a dense mid-80s pad typical of the album's maximalist production.

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  • Seedsystem