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New England Digital Synclavier, pad

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Contest: New England Digital Synclavier played pad on More Than a Party by Depeche Mode (1983)

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Settings

osc
PPG wavetable + saw, unison 3, detune 28 cents, sub square -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
943 Hz
resonance
0.4
envelope
A 463 ms D 225 ms S 0.56 R 1789 ms; slow bloom into the mix; filter env amount -0.1
modulation
lfo sh 1.87 Hz to cutoff
effects
plate reverb, light chorus, none
notes
A cold PPG-style pad hangs behind the verses, thickening the chorus. Built as a sustained synth pad in the style of Construction Time Again-era Depeche Mode, drawing on PPG Wave 2, E-mu Emulator sampler and Synclavier, with an E-mu Drumulator and Roland TR-808 for rhythm.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem