Akai Mpc2000, keys

Sad But True · En Vogue / Single (2000)

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Settings

osc: FM 2-op electric piano, unison 1, detune 20 cents, sub none
filter: LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff: 2500 Hz
resonance: 0.37
envelope: A 3 ms D 400 ms S 0.4 R 500 ms; envelope opens into a JV-1080 piano voicing echoing the Moonlight Sonata elements; filter env amount 0.57
effects: plate reverb + short slap delay, era-appropriate chorus on pads/keys, none
notes: On "Sad But True" (Masterpiece Theatre, 2000), the keys part carries a JV-1080 piano voicing echoing the Moonlight Sonata elements. Built from the Masterpiece Theatre production team's Roland JV-1080 (piano, string and orchestral-hit patches reprocessed from the classical interpolations), Korg Triton pads, and Akai MPC2000 sample programming.

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Revision history

10 Sep 2026Seedsystem