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Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, pad

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Contest: Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 played pad on A Dream of Siam by Gary Numan (1982)

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Settings

osc
2 saw -1 (detuned) + 1 tri, unison 2, detune 21 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
1393 Hz
resonance
0.19, drive 0.3
envelope
A 400 ms D 600 ms S 0.7 R 1200 ms; slow open/close breathing across the section; filter env amount 0.2
modulation
lfo sine 0.4 Hz to cutoff
effects
chorus, hall reverb, none
notes
a slow-attack pad wash fills out the harmony underneath the song, its filter creeping open and shut across phrases for a breathing, cold texture. the album where fretless bass first carried lead melodies, with the Prophet-5 and Polymoog kept to atmospheric pad and stab duties rather than the hooks

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  • Seedsystem