Synth.Directory

PPG Wave 2.2, pad

The Cross · Prince / Single (1987)

Unverified Inferred from the knowledge base. Nobody has cited a source yet; one accepted source makes it POTENTIALLY, one grade A source or two grade B sources verify it

Contest: PPG Wave 2.2 played pad on The Cross by Prince (1987)

What is wrong?

Reviewed by a person. Verified claims stay as they are until a reviewer decides.

Settings

osc
3-voice string ensemble stack, unison 3, detune 25 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
1931 Hz
resonance
0.14
envelope
A 448 ms D 662 ms S 0.75 R 1729 ms; slow swell, no punch; filter env amount 0.2
modulation
lfo sine 3.19 Hz to amp
effects
long plate reverb, wide chorus, none
notes
A layered string/pad wash sits behind the vocal and rhythm section, swelling slowly rather than tracking the beat. Built on the 1985-87 Revolution era keyboard rig (Fairlight CMI Series IIx, PPG Wave 2.2, Yamaha DX7, Oberheim Matrix-12), it gives the psychedelic funk/pop arrangement its harmonic bed without competing for space.

Sources

No source yet. A claim needs one grade A source, or two independent grade B sources, to be verified.

Images

No free-licence image yet.

Who played it

Nobody credited yet.

Log in to add a credit

Samples

Recordings of the instrument set to these settings, made fresh by contributors. Never a clip of the record.

No sample yet.

Revision history

  • Seedsystem