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Roland Jupiter-80, lead

Breakdown · Prince / Single (2014)

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Contest: Roland Jupiter-80 played lead on Breakdown by Prince (2014)

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Settings

osc
2 saw, wide detune, single voice, unison 1, detune 14 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
4996 Hz
resonance
0.4, drive 0.37
envelope
A 8 ms D 100 ms S 0.8 R 250 ms; expressive, follows the phrase; filter env amount 0.56
modulation
lfo tri 1.79 Hz to pitch, glide 105 ms, mono
effects
plate reverb, quarter-note delay, drive
notes
A synth lead carries a melodic hook or fill line, phrased expressively with pitch glide between held notes. Voiced on the 2014-15 Art Official Age/HITNRUN era rig, it cuts through the mix with a driven, vocal-like tone typical of Prince's modern funk/pop productions of the time.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem