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ARP Omni, lead

Warning Sign · Talking Heads / Single (1978)

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Contest: ARP Omni played lead on Warning Sign by Talking Heads (1978)

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Settings

osc
2 saw -1 + 1 square -1, unison 3, detune 15 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
3800 Hz
resonance
0.3, drive 0.15
envelope
A 10 ms D 60 ms S 0.8 R 120 ms; quick open on each note; filter env amount 0.4
modulation
lfo sine 5.5 Hz to pitch, glide 40 ms, mono
effects
plate reverb, quarter-note slap delay, none
notes
The song's driving synth hook is a bright, slightly reedy ARP-style lead riffing insistently across the verse, the closest thing to a hook the Eno-era band had written to date.

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  • Seedsystem