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ARP Solina String Ensemble, bass

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me · Culture Club / Single (1982)

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Contest: ARP Solina String Ensemble played bass on Do You Really Want to Hurt Me by Culture Club (1982)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + 1 square -1, unison 1, detune 8 cents, sub square -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
500 Hz
resonance
0.2, drive 0.1
envelope
A 5 ms D 120 ms S 0.6 R 200 ms; quick pluck opening then settling; filter env amount 0.3
modulation
mono
effects
plate reverb, subtle chorus, tape slap delay, none
notes
Steady eighth-note synth bass doubles the reggae-tinged bassline under Mikey Craig's bass guitar, likely a Jupiter-8 poly-bass patch layered for weight. Short attack, punchy decay, warmth from tape and plate reverb typical of the album's George Moroder-adjacent London pop production.

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  • Seedsystem