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Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3, keys

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Contest: Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3 played keys on Lazy Day by The Moody Blues (1969)

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Settings

osc
1 tri + 1 saw -1, organ/EP-style stack, unison 1, detune 11 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct, mostly open
cutoff
5108 Hz
resonance
0.1, drive 0.06
envelope
A 28 ms D 279 ms S 0.55 R 413 ms; brief pluck on attack, settles fast; filter env amount 0.2
modulation
lfo sine 5.74 Hz to pitch
effects
chorus (light, tape-flavoured), plate reverb short-medium, none
notes
Thomas's pastoral song is coloured with Mellotron flute tape frames doubling his live flute part. Pinder's Mellotron and Hammond organ plus the band's new EMS VCS3 (played by Thomas and Edge) for the album's musique-concrete textures.

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  • Seedsystem