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Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3, fx

Higher and Higher · The Moody Blues / Single (1969)

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Contest: Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3 played fx on Higher and Higher by The Moody Blues (1969)

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Settings

osc
noise + 1 sine sub, texture stack, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub sine -1, noise 0.56
filter
BP 12 dB/oct, swept
cutoff
3323 Hz
resonance
0.48, drive 0.13
envelope
A 445 ms D 400 ms S 0.5 R 800 ms; long manual sweep across the passage; filter env amount 0.7
modulation
lfo tri 0.05 Hz to cutoff, mono
effects
long plate/spring reverb, tape saturation, none
notes
Edge's rocket-launch opener uses Pinder's Mellotron, run through tape effects, to simulate the countdown and blast-off before the song proper begins. Pinder's Mellotron and Hammond plus EMS VCS3 sound design (the rocket-launch effect opening the album) and celesta overdubs.

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  • Seedsystem