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Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3, keys

Sun Is Still Shining · The Moody Blues / Single (1969)

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Contest: Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3 played keys on Sun Is Still Shining by The Moody Blues (1969)

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Settings

osc
1 tri + 1 saw -1, organ/EP-style stack, unison 1, detune 9 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct, mostly open
cutoff
3625 Hz
resonance
0.09, drive 0.17
envelope
A 19 ms D 356 ms S 0.55 R 280 ms; brief pluck on attack, settles fast; filter env amount 0.2
modulation
lfo sine 4.71 Hz to pitch
effects
chorus (light, tape-flavoured), plate reverb short-medium, none
notes
Pinder's song (which opens the album's second half conceptually) rides a rolling Mellotron and Hammond organ line. 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