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Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3, lead

Editions of You · Roxy Music / Single (1973)

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Contest: Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3 played lead on Editions of You by Roxy Music (1973)

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Settings

osc
VCS3 dual osc, ring-mod flavour, unison 1, detune 25 cents, sub none, noise 0.2
filter
resonant bandpass, chaotic sweep
cutoff
2500 Hz
resonance
0.75, drive 0.4
envelope
A 1 ms D 50 ms S 0.3 R 100 ms; wild manual sweeps through the solo; filter env amount 0.7
modulation
lfo sh 6 Hz to pitch, mono
effects
raw, minimal effects, deliberately abrasive, drive
notes
Eno's chaotic VCS3 synth solo is the wild centrepiece of the track, an untamed burst of noise and pitch-warping that defined his early role as the band's resident synth manipulator.

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  • Seedsystem