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Total Eclipse · The Alan Parsons Project / Single (1977)

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Contest: Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3 played fx on Total Eclipse by The Alan Parsons Project (1977)

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Settings

osc
1 saw -1, unison 1, detune 30 cents, sub none, noise 0.4
filter
BP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
1600 Hz
resonance
0.6, drive 0.3
envelope
A 500 ms D 1500 ms S 0.3 R 2000 ms; slow sweep; filter env amount 0.6
modulation
lfo sine 0.15 Hz to cutoff
effects
long plate reverb, ring-mod colour, none
notes
Sweeping EMS Synthi textures create the instrumental's eclipse effect, filter and pitch drifting slowly to evoke the astronomical theme.

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  • Seedsystem