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Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3, fx

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Contest: Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3 played fx on Virginia Plain by Roxy Music (1972)

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Settings

osc
1 saw, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub none, noise 0.2
filter
bandpass, resonant, hand-swept via joystick
cutoff
1500 Hz
resonance
0.6, drive 0.2
envelope
A 10 ms D 200 ms S 0.7 R 400 ms; static apart from the ending glissando, where pitch and cutoff both rise together into the fade; filter env amount 0.4
modulation
lfo saw 0.1 Hz to pitch, glide 500 ms, mono
effects
tape echo, treated/processed alongside the band's live signal (Eno's 'treatments' role), none
notes
Eno's VCS3 adds treatments and texture throughout, most audibly the rising pitch/filter glissando that closes the record — a slow upward pitch ramp paired with an opening filter, built on the VCS3's characteristic joystick-controlled sweep rather than a fixed envelope.

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  • Seedsystem