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Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3, bass

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Contest: Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3 played bass on Oxygène (Part IV) by Jean-Michel Jarre (1976)

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Settings

osc
1 pulse + sub sine, unison 1, detune 0 cents
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
1100 Hz
resonance
0.3
envelope
A 1 ms D 35 ms S 0.8 R 30 ms; steady pulsing sequence, filter tracks the sequencer's own step pattern
modulation
mono
effects
none
notes
The pulsing sequencer ostinato that carries the track is generated on the EMS VCS3's onboard sequencer, a setup Jarre has described at length in interviews over the decades. Keep the pulse rhythmically exact and let it sit low and steady under the lead.

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  • Seedsystem