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Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3, fx

Flash · Queen / Single (1980)

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Contest: Electronic Music Studios (EMS) VCS3 played fx on Flash by Queen (1980)

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Settings

osc
1 sine, unison 1, detune 0 cents
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
2000 Hz
resonance
0.4
envelope
A 20 ms D 300 ms S 0.3 R 800 ms; rising sci-fi sweep timed to the film dialogue samples
modulation
lfo saw 0.5 Hz to cutoff, mono
effects
delay
notes
Sweeping synth fx punctuate the spoken movie-dialogue samples woven through the track, part of the same documented VCS3/OB-X sound design used across the Flash Gordon soundtrack.

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  • Seedsystem