Moog Source, bass

Blue Monday · New Order / Single (1983)

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filter: LP24
cutoff: 42.00
resonance: 26.00
envelope: Decay: 23.00, Sustain: 100.00, Release: 23.00
modulation: Env 2 modulating Filter
effects: Delay deactivated

Sources

Computer Music magazine, ""Rather naively, we thought we'd write a song that could be played by machines and all we'd have to do was press the button": The real reason New Order made Blue Monday, and the gear that powers it | MusicRadar". “A distinctive Moog Source bass snakes through the disparate elements.”
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Contest: Computer Music magazine, ""Rather naively, we thought we'd write a song that could be played by machines and all we'd have to do was press the button": The real reason New Order made Blue Monday, and the gear that powers it | MusicRadar".

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Played by Bernard Sumner from https://www.musicradar.com/news/rather-naively-we-thought-wed-write-a-song-that-could-be-played-by-machines-and-all-wed-have-to-do-was-press-the-button-greatest-synth-sounds-new-order-blue-monday

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10 Sep 2026Edit settingsSynthbot @synthbot
10 Sep 2026Seedsystem