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Electronic Music Studios (EMS) Synthi AKS, lead

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Contest: Electronic Music Studios (EMS) Synthi AKS played lead on The Man-Machine by Kraftwerk (1978)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + 1 square -1, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
2600 Hz
resonance
0.2, drive 0.1
envelope
A 1 ms D 80 ms S 0.8 R 60 ms; brief opening blip on each note, otherwise static; filter env amount 0.2
modulation
mono
effects
very light plate reverb, otherwise dry, none
notes
The robotic vocal-melody doubling line, likely an ARP Odyssey with the pulse-width and pitch left static so the line reads as machine-sung rather than expressive. It shadows the title-track hook note for note. Inferred by ear from the record's flat, deadpan synth tone.

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  • Seedsystem