New England Digital Synclavier II, pad

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye · Soft Cell / Single (1982)

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Settings

osc: 3 saw, unison 3, detune 20 cents, sub none
filter: LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff: 2400 Hz
resonance: 0.1
envelope: A 600 ms D 800 ms S 0.8 R 1500 ms; broad, slow-building swell; filter env amount 0.2
effects: lush plate reverb, long, none
notes: Thorne's Synclavier-generated string pad, doubled by a warmer System 100M layer, gives this ballad its cinematic sweep, one of the album's most fully-orchestrated synth arrangements.

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Revision history

11 Sep 2026Seedsystem