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Oberheim OB-Xa, bass

Body Language · Queen / Single (1982)

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Contest: Oberheim OB-Xa played bass on Body Language by Queen (1982)

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Settings

osc
1 square -1 + sub, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub sine -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
300 Hz
resonance
0.3, drive 0.2
envelope
A 2 ms D 90 ms S 0.75 R 45 ms; opens on the groove; filter env amount 0.25
modulation
glide 15 ms, mono
effects
none, none
notes
A slinky synth bass, almost the only low-end instrument, drives this near-guitarless funk single, Hot Space's most electronic moment.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem