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Korg MS-20, pad

I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead · Depeche Mode / Single (1981)

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Contest: Korg MS-20 played pad on I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead by Depeche Mode (1981)

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Settings

osc
3 saw, unison 2, detune 16 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
1100 Hz
resonance
0.25
envelope
A 500 ms D 700 ms S 0.75 R 1200 ms; slow, brooding swell; filter env amount 0.25
effects
long plate reverb, none
notes
The album closes on a slow, layered MS-20/ARP pad texture, thicker and darker than the pop tracks around it, foreshadowing the band's post-Clarke direction.

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  • Seedsystem