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Roland D-50, pad

Ordinary World · Duran Duran / Single (1993)

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Contest: Roland D-50 played pad on Ordinary World by Duran Duran (1993)

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Settings

osc
2 saw + tri, unison 3, detune 12 cents
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
2200 Hz
resonance
0.12
envelope
A 400 ms D 400 ms S 0.65 R 1400 ms; warm sustained pad supporting the ballad, subtle swell into the chorus
effects
chorus, reverb, none
notes
The pad underpins the guitar-and-vocal ballad with a warm synth bed, part of Duran Duran's early-90s comeback sound. No documented patch for this record; reconstructed by ear.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem