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ARP 2600, lead

Shining Star · Earth, Wind & Fire / Single (1975)

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Contest: ARP 2600 played lead on Shining Star by Earth, Wind & Fire (1975)

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Settings

osc
2 saw -1, unison 1, detune 10 cents, sub none, noise 0.03
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
3800 Hz
resonance
0.35, drive 0.15
envelope
A 6 ms D 200 ms S 0.55 R 260 ms; funky bite on the riff; filter env amount 0.35
modulation
mono
effects
light chorus, none
notes
Larry Dunn's ARP 2600 lead punches through the horn arrangement with a bright, resonant synth riff, one of the earliest and most influential uses of a lead synth as a funk hook in mid-70s R&B.

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  • Seedsystem