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Teenage Engineering OP-1, bass

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Contest: Teenage Engineering OP-1 played bass on Magical by Ed Sheeran (2023)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + 1 square -1, unison 1, detune 1.49 cents, sub sine -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
240 Hz
resonance
0.25, drive 0.3
envelope
A 2 ms D 155 ms S 0.87 R 80 ms; short pluck on attack then settles; filter env amount 0.28
modulation
lfo sine 0.29 Hz to amp, glide 20 ms, mono
effects
subtle room, no reverb tail to keep low end tight, drive
notes
The opening track stacks an OP-1-and-Mellotron pad over a dedicated sub-bass and Juno part, with James McAlister's Pulsar synth module adding further texture — the most synth-dense opener of Sheeran's catalogue.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem