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Teenage Engineering OP-1, pad

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

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Settings

osc
2 saw detuned + 1 tri sub, unison 3, detune 12.19 cents, sub sine -1, noise 0.04
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
1150 Hz
resonance
0.12, drive 0.11
envelope
A 1400 ms D 310 ms S 0.86 R 1920 ms; slow open on attack, settles under sustain; filter env amount 0.25
modulation
lfo sine 0.24 Hz to cutoff
effects
long plate/hall reverb (30-45%), stereo chorus, slow tape-style delay, none
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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  • Seedsystem