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Roland TR-808, bass

Sadeness Part I · Enigma / Single (1990)

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Contest: Roland TR-808 played bass on Sadeness Part I by Enigma (1990)

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Settings

osc
D-50 'digital bass' PCM/synth hybrid + sub sine -1, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub sine -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
220 Hz
resonance
0.2, drive 0.1
envelope
A 3 ms D 100 ms S 0.85 R 150 ms; steady, hypnotic sub pulse under the chant; filter env amount 0.2
modulation
mono
effects
none, sidechained gently to the kick, none
notes
A deep, hypnotic sub-bass pulse loops under the sampled Gregorian chant, deliberately minimal and unchanging, letting the sampled vocal carry the drama, a defining texture of the whole 'ambient house' sub-genre this record helped create.

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  • Seedsystem