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Moog Minimoog, bass

Der Kommissar · Falco / Single (1982)

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Contest: Moog Minimoog played bass on Der Kommissar by Falco (1982)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + sub square -1, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub square -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct ladder
cutoff
480 Hz
resonance
0.25, drive 0.25
envelope
A 2 ms D 90 ms S 0.6 R 60 ms; short punchy pluck opening on every downbeat then closing fast into the sub; filter env amount 0.45
modulation
glide 40 ms, mono
effects
short slapback delay, light plate reverb, drive
notes
The bass line is the whole hook: a single mono saw voice with a fast filter-envelope pluck walking the descending riff under Falco's spoken verses. A touch of overdrive keeps it present against the drum machine without ever turning into a lead.

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  • Seedsystem