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Oberheim OB-1, pad

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Contest: Oberheim OB-1 played pad on Can't Help Myself by Flowers (1980)

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Settings

osc
3 detuned saw, ensemble-style, unison 3, detune 20 cents, sub none, noise 0.03
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
2000 Hz
resonance
0.1
envelope
A 700 ms D 1000 ms S 0.65 R 1800 ms; slow swell under the guitar riff, widening the chorus without ever becoming the lead voice; filter env amount 0.2
modulation
lfo sine 0.5 Hz to pitch
effects
built-in ensemble chorus, long plate reverb for width behind the guitar-led arrangement, none
notes
The guitar riff carries the hook, but a chorused Solina-type string-ensemble pad widens the choruses and gives the record its new-wave sheen, consistent with the documented Minimoog/Solina/Oberheim OB-1 rig used across the Icehouse album sessions this single led. Reached the Australian Top 10 (Kent Music Report, June 1980), the first single from Iva Davies' Flowers/Icehouse.

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  • Seedsystem