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Welson Synthex, bass

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Contest: Welson Synthex played bass on Centro di Gravità Permanente by Franco Battiato (1981)

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Settings

osc
1 square + 1 saw -12, unison 1, detune 8 cents, sub square -1
filter
LP 12 dB/oct, punchy
cutoff
900 Hz
resonance
0.35, drive 0.2
envelope
A 3 ms D 60 ms S 0.7 R 90 ms; short snap on every note, closes fast; filter env amount 0.4
modulation
mono
effects
short slap delay, dry-heavy, none
notes
Rebuild as a tight monophonic ostinato bass, the pulsing eighth-note figure that carries the whole song under Battiato's half-spoken vocal. Square-plus-saw stack for grit, a fast-closing filter snap on each note to keep it percussive, no glide despite the repetitive line.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem