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E-mu Emax, pad

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Contest: E-mu Emax played pad on Stratoscape by Front 242 (1993)

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Settings

osc
2 saw + 1 square, unison 5, detune 22 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
1300 Hz
resonance
0.15, drive 0.05
envelope
A 2020 ms D 400 ms S 0.8 R 3480 ms; slow swell in, no movement once open; filter env amount 0.3
modulation
lfo sine 0.05 Hz to cutoff
effects
long hall reverb, wide chorus, none
notes
'Stratoscape' (1993): The album's most atmospheric track, a droning sustained pad hanging over the distorted bass. A sustained analog pad layered underneath for atmosphere, built on a harder-driven acid-adjacent bass sequence pushed through analog distortion, with Emax/Akai sample stabs -- the more aggressive electro-industrial direction of the 1993 Epic albums. Confidence is inferred from Front 242's documented studio setup for this record, not a measured patch capture.

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  • Seedsystem