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Roland D-50, pad

Praying for Time · George Michael / Single (1990)

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Contest: Roland D-50 played pad on Praying for Time by George Michael (1990)

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Settings

osc
D-50 string/pad preset, PCM attack transient plus synthesized sustain, unison 1, detune 10 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
5500 Hz
resonance
0.08
envelope
A 400 ms D 800 ms S 0.65 R 2000 ms; static; filter env amount 0
modulation
lfo sine 0.2 Hz to cutoff
effects
large hall reverb, very wet, none
notes
Deliberately unobtrusive: a slow-attack string pad breathing under the verses, there to widen the stereo field and add harmonic glue rather than to be heard as a synth. George Michael was moving away from obvious 80s synth signatures on this album, so the patch is buried, almost subliminal.

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  • Seedsystem