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Roland JD-800, pad

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Contest: Roland JD-800 played pad on Jesus to a Child by George Michael (1996)

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Settings

osc
2 detuned digital waveforms layered with a soft sample-based string tone, unison 2, detune 15 cents, sub none, noise 0.05
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
5000 Hz
resonance
0.1
envelope
A 600 ms D 900 ms S 0.55 R 2500 ms; very slow opening across the intro flute-and-pad passage; filter env amount 0.2
modulation
lfo sine 0.15 Hz to cutoff
effects
deep hall reverb, subtle stereo delay, none
notes
The pad opens the track before the vocal enters, rising very slowly under the sampled panpipe/flute lead to set the bossa-tinged, mournful mood. Long attack and release keep it feeling like a held breath rather than a rhythmic element.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem