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Moog Modular, bass

Theme From Midnight Express · Giorgio Moroder / Single (1978)

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Contest: Moog Modular played bass on Theme From Midnight Express by Giorgio Moroder (1978)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + sub sine -1, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub sine -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
500 Hz
resonance
0.2, drive 0.1
envelope
A 1 ms D 40 ms S 0.85 R 30 ms; static, punchy transient only; filter env amount 0.15
modulation
mono
effects
dry, tight to the click, none
notes
A relentless pulsing sixteenth-note Minimoog bass ostinato drives the theme, the same click-locked sequencing method Moroder had just used on 'I Feel Love', repurposed here for cinematic tension rather than dancefloor release.

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  • Seedsystem