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Roland Jupiter-8, pad

Don't Look Down · Go West / Single (1985)

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Contest: Roland Jupiter-8 played pad on Don't Look Down by Go West (1985)

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Settings

osc
2 saw -7, unison 3, detune 12 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
2200 Hz
resonance
0.15, drive 0.05
envelope
A 400 ms D 800 ms S 0.8 R 1200 ms; slow open on verse entry; filter env amount 0.2
modulation
lfo sine 0.3 Hz to cutoff
effects
lush stereo chorus, plate reverb long tail, none
notes
Wide detuned saw pad underpins the choruses, glacially opened by a slow filter envelope to match the ballad's build. Chorus and a long plate reverb push it back in the mix behind the guitars.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem