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ARP 2600, fx

Too Hot to Handle · Heatwave / Single (1976)

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Contest: ARP 2600 played fx on Too Hot to Handle by Heatwave (1976)

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Settings

osc
saw + noise, unison 1, detune 0 cents, noise 0.4
filter
BP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
800 Hz
resonance
0.5, drive 0.1
envelope
A 1500 ms D 5 ms S 1 R 500 ms; rising sweep from 400 Hz to 6 kHz across the intro build; filter env amount 0.85
modulation
mono
effects
plate reverb, none
notes
A rising filtered noise sweep builds tension into the title track's opening, a classic disco-era 'heat rising' effect. Reconstructed from the track's dramatic intro build.

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  • Seedsystem