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Yamaha CS-80, pad

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Contest: Yamaha CS-80 played pad on We Can Get Together by Icehouse (1981)

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Settings

osc
2 saw -6, unison 2, detune 14 cents, sub none, noise 0.05
filter
LP 12 dB/oct, soft-edged
cutoff
2200 Hz
resonance
0.1
envelope
A 400 ms D 600 ms S 0.8 R 900 ms; static, very slow filter creep across the phrase; filter env amount 0.1
modulation
lfo sine 5 Hz to pitch
effects
plate reverb, generous, giving the pad its cold width, none
notes
A slow-attack CS-80-style pad wash under the verses, cool and slightly detuned with a light pitch vibrato from the analogue oscillators drifting. It is the atmospheric bed that separated Icehouse's debut from the more guitar-led post-punk bands of the same Sydney scene.

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  • Seedsystem