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Roland D-50, pad

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Contest: Roland D-50 played pad on Miss Divine by Icehouse (1993)

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Settings

osc
digital PCM pad (D-50 'soundtrack'-style) + saw layer, unison 2, detune 12 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct, slow
cutoff
3200 Hz
resonance
0.1
envelope
A 500 ms D 400 ms S 0.85 R 1200 ms; very slow swell across each phrase, typical of Davies's widescreen pad writing; filter env amount 0.25
modulation
lfo sine 0.12 Hz to cutoff
effects
long hall reverb, chorus for width, none
notes
From the 'Big Wheel' album, a later and quieter chart entry for the band but still carrying Iva Davies's signature widescreen synth-pad writing, a slow-swelling digital pad texture that had defined Icehouse's sound since the mid-80s.

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  • Seedsystem