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Roland JD-800, lead

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Contest: Roland JD-800 played lead on Follow Me! by Jam & Spoon (1993)

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Settings

osc
2 saw detuned, unison 3, detune 18 cents, sub none, noise 0.05
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
3200 Hz
resonance
0.35, drive 0.15
envelope
A 8 ms D 120 ms S 0.7 R 300 ms; quick open on each note then settles to a bright plateau; filter env amount 0.5
modulation
lfo sine 5.5 Hz to pitch
effects
stereo chorus plus 1/8-dotted delay, plate reverb wash, none
notes
Twin detuned saws through a bright resonant lowpass give the hook its glassy, slightly chorused edge. A gentle vibrato LFO on pitch and a dotted-eighth delay push it into the wide, floaty space typical of early-90s German trance leads.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem