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Yamaha CS-80, fx

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Contest: Yamaha CS-80 played fx on Ghosts by Japan (1982)

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Settings

osc
noise + 1 saw, unison 2, detune 16 cents
filter
BP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
1254 Hz
resonance
0.33
envelope
A 50 ms D 400 ms S 0.5 R 800 ms; sweeps/modulates through the length of the note
modulation
glide 100 ms
effects
heavy delay, flanger or chorus, none
notes
One of the strangest UK top-5 hits of the era, built almost entirely from sparse, unsettling synth textures rather than a conventional band arrangement. Sylvian and Barbieri were known CS-80 users.

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  • Seedsystem