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Roland TR-808, pad

Love Lockdown · Kanye West / Single (2008)

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Contest: Roland TR-808 played pad on Love Lockdown by Kanye West (2008)

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Settings

osc
3 saw, unison 4, detune 15 cents
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
2200 Hz
resonance
0.1
envelope
A 100 ms D 300 ms S 0.7 R 600 ms; wide, chordal, slow attack under vocoder treatment
effects
chorus, reverb, none
notes
A stark, minor-key synth pad and tribal drums replace almost everything else in the arrangement, Kanye's first major step into the Auto-Tuned, synth-and-808 sound of 808s & Heartbreak.

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  • Seedsystem