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Roland TR-808, lead

On Sight · Kanye West / Single (2013)

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Contest: Roland TR-808 played lead on On Sight by Kanye West (2013)

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Settings

osc
2 square, unison 2, detune 20 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
1200 Hz
resonance
0.55
envelope
A 1 ms D 30 ms S 0.3 R 50 ms; hard filter snap that distorts on every hit; filter env amount 0
modulation
glide 0.7 ms, mono
effects
heavy distortion, bitcrush-like grit, crush
notes
A harsh, distorted synth stab opens the album, filtered and driven into near-square-wave clipping, the record's most abrasive synth moment. Reconstructed by ear.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem