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Akai Mpc2000, lead

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Contest: Akai Mpc2000 played lead on Stand Up by Ludacris (2003)

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Settings

osc
1 saw brass stack, unison 1, detune 17 cents, sub none
filter
resonant low-pass, opened for the melodic line
cutoff
2720 Hz
resonance
0.2, drive 0.2
envelope
A 8 ms D 120 ms S 0.7 R 200 ms; envelope opens the filter on each hit, settling back between phrases; filter env amount 0.4
modulation
glide 40 ms
effects
plate reverb and a slow stereo chorus, none
notes
"Stand Up" (featuring Shawnna) from Chicken-n-Beer (2003), produced by Kanye West and Ludacris. Rebuilt the lead line using an MPC2000 chop layered with a Korg Triton string/stab patch, the soul-chop-plus-synth-brass hybrid Kanye was building his early sound around. envelope opens the filter on each hit, settling back between phrases.

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  • Seedsystem