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ARP Solina String Ensemble, pad

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Contest: ARP Solina String Ensemble played pad on You're the Greatest Lover by Luv' (1978)

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Settings

osc
Solina ensemble saw x3, chorused, unison 3, detune 25 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct, wide open
cutoff
9000 Hz
resonance
0.05
envelope
A 40 ms D 200 ms S 0.85 R 600 ms; no movement, filter parked open; filter env amount 0
modulation
lfo tri 6 Hz to pitch
effects
the Solina's built-in BBD ensemble/chorus circuit, plate reverb around 20%, none
notes
The Solina's three detuned sawtooth voices run through its own chorus circuit and sit doubled with a real string section, thickening the chorus hook without a solo synth line of its own. It is a texture bed rather than a lead - the standard Dutch disco-pop trick of the period for widening a hook on a budget. No session sheet for this record survives, so the patch reconstructs the Solina's default ensemble voicing as it was used across Hans van Hemert's productions of the era.

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  • Seedsystem