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Roland D-50, pad

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Contest: Roland D-50 played pad on Promise to Try by Madonna (1989)

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Settings

osc
D-50 digital strings, 2 layers, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
3200 Hz
resonance
0.15
envelope
A 300 ms D 900 ms S 0.7 R 1800 ms; slow swell, no punch; filter env amount 0.3
modulation
lfo sine 0.15 Hz to amp
effects
plate reverb long, light chorus, none
notes
A D-50-style layered string pad sits under the piano for the whole ballad, its filter opening in a slow swell on each phrase rather than tracking the beat. No rhythmic movement, just a wide chorused wash that thickens the chorus.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem