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Roland JD-800, pad

The Commutation · Magic Affair / Single (1994)

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Contest: Roland JD-800 played pad on The Commutation by Magic Affair (1994)

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Settings

osc
3 saw -3, unison 5, detune 18 cents, sub none, noise 0.05
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
3200 Hz
resonance
0.15, drive 0.05
envelope
A 400 ms D 900 ms S 0.85 R 2000 ms; slow open over the intro build; filter env amount 0.3
modulation
lfo sine 0.15 Hz to cutoff
effects
long hall reverb, wide chorus, slow pre-delay, none
notes
Album opener that sets the Omen mythology in motion: a wide, slowly swelling JD-800 saw-stack pad under spoken narration, the same layered-digital pad language Staab used across the record before the beat drops.

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  • Seedsystem