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Roland D-50, pad

Can't Let Go · Mariah Carey / Single (1991)

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Contest: Roland D-50 played pad on Can't Let Go by Mariah Carey (1991)

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Settings

osc
3 saw stack, unison 4, detune 16 cents
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
2200 Hz
resonance
0.1
envelope
A 700 ms D 800 ms S 0.8 R 1200 ms; slow, cinematic string-pad swell; filter env amount 0.25
effects
long hall reverb, stereo chorus, none
notes
A lush Matrix-12-style string pad underpins this ballad's dramatic climb, Afanasieff's signature wide, slow-attack pad sound heard across his early-90s Sony productions.

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  • Seedsystem