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Moog Minimoog, lead

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Contest: Moog Minimoog played lead on Ooh! by Mary J. Blige (2003)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + 1 square -1 unison2, unison 2, detune 26 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
3308 Hz
resonance
0.253, drive 0.287
envelope
A 21.9 ms D 195.1 ms S 0.528 R 199.3 ms; opens on the attack then settles to the sustained cutoff; filter env amount 0.3
modulation
lfo square 1.51 Hz to cutoff, glide 46 ms, mono
effects
short slap delay, plate reverb, SP1200/MPC grit on the drum bus, none
notes
a melodic synth lead doubles or answers the vocal line on "Ooh!", built the way early-2000s Track Masters and Dr. Dre-adjacent production: Minimoog-style analog bass and MPC-sequenced synth stabs over the hip-hop soul sample bed would have cut it for Love & Life (2003). Waveform: 1 saw + 1 square -1 unison2, filtered through a LP 12 dB/oct stage around 3308 Hz; the envelope (21.9/195.1/0.528/199.3 ms) is slower and swelling to sit under Mary J. Blige's vocal without crowding it.

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  • Seedsystem