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PPG Wave 2.3, pad

Can't Take My Eyes Off You · Morten Harket / Single (1993)

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Contest: PPG Wave 2.3 played pad on Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Morten Harket (1993)

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Settings

osc
PPG wavetable sweep + 1 saw -1, unison 3, detune 12 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
2200 Hz
resonance
0.2, drive 0.05
envelope
A 400 ms D 600 ms S 0.8 R 1800 ms; slow open over the intro then hold; filter env amount 0.35
modulation
lfo sine 0.3 Hz to cutoff
effects
plate reverb, long tail; light stereo chorus, none
notes
A wide wavetable pad answers the brass-band original, sweeping open slowly under the verses and holding wide for the chorus. Chorus and a long plate reverb give the late-80s/early-90s Scandinavian sheen typical of the a-ha camp's productions.

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  • Seedsystem