Synth.Directory Creating the largest community driven synth knowledgebase

Korg M500 Micro-Preset, arp

I Betray My Friends · Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark / Single (1980)

Unverified Inferred from the knowledge base. Nobody has cited a source yet; one accepted source makes it POTENTIALLY, one grade A source or two grade B sources verify it

Contest: Korg M500 Micro-Preset played arp on I Betray My Friends by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980)

What is wrong?

Reviewed by a person. Verified claims stay as they are until a reviewer decides.

Settings

osc
2 saw -1, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
2194 Hz
resonance
0.292, drive 0.02
envelope
A 15 ms D 150 ms S 0.72 R 398 ms; static, set once per section; filter env amount 0.09
modulation
lfo sine 0 Hz to none, mono
effects
dry, close-mic'd, none
notes
A rapid 2 saw -1 arpeggio drives the track's motion, low-pass filtered at 12 dB/oct, cutoff around 2194 Hz with modest resonance, synced to the tempo for a rippling, mechanical pulse. Fits the band's DIY, four-track-recorded debut era, all cold single-oscillator tones and tape-loop rhythm.

Sources

No source yet. A claim needs one grade A source, or two independent grade B sources, to be verified.

Images

No free-licence image yet.

Who played it

Nobody credited yet.

Log in to add a credit

Samples

Recordings of the instrument set to these settings, made fresh by contributors. Never a clip of the record.

No sample yet.

Revision history

  • Seedsystem