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PPG Wave 2.2, bass

The Lights Are Going Out · Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark / Single (1985)

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Contest: PPG Wave 2.2 played bass on The Lights Are Going Out by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1985)

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Settings

osc
wavetable sweep, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub sine -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
1866 Hz
resonance
0.358, drive 0.3
envelope
A 38 ms D 136 ms S 0.54 R 735 ms; static, set once per section; filter env amount 0.3
modulation
lfo sine 0 Hz to none, mono
effects
dry, close-mic'd, drive
notes
A wavetable sweep synth bass carries the low end, low-pass filtered at 24 dB/oct, cutoff around 1866 Hz with modest resonance, sitting mono and tight against the drum machine to anchor the track. Fits the glossier Stephen Hague-adjacent Crush/Pacific Age era of FM and wavetable synths over Simmons-style drums.

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  • Seedsystem