Synth.Directory Creating the largest community driven synth knowledgebase

Oberheim Matrix 1000, lead

Only Tears · Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark / Single (1993)

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: Oberheim Matrix 1000 played lead on Only Tears by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1993)

What is wrong?

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

Settings

osc
2 saw -1, unison 2, detune 5 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
2686 Hz
resonance
0.539, drive 0.08
envelope
A 13 ms D 392 ms S 0.51 R 198 ms; gentle opening on each note; filter env amount -0.11
modulation
lfo tri 5.18 Hz to pitch, mono
effects
stereo chorus + hall reverb, none
notes
A 2 saw -1 lead line doubles or answers the vocal melody, low-pass filtered at 24 dB/oct, cutoff around 2686 Hz with modest resonance, cutting through the mix as the track's hook. Fits the Sugar Tax/Liberator rebuild, McCluskey's solo-era rig of workstation synths, rack modules and an Akai sampler.

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