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Roland JD-990, pad

New Head · Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark / Single (1996)

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Contest: Roland JD-990 played pad on New Head by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1996)

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Settings

osc
2 saw -1, unison 2, detune 17 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
1046 Hz
resonance
0.127, drive 0.14
envelope
A 109 ms D 588 ms S 0.61 R 1062 ms; static, set once per section; filter env amount 0.37
modulation
lfo sine 0 Hz to none
effects
stereo chorus + hall reverb, none
notes
A slow-moving 2 saw -1 pad washes under the verses, low-pass filtered at 12 dB/oct, cutoff around 1046 Hz with modest resonance, giving the arrangement its atmosphere and sustain. Fits the Universal period's clean, rack-synth-and-sampler productions.

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  • Seedsystem