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Behringer Odyssey, fx

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Contest: Behringer Odyssey played fx on Mothership Connection (Star Child) by Parliament (1975)

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Settings

osc
saw + noise, unison 1, detune 0 cents, noise 0.3
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
5000 Hz
resonance
0.7, drive 0.1
envelope
A 10 ms D 5 ms S 1 R 4000 ms; long descending sweep from 5 kHz down to 200 Hz over several seconds, imitating a spacecraft landing; filter env amount -0.9
modulation
mono
effects
long plate reverb, none
notes
The famous descending sweep that opens the track, evoking the Mothership touching down, is a resonant filter sweeping downward over several seconds on the ARP Odyssey with a slow envelope and generous reverb. It's pure sound design, no melodic content, setting up the concept before the groove kicks in. Reconstructed from the track's well-known intro effect.

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  • Seedsystem