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Roland D-50, lead

The Way That You Love Me · Paula Abdul / Single (1988)

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Contest: Roland D-50 played lead on The Way That You Love Me by Paula Abdul (1988)

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Settings

osc
DX7 FM algorithm, 2-op bell+brass stack, unison 1, detune 8 cents, sub none
filter
gentle LP on the DX7 output EQ
cutoff
9000 Hz
resonance
0.1, drive 0.05
envelope
A 4 ms D 220 ms S 0.7 R 400 ms; static, tone shaped at the FM operator level; filter env amount 0.1
modulation
lfo sine 5.2 Hz to pitch
effects
plate reverb, short slap delay on hook phrases, none
notes
The hook line rides a bright FM bell/brass hybrid typical of late-80s Full Force productions, doubled an octave for the chorus lift. A light vibrato LFO keeps the sustained notes alive over the drum-machine groove.

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  • Seedsystem