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E-mu Emulator II, pad

The Sound of the Atom Splitting · Pet Shop Boys / Single (1988)

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Contest: E-mu Emulator II played pad on The Sound of the Atom Splitting by Pet Shop Boys (1988)

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Settings

osc
3 saw -12 detuned, unison 3, detune 12 cents, sub none, noise 0.01
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
3294 Hz
resonance
0.45, drive 0.21
envelope
A 377 ms D 398 ms S 0.61 R 495 ms; fast snap that settles over the sustain; filter env amount -0.48
effects
dense chorus, long hall reverb, none
notes
On this Introspective-era synth-pop track, a string-machine-style pad sustains the chord bed beneath the vocal. Built from 3 saw -12 detuned through a LP 12 dB/oct filter (fast snap that settles over the sustain), it sits in the mix true to the period's Fairlight-driven productions.

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  • Seedsystem