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Roland D-50, pad

Learning to Fly · Pink Floyd / Single (1987)

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Contest: Roland D-50 played pad on Learning to Fly by Pink Floyd (1987)

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Settings

osc
FM bell+pad algorithm, 2 operators stacked, unison 1, detune 6 cents, sub none, noise 0.05
filter
gentle LP12 low-passed digital brightness
cutoff
5000 Hz
resonance
0.1
envelope
A 900 ms D 1800 ms S 0.85 R 2800 ms; slow swell; filter env amount 0.3
modulation
lfo sine 0.2 Hz to amp
effects
digital reverb, chorus, very wide stereo, none
notes
The glassy, mid-80s pad underpinning the verses is a digital FM/LA-style synth pad, characteristic of the DX7/D-50 era gear Gilmour and touring keyboardist Jon Carin used on this record.

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  • Seedsystem