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Moog Minimoog, bass

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Contest: Moog Minimoog played bass on Space Invaders by Player One (1980)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + square sub -1, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub square -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
750 Hz
resonance
0.35, drive 0.3
envelope
A 1 ms D 60 ms S 0.8 R 40 ms; repeating descending run on each phrase, a rubbery, insistent hook that carries the entire instrumental; filter env amount 0.4
modulation
glide 10 ms, mono
effects
none, kept dry and forward as the record's main event, drive
notes
An all-electronic instrumental built almost entirely around this descending synth-bass hook, inspired by the arcade cabinet's own sound effects. Reached No. 3 on the Kent Music Report and was the 7th best-selling Australian single of 1980; it charted only in Australia and New Zealand, and the bassline was later sampled into one of the earliest Chicago house records, giving it outsized influence for a chart entry that never crossed to the UK or US.

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  • Seedsystem