E-mu Emulator II, lead

Daddy Pop · Prince and The New Power Generation / Single (1991)

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Settings

osc: PPG-style wavetable, formant-ish, unison 2, detune 8 cents
filter: LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff: 5500 Hz
resonance: 0.3
envelope: A 2 ms D 200 ms S 0.3 R 250 ms; vocal-like synth lead answering the horns; filter env amount 0.35
modulation: glide 40 ms, mono
effects: short delay, plate reverb, none
notes: A vocal-like synth lead trades phrases with the live horn section, a PPG/Fairlight-style timbre approximated from Prince's known wavetable-synth vocabulary of the period.

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Revision history

11 Sep 2026Seedsystem