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Oberheim OB-Xa, pad

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Contest: Oberheim OB-Xa played pad on Purple Rain by Prince (1984)

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Settings

osc
2 saw + 1 tri, unison 3, detune 16 cents
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
1581 Hz
resonance
0.11
envelope
A 700 ms D 600 ms S 0.7 R 1800 ms; slow filter swell that opens under the sustained chord
modulation
lfo sine 0.2 Hz to cutoff
effects
long plate/hall reverb, chorus, none
notes
A sustained synth-string pad fills out the arrangement behind Prince's guitar solo on this signature ballad. Reconstructed by ear.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem