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Oberheim OB-8, keys

The Ballad of Dorothy Parker · Prince / Single (1987)

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Contest: Oberheim OB-8 played keys on The Ballad of Dorothy Parker by Prince (1987)

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Settings

osc
2 saw, soft-filtered, unison 2, detune 2.59 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
3961.51 Hz
resonance
0.11, drive 0.07
envelope
A 15.01 ms D 478.34 ms S 0.56 R 589.63 ms; gentle bell-like decay, filter eases closed over the note; filter env amount 0.18
effects
ensemble chorus, none
notes
Bell-like FM-style electric piano tones colour the chord changes, likely DX7-adjacent programming layered with the Fairlight pad.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem