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Roland TR-808, bass

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Contest: Roland TR-808 played bass on Funky Town by Pseudo Echo (1986)

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Settings

osc
1 square -1 + sub square -1, unison 1, detune 5 cents, sub square -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
950 Hz
resonance
0.3, drive 0.15
envelope
A 2 ms D 70 ms S 0 R 40 ms; short percussive snap on every note, closes fast to keep the line punchy at speed; filter env amount 0.45
modulation
mono
effects
short slap-back delay, light plate reverb, low mix, drive
notes
The Melbourne band's cover speeds the Lipps Inc original up into a hi-NRG chart record, and the octave-jumping sixteenth-note bass riff carries most of the track. A square-wave bass with a sub square an octave below gives the thump, and a fast filter snap on each note keeps it articulate at the faster tempo.

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  • Seedsystem