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Roland JP-8000, lead

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Contest: Roland JP-8000 played lead on Airwave by Rank 1 (1999)

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Settings

osc
7-voice supersaw, unison 7, detune 26 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
9000 Hz
resonance
0.18, drive 0.08
envelope
A 3 ms D 250 ms S 0.75 R 500 ms; slow open across the four-bar build, holding wide open through the main melodic phrase; filter env amount 0.45
modulation
lfo sine 0.15 Hz to cutoff
effects
very long stereo reverb and a synced dotted-8th delay, the melody is designed to bloom into the reverb tail, none
notes
One of the most recognisable supersaw leads of the era: a wide seven-voice detuned ensemble, filter opened slowly and left mostly static through the main melodic run, with the reverb and delay sends doing most of the work to give the phrase its huge, euphoric trail.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem