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Roland Juno-106(S), bass

Never Gonna Give You Up · Rick Astley / Single (1987)

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Contest: Roland Juno-106(S) played bass on Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley (1987)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + sub sine, unison 1, detune 0 cents
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
900 Hz
resonance
0.2
envelope
A 2 ms D 90 ms S 0.6 R 120 ms; short punch down to sustain, retriggered per note
modulation
mono
effects
none, none
notes
The bouncing bassline under the verses is a classic Stock Aitken Waterman synth bass, tight and punchy rather than deep. It sits low in the mix so the vocal stays forward. Numbers reconstructed by ear from the SAW house sound of the period.

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  • Seedsystem