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Oberheim OB-X, bass

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Contest: Oberheim OB-X played bass on Ghetto Life by Rick James (1981)

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Settings

osc
1 saw, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub square -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
800 Hz
resonance
0.4, drive 0.15
envelope
A 1 ms D 50 ms S 0.35 R 70 ms; hard-opening funk bass attack; filter env amount 0.55
modulation
mono
effects
none, drive
notes
A greasy, slap-style Minimoog bassline, filter opened hard on the attack, drives this street-funk narrative track the same way James used it on the album's singles.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem