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PPG Wave 2.2, lead

In the Heat of the Night · Sandra / Single (1986)

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Contest: PPG Wave 2.2 played lead on In the Heat of the Night by Sandra (1986)

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Settings

osc
PPG Wave wavetable scan (reed-adjacent) + saw layer, unison 1, detune 16 cents, sub none, noise 0.05
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
4000 Hz
resonance
0.25, drive 0.05
envelope
A 4 ms D 200 ms S 0.4 R 280 ms; the wavetable scans briefly on the attack before settling into the sustained hook; filter env amount 0.4
modulation
lfo tri 3 Hz to cutoff, mono
effects
plate reverb, chorus, none
notes
Cretu's PPG Wave gives the lead its glassy, slightly metallic character as the wavetable position sweeps on each attack before settling. Plate reverb and chorus widen the otherwise mono voice into the record's icy, spacious mid-80s mix.

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  • Seedsystem