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Roland D-50, lead

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Contest: Roland D-50 played lead on Little Girl by Sandra (1988)

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Settings

osc
D-50-style digital lead (PCM attack + synth-tone sustain), unison 1, detune 14 cents, sub none, noise 0.1
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
3900 Hz
resonance
0.2, drive 0.05
envelope
A 3 ms D 210 ms S 0.4 R 300 ms; bright transient from the PCM attack settling into a sustained synth tone; filter env amount 0.3
modulation
mono
effects
plate reverb, chorus, none
notes
The lead pairs a sampled transient with a synthesized sustain, the digital-hybrid sound the D-50 popularised as the PPG-era Eurodisco palette gave way to a cleaner late-80s production. Chorus and plate reverb keep the same wide, glossy treatment as Cretu's earlier Sandra singles.

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  • Seedsystem