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Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, lead

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Contest: Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 played lead on Flash in the Night by Secret Service (1981)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + 1 pulse, unison 1, detune 8 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
5000 Hz
resonance
0.3, drive 0.05
envelope
A 3 ms D 150 ms S 0.5 R 300 ms; bright pluck opening into a sustained hook, matching the driving eighth-note pulse of the verse; filter env amount 0.45
modulation
lfo tri 3 Hz to pw, mono
effects
eighth-note digital delay slap, plate reverb, none
notes
Reached number 12 in Sweden in 1981 and topped the charts in France and Portugal. The hook line is a bright detuned lead built for radio cut-through, driven eighth notes with a slap delay filling the space Tonny Lindberg's guitar leaves open.

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  • Seedsystem