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Oberheim OB-Xa, pad

Shake Off the Ghosts · Simple Minds / Single (1984)

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Contest: Oberheim OB-Xa played pad on Shake Off the Ghosts by Simple Minds (1984)

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Settings

osc
3 saw unison, wide detune, unison 4, detune 14 cents, sub none
filter
LP24 24 dB/oct
cutoff
1988 Hz
resonance
0.1
envelope
A 400 ms D 600 ms S 0.8 R 1200 ms; slow rise under the chord; filter env amount 0.42
modulation
lfo sine 4.12 Hz to cutoff
effects
chorus, long hall reverb, none
notes
Sparkle in the Rain (1984), produced by Steve Lillywhite. Approximated from Simple Minds' documented 1984-era rig (Oberheim OB-Xa / PPG Wave / Roland Jupiter-8): a pad part built as 3 saw unison, wide detune, filtered through a lp24 stage with cutoff moving as slow rise under the chord.

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  • Seedsystem