Roland SH-09, lead

The Girl with the Patent Leather Face · Soft Cell / Single (1981)

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Settings

osc: 1 saw -1, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub none
filter: LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff: 2000 Hz
resonance: 0.55, drive 0.2
envelope: A 3 ms D 100 ms S 0.5 R 150 ms; wide open sweep; filter env amount 0.5
modulation: lfo sine 3 Hz to cutoff, glide 30 ms, mono
effects: plate reverb, none
notes: Their contribution to Stevo's Some Bizzare Album compilation that got the duo signed, an early, deliberately garish SH-09 lead with a wide resonant sweep matching the song's grotesque title character.

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10 Sep 2026Seedsystem