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Korg M1, pad

Mama · Spice Girls / Single (1996)

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Contest: Korg M1 played pad on Mama by Spice Girls (1996)

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Settings

osc
string ensemble wave + choir wave layer, unison 2, detune 10 cents, sub none
filter
open, warm LP
cutoff
6000 Hz
resonance
0.05
envelope
A 900 ms D 1400 ms S 0.8 R 2000 ms; very slow open toward the final chorus; filter env amount 0.2
modulation
lfo sine 0.15 Hz to cutoff
effects
large hall reverb blended with the real gospel choir, none
notes
A synth string/choir pad thickens the arrangement underneath the live strings and gospel-style backing vocals, giving the ballad's final key change extra body. Attack and release are both long so it reads as a bed, not a lead line.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem