Synth.Directory Creating the largest community driven synth knowledgebase

Oberheim OB-8, keys

We Built This City · Starship / Single (1985)

Unverified Inferred from the knowledge base. Nobody has cited a source yet; one accepted source makes it POTENTIALLY, one grade A source or two grade B sources verify it

Contest: Oberheim OB-8 played keys on We Built This City by Starship (1985)

What is wrong?

Reviewed by a person. Verified claims stay as they are until a reviewer decides.

Settings

osc
2 saw +1 square -1, unison 3, detune 12 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
3200 Hz
resonance
0.2, drive 0.15
envelope
A 2 ms D 90 ms S 0 R 120 ms; fast open-close snap on each hit; filter env amount 0.5
effects
plate reverb short, light chorus for width, none
notes
Punchy Fairlight/Oberheim-style horn-stab hits punctuate the chorus, a fast filter snap giving the brassy accent that drives the hook.

Sources

No source yet. A claim needs one grade A source, or two independent grade B sources, to be verified.

Images

No free-licence image yet.

Who played it

Nobody credited yet.

Log in to add a credit

Samples

Recordings of the instrument set to these settings, made fresh by contributors. Never a clip of the record.

No sample yet.

Revision history

  • Seedsystem