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Moog Minimoog, lead

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Contest: Moog Minimoog played lead on Contusion by Stevie Wonder (1976)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + 1 square, unison 1, detune 10 cents
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
2200 Hz
resonance
0.35, drive 0.15
envelope
A 4 ms D 80 ms S 0.75 R 200 ms; quick snap open on each note attack, closes back over the decay; filter env amount 0.5
modulation
glide 40 ms, mono
effects
short plate reverb, subtle chorus, drive
notes
The instrumental's fusion-jazz solo line runs on a classic Minimoog-style saw/square stack with a snappy filter envelope that gives each note a bright, vocal-like attack before settling, plus a touch of glide between close intervals for a legato feel. It's the most conventionally 'lead synth' voice on the record. Reconstructed by ear against the album's documented Minimoog-through-TONTO signal chain.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem