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Electronic Music Studios (EMS) Synthi AKS, fx

Drugs · Talking Heads / Single (1979)

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Contest: Electronic Music Studios (EMS) Synthi AKS played fx on Drugs by Talking Heads (1979)

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Settings

osc
3 sine -1, unison 3, detune 20 cents, sub sine -1, noise 0.25
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
500 Hz
resonance
0.5, drive 0.2
envelope
A 1500 ms D 1000 ms S 0.4 R 3000 ms; extremely slow, unpredictable drift; filter env amount 0.45
modulation
lfo sh 0.15 Hz to pitch, glide 300 ms, mono
effects
varispeed tape, long smeared reverb, none
notes
Recorded with the tape machine's speed manually varied during playback, the Synthi's tone bends and wobbles unpredictably, giving the paranoid title track its woozy, underwater quality.

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  • Seedsystem