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Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, arp

Fela's Riff · Talking Heads / Single (1980)

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Contest: Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 played arp on Fela's Riff by Talking Heads (1980)

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Settings

osc
2 square -1, unison 2, detune 10 cents, sub sine -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
2400 Hz
resonance
0.3, drive 0.15
envelope
A 1 ms D 50 ms S 0.3 R 40 ms; fast pluck per step; filter env amount 0.35
modulation
lfo sine 0 Hz to cutoff, mono
effects
sixteenth-note delay, looping, none
notes
Named for its Fela Kuti-style groove, this unfinished jam loops a tight synth arpeggio over the polyrhythmic drums, the kind of sketch that fed the finished album's Afrobeat weave.

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  • Seedsystem