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Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, pad

The Overload · Talking Heads / Single (1980)

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Contest: Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 played pad on The Overload by Talking Heads (1980)

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Settings

osc
3 saw -1, unison 5, detune 30 cents, sub sine -1, noise 0.1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
900 Hz
resonance
0.3, drive 0.1
envelope
A 800 ms D 1200 ms S 0.7 R 2000 ms; very slow open then close over the whole bar; filter env amount 0.4
modulation
lfo sine 0.1 Hz to cutoff
effects
long plate reverb, heavy, none
notes
The song's Joy Division-adjacent dread comes from a slow, detuned synth pad drenched in reverb, deliberately claustrophobic and static.

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  • Seedsystem