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Roland CR-78, bass

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Contest: Roland CR-78 played bass on Rock Around the Clock by Telex (1980)

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Settings

osc
1 square -1, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub square -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
850 Hz
resonance
0.25, drive 0.1
envelope
A 2 ms D 70 ms S 0.7 R 50 ms; plucked eighth notes locked to the CR-78 kick; filter env amount 0.3
modulation
mono
effects
dry, close and dead-panned to match the deliberately flat 'robot cover' concept, none
notes
A deadpan, tightly muted synth-bass restating the original's walking bassline in flat eighth notes, deliberately robbed of swing to fit Telex's ironic, robotic Eurovision arrangement over the Roland CR-78 drum pattern.

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  • Seedsystem