Behringer Odyssey, fx

My Best Friend's Girl · The Cars / Single (1978)

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Settings

osc: 1 saw + 1 square, unison 1, detune 8 cents
filter: LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff: 3600 Hz
resonance: 0.25
envelope: A 2 ms D 70 ms S 0.4 R 110 ms; short bright accents between the guitar hooks
modulation: mono
effects: light chorus
notes: Synth accents from Greg Hawkes's ARP Odyssey punctuate the guitar-driven arrangement, a secondary texture rather than the main hook on this track. Hawkes's Odyssey use across the Cars' debut album is well documented.

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10 Sep 2026Seedsystem