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Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, lead

Let's Go · The Cars / Single (1979)

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Contest: Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 played lead on Let's Go by The Cars (1979)

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Settings

osc
2 saw, osc2 +12 semitones, unison 1, detune 5 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
2000 Hz
resonance
0.12, drive 0.05
envelope
A 2 ms D 150 ms S 0.5 R 100 ms; +1 oct, decay 120 ms; filter env amount 0.4
modulation
mono
effects
slight chorus, plate reverb, none
notes
Greg Hawkes' bright, staccato Prophet-5 riff with real handclaps punctuating it. On this engine: two saws an octave apart through a resonant LP24 around 2 kHz with a snappy +1-octave filter envelope, mono, light chorus and plate reverb for that clean, dry new-wave riff tone.

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  • Seedsystem