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Oberheim OB-Xa, lead

Victim of Love · The Cars / Single (1981)

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Contest: Oberheim OB-Xa played lead on Victim of Love by The Cars (1981)

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Settings

osc
saw -1 + saw -2, unison 2, detune 20 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
3400 Hz
resonance
0.4, drive 0.2
envelope
A 2 ms D 100 ms S 0.4 R 150 ms; bright melodic pluck; filter env amount 0.4
modulation
lfo sine 5.5 Hz to pitch, mono
effects
plate reverb, none
notes
A bright OB-Xa lead answers the chorus, the polysynth's fatter chord voicing giving the single a bigger sound than Panorama's tracks.

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  • Seedsystem