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Oberheim OB-Xa, keys

I Refuse · The Cars / Single (1984)

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Contest: Oberheim OB-Xa played keys on I Refuse by The Cars (1984)

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Settings

osc
saw -1 + saw -2, unison 2, detune 15 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
3400 Hz
resonance
0.35, drive 0.2
envelope
A 1 ms D 25 ms S 0 R 60 ms; sharp downward snap; filter env amount -0.4
modulation
lfo sine 0 Hz to cutoff
effects
gated slap delay, none
notes
Bright, tightly-gated OB-Xa stabs punch through the uptempo verses, a hallmark of the record's Mutt Lange-influenced sheen.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem