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Roland Jupiter-8, lead

Looking for Love · The Cars / Single (1984)

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Contest: Roland Jupiter-8 played lead on Looking for Love by The Cars (1984)

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Settings

osc
2 saw -1, PWM cross-mod, unison 2, detune 15 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
4200 Hz
resonance
0.35, drive 0.15
envelope
A 3 ms D 110 ms S 0.4 R 160 ms; bright melodic pluck; filter env amount 0.4
modulation
lfo sine 5.8 Hz to pitch, mono
effects
gated reverb, mid-80s bright, none
notes
A bright, glassy Jupiter-8 lead runs through the verses, in the polished Mutt Lange-adjacent production sound of the record.

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  • Seedsystem