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Roland System 100, lead

Empire State Human · The Human League / Single (1979)

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Contest: Roland System 100 played lead on Empire State Human by The Human League (1979)

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Settings

osc
1 saw, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
4500 Hz
resonance
0.4, drive 0.1
envelope
A 2 ms D 100 ms S 0.5 R 150 ms; sharp snap per note, manually played not sequenced; filter env amount 0.5
modulation
mono
effects
tape slapback delay, no reverb, none
notes
A single resonant sawtooth voice, hand-played on the System 100 keyboard, carries the skyscraper-climbing hook, the deliberately crude monophonic character typical of the pre-Dare! lineup's minimalism.

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  • Seedsystem