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Moog Minimoog, fx

Reflective Smile · The Moody Blues / Single (1981)

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Contest: Moog Minimoog played fx on Reflective Smile by The Moody Blues (1981)

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Settings

osc
noise + 1 sine sub, texture stack, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub sine -1, noise 0.33
filter
BP 12 dB/oct, swept
cutoff
595 Hz
resonance
0.31, drive 0.07
envelope
A 1204 ms D 400 ms S 0.5 R 1027 ms; long manual sweep across the passage; filter env amount 0.7
modulation
lfo tri 0.08 Hz to cutoff, mono
effects
long plate/spring reverb, tape saturation, none
notes
A brief spoken-word piece by Dave Symonds set against a sustained Moraz synth pad, bridging into 'Veteran Cosmic Rocker'. Patrick Moraz's studio debut with the band, replacing Pinder's Mellotron textures with Minimoog leads and early-80s polysynth pads.

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  • Seedsystem