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Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, lead

Say What You Mean (Parts 1 & 2) · The Moody Blues / Single (1991)

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Contest: Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 played lead on Say What You Mean (Parts 1 & 2) by The Moody Blues (1991)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + 1 saw -5, wide lead stack, unison 2, detune 35 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct, vocal-like sweep
cutoff
2349 Hz
resonance
0.43, drive 0.21
envelope
A 87 ms D 200 ms S 0.75 R 342 ms; singing sweep tracking the melodic phrase; filter env amount 0.55
modulation
lfo sine 5.18 Hz to pitch, glide 85 ms, mono
effects
plate reverb medium, tape delay 1/4 feeding back once, none
notes
One of the three tracks on which Patrick Moraz himself played keyboards, featuring a lead Prophet-5 line running through both parts. Moraz's parts (his last with the band) alongside outside keyboardists Bias Boshell and Paul Bliss running Prophet-5 and Fairlight CMI sample replay plus drum machine.

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  • Seedsystem