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Akai S950, bass

Firestarter · The Prodigy / Single (1996)

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Contest: Akai S950 played bass on Firestarter by The Prodigy (1996)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + sub sine -1, unison 1, detune 3 cents, sub sine -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
430 Hz
resonance
0.4, drive 0.27
envelope
A 6 ms D 105 ms S 0.4 R 96 ms; short punchy envelope pulls the cutoff down quickly under the kick; filter env amount 0.37
modulation
glide 20 ms, mono
effects
none, dry and tight for club-system low end, drive
notes
Built on a heavily distorted, bit-crushed mono bassline and a snarling detuned lead riff, with harsh filtered noise FX punctuating the chorus hits. For the bass, a mono, sub-reinforced saw patch sits tight under the low end with a fast filter pluck.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem