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Oberheim OB-Xa, bass

You Are in My System · The System / Single (1983)

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Contest: Oberheim OB-Xa played bass on You Are in My System by The System (1983)

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Settings

osc
1 square -1 + 1 saw -1, unison 1, detune 8 cents, sub square -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
500 Hz
resonance
0.35, drive 0.2
envelope
A 2 ms D 90 ms S 0.6 R 80 ms; quick pluck opening on each note; filter env amount 0.5
modulation
glide 30 ms, mono
effects
short slap delay, dry otherwise, none
notes
David Frank's signature System bassline: a snapping monosynth pluck doubled an octave down with a Minimoog sub, driving the boogie groove that later got covered wholesale by Robert Palmer.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem