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Moog Minimoog, lead

Are 'Friends' Electric? · Tubeway Army / Single (1979)

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Contest: Moog Minimoog played lead on Are 'Friends' Electric? by Tubeway Army (1979)

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Settings

osc
2 saw + sub sine, unison 1, detune 12 cents
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
1800 Hz
resonance
0.4
envelope
A 5 ms D 150 ms S 0.7 R 300 ms; slow filter creep upward across each instrumental break
modulation
glide 40 ms, mono
effects
none
notes
The stabbing riff between verses is the Minimoog with a touch of glide, giving the phrase a slight moan as notes slide into each other. Numan has discussed the two-synth Replicas-era setup in interviews.

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