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Oberheim OB-Xa, lead

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Contest: Oberheim OB-Xa played lead on 1984 by Van Halen (1984)

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Settings

osc
3 saw -7, unison 3, detune 20 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
3600 Hz
resonance
0.3, drive 0.15
envelope
A 400 ms D 300 ms S 0.7 R 900 ms; slow cinematic swell; filter env amount 0.3
modulation
lfo sine 0.15 Hz to pitch
effects
wide chorus, hall reverb, none
notes
The brief instrumental intro is built entirely from a swelling Oberheim OB-Xa pad-lead, the same synth Eddie used for Jump, setting up the album's synth-and-guitar hybrid identity.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem