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Yamaha CS-80, lead

Alpha · Vangelis / Single (1976)

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Contest: Yamaha CS-80 played lead on Alpha by Vangelis (1976)

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Settings

osc
Yamaha CS-80 lead, unison 1, detune 12 cents, sub none
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
4000 Hz
resonance
0.35, drive 0.05
envelope
A 10 ms D 250 ms S 0.6 R 500 ms; slow, expressive, ribbon-controller-shaped; filter env amount 0.35
modulation
lfo sine 0.15 Hz to cutoff, glide 80 ms
effects
Lexicon-style plate/hall reverb, long tail, none
notes
A soaring analogue lead, likely a Moog modular layered with early CS-80 voicing, carries the main theme over a driving sequencer pattern.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem