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Moog Minimoog, bass

A Fifth of Beethoven · Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band / Single (1976)

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Contest: Moog Minimoog played bass on A Fifth of Beethoven by Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band (1976)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + sub sine, unison 1, detune 0 cents
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
700 Hz
resonance
0.3
envelope
A 1 ms D 45 ms S 0.6 R 70 ms; tight snap on each eighth note, driving the four-on-the-floor pulse
modulation
mono
effects
none, drive
notes
Walter Murphy's disco arrangement of Beethoven's opening motif rides on a propulsive synth bass, lightly driven for extra bite, under the strings and brass stabs. No confirmed patch sheet survives; reconstructed by ear from the recording and period session norms.

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  • Seedsystem