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Oberheim OB-8, bass

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Contest: Oberheim OB-8 played bass on Someone for Me by Whitney Houston (1985)

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Settings

osc
1 saw -1 + 1 square -1, unison 1, detune 8 cents, sub square -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
900 Hz
resonance
0.25, drive 0.15
envelope
A 2 ms D 90 ms S 0.7 R 120 ms; quick pluck-open per note, closes into the sustain; filter env amount 0.5
modulation
glide 25 ms, mono
effects
light plate reverb, short slap delay on the beat, none
notes
Light-funk boogie bass under a LinnDrum-style pattern, doubling the root on a downbeat pluck then gliding to passing tones; typical of Jermaine Jackson's Oberheim/Prophet-5 palette on his own 1984 album sessions that also produced this track.

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  • Seedsystem