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Oberheim OB-Xa, pad

City of Love · Yes / Single (1983)

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Contest: Oberheim OB-Xa played pad on City of Love by Yes (1983)

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Settings

osc
2 saw wide, unison 2, detune 18 cents, sub sine -1
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
2600 Hz
resonance
0.1, drive 0.05
envelope
A 250 ms D 400 ms S 0.75 R 800 ms; gentle swell; filter env amount 0.2
modulation
lfo tri 0.2 Hz to cutoff
effects
chorus, hall reverb, none
notes
A darker, slower cousin of the Changes pad, this OB-Xa wash carries the track's brooding verses before the arena-scale chorus opens up with layered guitars.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem