Date: 12-16-1999
Subject: Re: Orbital - "Choice" Lead Synth Sound?

Hi Brett,

I assume your speaking of the monosynth like resonant melody that comes in
at about 1:03 into the song, "Choice" by Orbital... Anyway it is definitely a monophonic analog
synth (knowing them). I've been able to pretty accurately recreate that
sound on a Roland SH-101, however the Moog Prodigy, OSCar or even a
BassStation can reproduce a very similar sound.

I don't know what gear you have but here are the settings I have on the
Roland SH-101 which you can use as a guide to programming the sound. The
slider data I will give is on a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 would be the
slider (or knob) turned all the way down or off, 5 would be the middle
position and 10 would be maxxed!

LFO Rate: 5
LFO Wave form: square
VCO Modulation: 0
VCO Range: 4'
VCO Pulsewidth: 0
VCO1: Square wave, amount: 9
VCO2: Ramp or Saw wave, amount: 2
VCO Sub-Osc: 0
VCO Noise: 0
VCF Freq: 8
VCF Res: 1
VCF Env: 0
VCF Mod: 1
VCF Kybd: 5
VCA: switched to Envelope and to Gate + Trigger
VCA Attack: 0
VCA Decay: 10
VCA Sustain: 10
VCA Release: 0
Portamento: ON
Portamento amount: 1
Pitch Bender LFO MOD Amount: 5

These settings work on the SH-101, but are only a guide for use on other
monophonic bass-synths. I was jamming along with the song and my SH-101 for
at least 30 minutes, it was fun! The pitch bender settings listed above
works great for the modulating hi F at 4:10.

Have fun, and good luck!
--
Matt Friedman
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