How It Was Recorded

Gear · synthesizer

Moog Source

Records it appears on · 1

  • She Blinded Me with Science

    Thomas Dolby · The Golden Age of Wireless, 1982

    • Synth bass · InstrumentReportedPlayed by Seligman to produce the prominent bass lines.
    • Synth keyboards · InstrumentReportedIts sample-and-hold feature produced the tinkling bell sounds at the start of the song.
    • Synth keyboards · InstrumentVerifiedMade the descending phone part after the chorus, by playing only the filter resonance with the oscillators off.Settings: Filter resonance all the way up, oscillators turned off
    • Synth keyboards · InstrumentReportedPlayed a piccolo trumpet line, which Dolby believes adds some air by sitting higher than the rest.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

Get the sound

First choice · Approximate

Arturia Mini V

instrument

A Minimoog emulation. It has the Moog filter and character, but this is a different Moog.

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