How It Was Recorded

Gear · synthesizer

Oberheim Four-voice

Records it appears on · 2

  • Breakfast in America

    Supertramp · Album, 1979

    • Synth strings · InstrumentVerifiedHenderson says an Oberheim Four-voice was used a lot, in the synth-string approach used pretty much throughout the album.
  • The Logical Song

    Supertramp · Breakfast in America, 1979

    • Electric piano and strings · InstrumentReportedSynthesiser used for the cello string part.

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

Get the sound

First choice · Close match

Arturia SEM V

instrument

Models the Oberheim SEM. The Four Voice and Eight Voice are built from several SEM modules.

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