How It Was Recorded

Gear · synthesizer

Oberheim OB-X

Records it appears on · 2

  • Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

    Eurythmics · Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), 1983

    • Synth parts · InstrumentReportedLennox played the riff on a soft string sound on it, cut short to sound more attacking; Stewart thinks the sound was a preset.
  • Cloud Nine

    George Harrison · Album, 1987

    • Keyboards (guide parts) · InstrumentInferredUsual practice, not stated for this record: Sometimes put down with Lynne as a pad guide part on songs during the sessions.

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

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Arturia OP-Xa V

instrument

Models the OB-Xa, the model that sits between the OB-X and the OB-8.

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