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Did Bush use this feature? Where on the album/song can we hear it?


Hard to know for sure without herself saying so, but in Babooshka she used a CS-80 and you can hear some vibrato, but I don't know if she used aftertouch for that. You can however hear the CS-80 ribbon there very clearly in this song, mimicking the fretless bass. The ribbon was also used a lot in the Blade Runner soundtrack, btw.

It's also in the background of All We Ever Look For (backing a Fairlight sampling a whistle). There's clearly some amplitude control going on but then again it could be something else (clever envelope programming or even just getting lucky with compression).


If the album is Hounds of Love - they used the Fairlight there.


I believe GP is asking about the CP-80's aftertouch. Her usage of the Fairlight is super well documented, including in the original post.




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