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Yamaha DX7, arp

Living a Boy's Adventure Tale · a-ha / Single (1985)

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 played arp on Living a Boy's Adventure Tale by a-ha (1985)

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Settings

osc
FM 4-op metallic, unison 1, detune 0 cents
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
3200 Hz
resonance
0.2
envelope
A 1 ms D 90 ms S 0.3 R 130 ms; none; filter env amount 0
modulation
lfo tri 6 Hz to cutoff, mono
effects
none, none
notes
A rapid, cascading DX7 arpeggio drives the track's storytelling verses, built from the same family of bright FM presets that made the DX7 the band's signature texture. Inferred from the well-documented DX7 centrality to a-ha's early sound.

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  • Seedsystem