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Yamaha DX7, bass

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 played bass on The Swing of Things by a-ha (1987)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + 1 square -1oct, unison 1, detune 8 cents, sub square -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
900 Hz
resonance
0.25, drive 0.15
envelope
A 2 ms D 120 ms S 0.6 R 80 ms; quick pluck opening on each note then closing back down through the release, giving the line a percussive pop; filter env amount 0.5
modulation
mono
effects
light plate reverb, short slap delay doubling accent notes, drive
notes
A syncopated, punchy synth bass line drives the groove under a-ha's other synth layers, most likely a Jupiter-8 or DX7 patch shaped with a snappy filter envelope so it cuts through the mix. Typical of the sequenced low end a-ha and producer Alan Tarney used across the Scoundrel Days era.

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  • Seedsystem