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Yamaha DX7, lead

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 played lead on Babylon by Akina Nakamori (1985)

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Settings

osc
1 square + 1 saw, hard sync feel, unison 1, detune 32 cents, sub none, noise 0.15
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
4820 Hz
resonance
0.37, drive 0.23
envelope
A 79 ms D 256 ms S 0.3 R 600 ms; quick pluck-open on the attack, closes into the sustain; filter env amount 0.78
modulation
lfo saw 1.63 Hz to pitch, glide 41 ms, mono
effects
1/8 dotted delay, small room reverb, none
notes
The lead line is built from 1 square + 1 saw, hard sync feel, cut lp 12 db/oct near 4820 Hz with the filter quick pluck-open on the attack, closes into the sustain; it sits on top of the arrangement carrying the vocal-answering hook. Written for Nakamori's 1985 album Bitter and Sweet; gear and style approximated from the album's documented production (arranger/producer credits: Mitsuo Hagita; period gear: Yamaha DX7 and Fairlight CMI, Roland Jupiter-8, Simmons SDS-V drums).

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  • Seedsystem