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Yamaha DX7, pad

What a Feeling · Bad Boys Blue / Single (1992)

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 played pad on What a Feeling by Bad Boys Blue (1992)

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Settings

osc
Korg M1 'Universe'-style layered saw pad, unison 3, detune 28 cents, sub none, noise 0.04
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
3061 Hz
resonance
0.05
envelope
A 463 ms D 509 ms S 0.79 R 1042 ms; slow open on the intro then settled; filter env amount 0.14
modulation
lfo sine 0.49 Hz to cutoff
effects
chorus and plate reverb, wide stereo, none
notes
A layered analog-style pad washes under the chorus, chorused and slow-attacking so it blooms in behind the vocal rather than fighting it. On "What a Feeling" (Totally, 1992), the part sits in the classic Coconut/Tony Hendrik arrangement of vocal, synth bed and drum machine.

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  • Seedsystem