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Hohner Bass 2, bass

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Contest: Hohner Bass 2 played bass on Take My Breath Away by Berlin (1986)

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Settings

osc
1 square + sub sine, unison 1, detune 0 cents
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
550 Hz
resonance
0.15
envelope
A 5 ms D 200 ms S 0.75 R 300 ms; slow, glassy, fretless-like drone with a soft attack
modulation
lfo sine 0.8 Hz to cutoff, glide 30 ms, mono
effects
chorus, none
notes
The droning bass tone is a DX7 factory FM preset, played to imitate a fretless bass rather than a typical synth-bass patch, giving the Top Gun ballad its glassy, breathing quality. Documented via a Google Arts & Culture feature on the track's production.

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  • Seedsystem