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Yamaha DX7, bass

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 played bass on Why Don't They Leave Things Alone? (I Can See It) by Blancmange (1986)

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Settings

osc
FM sine + sub (DX7 bass patch), unison 1, detune 15 cents, sub none, noise 0.03
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
2835 Hz
resonance
0.18, drive 0.21
envelope
A 3 ms D 39 ms S 0.93 R 168 ms; sweeps open then closes on release; filter env amount -0.06
modulation
glide 100 ms, mono
effects
Fairlight-native ambience, plate reverb, chorus, drive
notes
"Why Don't They Leave Things Alone? (I Can See It)" on Believe You Me builds around a monosynth bassline, brooding and spacious in character. Cut with the Believe You Me rig (Fairlight CMI, DX7, Jupiter-8, Pro-One, Emulator), the patch leans on a tight, mono signal for definition. The filter stays mostly static under the arrangement, and tempo-synced delay sits the part in the mix.

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  • Seedsystem