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Yamaha DX7, pad

Don't Tell Me Lies · Breathe / Single (1988)

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 played pad on Don't Tell Me Lies by Breathe (1988)

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Settings

osc
FM 4-op, algorithm with 2 carriers, unison 1, detune 5 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct (post-FM low-pass)
cutoff
5000 Hz
resonance
0.05
envelope
A 150 ms D 400 ms S 0.8 R 700 ms; gentle swell on chord changes; filter env amount 0.1
modulation
lfo sine 4.5 Hz to amp
effects
plate reverb, stereo chorus, none
notes
Glassy DX7 FM pad bedding the verses, the bright bell-like attack characteristic of 1988 British soft-pop production. A slow tremolo-style amp LFO gives it the gentle shimmer typical of the era's session-synth sound.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem