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Yamaha DX7, bass

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Settings

osc
1 DX7 FM sine-stack bass + sub, unison 1, detune 5 cents, sub sine -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
308 Hz
resonance
0.2, drive 0.18
envelope
A 2 ms D 103 ms S 0.51 R 75 ms; short punchy pluck on each note; filter env amount 0.33
modulation
mono
effects
short slap delay, tight to the drum machine, drive
notes
A tight monosynth bass anchors the groove, gated short against the drum machine so the low end stays punchy rather than sustained. On "A Train to Nowhere" (The Fifth, 1989), the part sits in the classic Coconut/Tony Hendrik arrangement of vocal, synth bed and drum machine.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem