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Yamaha DX7, lead

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 played lead on Martin by Soft Cell (1983)

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Settings

osc
FM algorithm 5, 2 operators, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub none
filter
none (FM output, no post-filter)
cutoff
18000 Hz
resonance
0
envelope
A 8 ms D 300 ms S 0.4 R 900 ms; n/a, shaped by FM envelope instead; filter env amount 0
modulation
lfo sine 5.5 Hz to pitch
effects
long plate reverb, DX7 factory chorus, none
notes
The extended, unedited 10-minute 12-inch cut leans on the newly acquired DX7's bell-like FM voices, long decaying tones stacked and reverbed rather than the analogue synth-bass approach of the earlier records.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem