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Yamaha DX7, lead

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 played lead on Männer des Westens by Falco (1985)

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Settings

osc
2 saw +1 square -12, unison 4, detune 18 cents, sub none, noise 0.02
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
3800 Hz
resonance
0.4, drive 0.15
envelope
A 10 ms D 200 ms S 0.6 R 300 ms; bright bite on each phrase then settles; filter env amount 0.45
modulation
lfo sine 5.5 Hz to pitch, glide 40 ms, mono
effects
stereo chorus, plate reverb tail, none
notes
The Bollands' trademark big, chorused Jupiter-8 unison lead carries the chorus hook, doubled with a bell-like DX7 FM layer for extra shimmer on the top end.

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  • Seedsystem