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Yamaha DX7, pad

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 played pad on Making Love in the Rain by Herb Alpert (1987)

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Settings

osc
FM 4-op string algorithm, unison 1, detune 10 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
2600 Hz
resonance
0.05
envelope
A 300 ms D 400 ms S 0.8 R 700 ms; slow swell into the chorus; filter env amount 0.1
modulation
lfo sine 0.3 Hz to cutoff
effects
large hall reverb, none
notes
A soft DX7 string pad blooms under the rain-themed ballad's verses, letting Alpert's trumpet and the Lisa Keith/Janet Jackson backing vocals sit forward.

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  • Seedsystem