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Yamaha DX7, lead

Miami Vice Theme · Jan Hammer / Single (1985)

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 played lead on Miami Vice Theme by Jan Hammer (1985)

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Settings

osc
1 square + 1 tri, unison 1, detune 6 cents
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
3200 Hz
resonance
0.2
envelope
A 3 ms D 80 ms S 0.3 R 140 ms; plucky, koto-like FM-style attack with a quick decay, doubled with Fairlight sample hits
effects
chorus, delay, none
notes
A plucked, koto-like DX7 FM lead trades phrases with sampled Fairlight voices, the melodic top line of the theme. Documented across multiple interviews and retrospectives with Hammer.

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  • Seedsystem