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Yamaha DX7, lead

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 played lead on Bakerman by Laid Back (1989)

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Settings

osc
DX7 FM mallet/marimba algorithm, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct, mostly open
cutoff
8000 Hz
resonance
0.1
envelope
A 1 ms D 250 ms S 0 R 300 ms; static; the tone comes from the FM operator decay, not the filter; filter env amount 0
effects
ping-pong delay locked to the groove, subtle plate reverb, none
notes
The instantly recognisable riff is a classic DX7 mallet FM patch (fast operator decay, no sustain, bell-ish overtone), bounced across the stereo field with a tempo-locked ping-pong delay. The band later named this their favourite of their own compositions, and it remained a fixture of Danish radio through 1989.

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  • Seedsystem