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Yamaha DX7, arp

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 played arp on What Keeps Mankind Alive? by Pet Shop Boys (1988)

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Settings

osc
1 square -3, unison 1, detune 17 cents, sub none
filter
BP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
2913 Hz
resonance
0.5, drive 0.03
envelope
A 4 ms D 277 ms S 0.25 R 298 ms; slow filter opening across the phrase; filter env amount 0.61
modulation
lfo square 2.74 Hz to cutoff, mono
effects
short plate reverb, light slap delay, none
notes
On this Introspective-era synth-pop track, a tempo-synced arpeggio ripples through the verse, thinning out for the chorus. Built from 1 square -3 through a BP 12 dB/oct filter (slow filter opening across the phrase), it sits in the mix true to the period's Fairlight-driven productions.

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  • Seedsystem