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Yamaha DX7, pad

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 played pad on Once Upon a Time by Simple Minds (1985)

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Settings

osc
3 saw unison, wide detune, unison 4, detune 25 cents, sub none
filter
LP24 24 dB/oct
cutoff
1272 Hz
resonance
0.09
envelope
A 400 ms D 600 ms S 0.8 R 1200 ms; slow rise under the chord; filter env amount 0.33
modulation
lfo sine 0.65 Hz to cutoff
effects
chorus, long hall reverb, none
notes
Once Upon a Time (1985), produced by Jimmy Iovine / Bob Clearmountain. Approximated from Simple Minds' documented 1985-era rig (Oberheim OB-Xa / Sequential Prophet-5 / PPG Wave / early Yamaha DX7 textures): a pad part built as 3 saw unison, wide detune, filtered through a lp24 stage with cutoff moving as slow rise under the chord.

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  • Seedsystem