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Yamaha DX7 S, bass

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 S played bass on Sugar Free by Wa Wa Nee (1986)

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Settings

osc
1 square -1, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub sine -1
filter
LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff
800 Hz
resonance
0.3, drive 0.1
envelope
A 2 ms D 80 ms S 0 R 30 ms; punchy snap on every eighth note, tracks the driving pulse under the chorus; filter env amount 0.4
modulation
mono
effects
light chorus, short slap delay, none
notes
The ARIA top-five hit rides a pulsing square-wave bass with a sine sub underneath, snapping open on every eighth note to give the chorus its driving, bright synth-pop momentum.

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  • Seedsystem