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Yamaha DX7, pad

Praying to a New God · Wang Chung / Single (1986)

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 played pad on Praying to a New God by Wang Chung (1986)

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Settings

osc
DX7 FM electric-piano/pad algorithm, unison 2, detune 4 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
5000 Hz
resonance
0.1
envelope
A 200 ms D 400 ms S 0.65 R 900 ms; slow swell; filter env amount 0.15
effects
gated reverb on accented chords, none
notes
Warm DX7 pad bed carrying the verse harmony, given a gated-reverb swell on the chorus chord changes in line with the record's bigger, more radio-polished 1986 sound.

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  • Seedsystem