Yamaha DX7, bass

Love Will Save the Day · Whitney Houston / Single (1987)

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Settings

osc: 1 square + sub sine -1, unison 1, detune 2.87 cents, sub square -1
filter: LP 24 dB/oct
cutoff: 541.98 Hz
resonance: 0.16, drive 0.23
envelope: A 4.9 ms D 109.19 ms S 0.47 R 99.56 ms; filter snaps shut fast after the attack for a percussive, rubbery thump; filter env amount 0.5
modulation: glide 15 ms, mono
effects: none, none
notes: Punchy, syncopated synth bass drives this Full Force-produced track, characteristic of their SP-1200-and-Emulator synth-funk productions of the period.

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Revision history

11 Sep 2026Seedsystem