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Yamaha DX7, pad

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Contest: Yamaha DX7 played pad on Where Do Broken Hearts Go by Whitney Houston (1987)

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Settings

osc
2 saw -1, unison 3, detune 16 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
4200 Hz
resonance
0.05
envelope
A 600 ms D 250 ms S 0.8 R 1200 ms; slow swell; filter env amount 0.1
effects
hall reverb, none
notes
A gently rising DX7-style pad underscores the pre-chorus, the classic bell-glass timbre of Walden's mid-80s ballad work at Whitney, filling out the space around the piano.

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  • Seedsystem