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Article from Electronics & Music Maker, July 1985
The readers’ synth sound page. This month, ever more resourceful patches for the Yamaha DX7 and Roland Jupiter 8 polysynths.
More details of synth patches and how to get the best from them...
Wendy, Birmingham
An Oriental-style patch falling somewhere between conventional brass and string sounds in application. Most usable over the upper two thirds of the keyboard, it's best suited to slower chord progressions or the odd bit of lead work. Pitchbend can also be used to add expression if required.
Available files:
Japanesque JPV3.mp3 (371 KB)
Interesting pitch bend
Tomás Mulcahy | 22nd Apr 2021 | Downloads: 69
Arturia Jup-8 V patch
Tomás Mulcahy | 22nd Apr 2021 | Downloads: 76
Zipped Arturia Jup-8V3 preset
Tomás Mulcahy | 15th Apr 2021 | Downloads: 70
Paul Wiffen, London
Freelance synth programmer and occasional E&MM author PW has put together a punchy bass guitar sound for the Yamaha's FM best-seller. It's ideally suited to sequenced parts and to complimenting a lower-pitched bass line - the latter is only necessary because real 'bottom' is still quite difficult to achieve on the DX, even for a man of this experience. Not surprisingly, the patch sounds at its best in the lowest second and third octaves of the keyboard, while harder key strikes and aftertouch introduce rapid vibrato.
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Gear in this article:
Synthesizer > Yamaha > DX7
Synthesizer > Roland > Jupiter-8
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Other articles featuring gear in this article:
> BeeBMIDI (3) EMM Aug 84
> BeeBMIDI (7) EMM Mar 85
> Dave Bristow on the Yama... EMM Jul 83
> Decisions, Decisions MT Jul 87
> Eighth Wonder MT Apr 87
> Grey Matter Response E! MT Sep 87
> Groove Electronics MIDI ... MT May 88
> Hands On: Yamaha DX7 SOS Dec 92
> Load Baring 12T May 85
> Load Baring 12T Aug 85
> One For The 7 ES May 85
> One Off ES Apr 85
> RAM-a-ROM-in SOS Dec 86
> Roland Jupiter 8 12T Nov 82
> Sight Reading EMM Apr 85
> Steve Gray on the DX7 EMM Dec 83
> The Right Connections ES Oct 84
> The Synths Of The Year S... IM Dec 85
> Understanding the DX7 (1) EMM Apr 84
> Understanding the DX7 (2) EMM May 84
> Patchwork EMM Feb 84
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Synthesizer > Yamaha > DX7IIFD
Expansion Board > Grey Matter Response > E!
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Synthesizer Module > Yamaha > TX816
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