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  1. AROIOS
    Very sad news, I'm a big fan of Peter. May his gentle soul rest in heaven.
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    1080/2080/1010/30/50/60/80 are the "Super JVs". He might be referring to the original JVs (JV80/880/90/1000 etc)
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    Glad you liked it, Reezekeys, and thanks for the new tip. I'm gonna try it out in my next synth bass programming adventure.
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    Glad you enjoyed the patch, jazzpiano88. And yes, the original bass is more impressive in isolation but could be a PITA to tame in a mix. The mix engineers behind so many of these Pop and Rock hits don't get nearly as much recognition as they deserve. Only after listening to a lot of the original stems, did I realize what crude materials they were dealing with back in the day.
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    @Reezekeys so I layered 3 FM bass patches today and got a sound similar to "Glory of Love". This opens a new door for my synth bass programming. Thanks again for the suggestion. Here's a quick demo of it: SBS - Glory of Love .mp3
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    Sounds like the DX7 factory preset "Fretless" from ROM #3, i.e. the "Take My Breath Away" bass. Here's a quick demo of it: SBS - Commodores - Nightshift; DX7 ROM3A Fretless.mp3
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    Besides being a great songwriter, he's also got a distinctive Blue-Eyed-Soul voice. My favorite cover of The Emotions' "Don't Ask My Neighbors" was from Bobby.
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    That's a great idea. I've done it with electric piano patches for years but never thought of applying it on FM basses.
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    Yes it is, with volume normalized/compressed. It was ripped from the game Rock Band.
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    That's one of the biggest arrangement/mixing lessons I learned from transcribing and listening to original mix stems of my favorite Pop tunes: Density management. The individual parts of those tunes are often much simpler than I thought or what I would write. It's the brilliant interplay among these simple parts, plus the genius of the mix engineers, that turned those parts into a final product greater than the simple sum of them.
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    That long swirling decay is the most definitive feature of the 80's/David Foster style power ballad synth bass. It fills up the sparse arrangements in the verse of a power ballad much better than a real bass could. And yes, bass layering was common at the time. "Thriller"'s bass was actually done on a ARP 2600 with a Moog ladder filter. So Minimoog can definitely do a convincing job of covering it.
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    Great demonstration of emulating analog filter and pulsation with FM, thanks for the share.
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    i-VI

    AROIOS replied to CyberGene's topic in The Keyboard Corner

    Ah, I see. Without additional context, I would have heard it simply as iiim-Imaj7 or vim-IVmaj7.
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    i-VI

    AROIOS replied to CyberGene's topic in The Keyboard Corner

    I don't see (hear) that progression (attached below) as being dramatic/epic at all. The "Light My Fire" i-vi progression is probably abused more in film/TV scores. What am I missing? CHD Pro -064.mp3
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    Excellent piece! Sierra games had some great MIDI tracks, here's a favorite of mine:
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    Only the attack sounds FM-ish, the swirl and growl in the sustain sounded very analog, and the static pattern of that swirl and growl hints at samples of analog being used.
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    The sustain of it doesn't sound like an DX7 bass to me, probably layered with a 360 Systems MIDI Bass popular around that time. And not to dismiss your personal preferences brother, but this bass track is pretty run-of-the-mill. To call it a masterpiece is an overstatement.
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    Happy Birthday, Brother Dave!! 🍰
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    Here's the isolated piano track. It's just some common Blues/Gospel licks around C-Eb-F-G. The missing flavor you're looking for might be the b3 and b7 Blues notes and the I - IV/I Gospel lick. You can even throw in a VIIb/I after the IV/I to spice things up a bit further. piano01 Copy.mp3
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    It's here. We're f*ed. 😆 https://www.suno.ai/
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    And Korg MicroX
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    Charlatan: $0 MiniMogue: $0 OB-XD: $0 PG-8X: $0 Synth1: $0 Tyrell N6: $0
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    Sent, enjoy!
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    I just tested that patch on the free OB-XD, and it destroyed Arturia's version in warmth. What a nice little piece of gem! untitled.mp3
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    Always loved the progression he played at 0:50, finally transcribed it after coming across the video again tonight. The 3 hip chords in there are honey to my ears: B13b9 (IIIb13b9), C#/E (IV/VIb), A13b9 (IIb13b9) CHD Pro - 63.mp3
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