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More original patches plucked from the banks of readers' synths. This month the Ensoniq ESQ1 and Yamaha DX7 get the Patchwork treatment.
If you're still waiting to see your particular synth featured in these pages, then why not be the first to submit some sounds?
Don't forget that if your patch gets published, you'll receive a free year's subscription to MUSIC TECHNOLOGY with our compliments. So send us your favourite sounds on a photocopy of an owner's manual chart (coupled with a blank one for artwork purposes) accompanied by a short demo-tape (don't worry too much about classic performances and impeccable recording quality; just present your sounds simply and concisely - and convince us you're the best of the bunch). Include a decent-length description of your sound and its musical purpose in life, and write your full name and address on each chart. And remember, edited presets are all very well, but an original masterpiece is always preferable. OK?
The address to send sounds to: Patchwork, (Contact Details).
Johan Wedjesjo, Sweden
One of a pair of patches sent in by a pair of Swedes - brothers Johan and Daniel - both of whom show remarkable competence in DX7 programming. 'Curved Air' bears more than a passing resemblance to deep, massed vocals, though eerily mutated, especially in the lower registers. A good patch then, well deserving of the free sub that's on its way. Keep 'em coming chaps.
Adrian Bennet, Alnwick, Northumberland
This has to be another candidate for strangest patch name trophy. Adrian describes it as resembling a plucked guitar string, with a fairly sharp attack followed by a rich vibrant aftertone. He also reckons it's "pleasingly susceptible to vibrato via the wheel" and recommends using it particularly for arpeggiated/sequenced patterns over an unobtrusive background.
BeeBMIDI (Part 3)
(EMM Aug 84)
BeeBMIDI (Part 7)
(EMM Mar 85)
Central Control - Ensoniq ESQ1 Polysynth
(EMM Aug 86)
Ensoniq ESQ-1
(SOS Aug 86)
Making More of your Ensoniq ESQ1
(SOS Mar 89)
One For The 7 - DX7 Patch
(ES May 85)
One Off - DX7 Patch
(ES Apr 85)
Sight Reading - Yamaha DX7 Digital Synthesizer
(EMM Apr 85)
Steve Gray on the DX7
(EMM Dec 83)
The Right Connections
(ES Oct 84)
Understanding the DX7 (Part 1)
(EMM Apr 84)
Understanding the DX7 (Part 2)
(EMM May 84)
Understanding the DX7 (Part 3)
(EMM Jun 84)
Understanding the DX7 (Part 4)
(EMM Jul 84)
Understanding the DX7 (Part 7)
(EMM Oct 84)
Patchwork
(EMM Feb 84)
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(EMM Mar 84)
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(EMM Apr 84)
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(EMM May 84)
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(EMM Jan 85)
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(EMM May 86)
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(EMM Jun 86)
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(EMM Aug 86)
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(EMM Sep 86)
Patchwork
(MT Nov 86)
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(MT Dec 86)
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(MT Jan 87)
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