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Article from Making Music, April 1986

Wild and wily new patches to try for your Casio CZ101, Yamaha DX7 and Roland Alpha Juno 1

In this place each month MAKING MUSIC will be presenting some brand new patches for those so popular synths cluttering up your music room. Our thanks to expert programmers Ken Campbell (Yamaha), Alan Townsend (Roland) and Richard Young (Casio).

YAMAHA DX7 - chaka bass

Percussive sounds don't depend on large numbers of harmonics or a very fast attack time so much as the speed with which these energies dissipate. To achieve this effect set level two of your carrier to something between 75 and 85 and set rate two between 75 and 99. This will give you a sharp transient attack to the sound, such as in Chakabass, full of slappiness and general bonky tones.

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ROLAND ALPHA JUNO - duke lead

A percussive solo sound with a tight, hard beginning dropping away to a mellow after note.

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CASIO CZ101 - softo americano

A smooth, mellow, gooey sound for those soft washes of chords.

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Softo Americano.syx.zip (701 B)

Single patch for CZ series
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CZ_Preset_Softo Americano_201912... (15 KB)

Arturia CZ-V patch
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VCZ Softo Americano.aupreset.zip... (10 KB)

Virtual CZ aupreset
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VCZ Softo Americano.vstpreset.zi... (2 KB)

Virtual CZ VST3 preset
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Publisher: Making Music - Track Record Publishing Ltd, Nexus Media Ltd.

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Making Music - Apr 1986

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Synthesizer Patches

Gear in this article:

Synthesizer > Casio > CZ-101

Synthesizer > Yamaha > DX7

Synthesizer > Roland > Alpha Juno 1

Gear Tags:

Digital Synth
Analog Synth
FM Synth
FM 6-Operator
Phase Distortion
Polysynth

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> BeeBMIDI (3) EMM Aug 84

> BeeBMIDI (7) EMM Mar 85

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> Casio CZ101 EMM Jan 85

> Casio CZ101 IM Feb 85

> Dave Bristow on the Yama... EMM Jul 83

> Decisions, Decisions MT Jul 87

> Dial-A-Dream SOS Mar 86

> Digital Dynamite ES Jan 85

> Grey Matter Response E! MT Sep 87

> Hands On: Yamaha DX7 SOS Dec 92

> It's Juno In January! IT Feb 86

> Juno Jive! PH Jan 89

> 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

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