The Solid Bass preset (which also found its way onto Yamaha’s TX81Z rackmount synth in 1987 in the form of the slightly tweaked ‘Lately Bass’), is a sound design classic. And while it was a cheaper, more portable take on FM with only four operators as opposed to the DX7’s six, it was still capable of making some fantastic sounds. Released in 1985, the DX27 was one of the many FM synths Yamaha created in the wake of the DX7’s enormous success. Specifically, we’re going to recreate one of the most beloved synth bass patches of all time: the DX27 ‘Solid Bass’ preset. ![]() This time we’re going to see how we can make a more involved patch that takes advantage of a multiple-operator setup. In our Weekend Workshop on FM synthesis basics, we looked at the fundamentals of frequency modulation synthesis, and saw how we could use one operator to dynamically change the timbre of another over time to create simple bass and keys patches.
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