Always nice to get it confirmed!Micke wrote:Update:
The Clavinet on "Something About You" was a DX-7 played by Wally Badarou. He used the Synclavier for portamento counter-melodies and bells.

Always nice to get it confirmed!Micke wrote:Update:
The Clavinet on "Something About You" was a DX-7 played by Wally Badarou. He used the Synclavier for portamento counter-melodies and bells.
...like the TX81Z.Lucien wrote: but newer FM synth do support other waveforms directly.
Which was released in 1987... Well either way I don't need to be convinced since I got the sound now.Dano wrote:...like the TX81Z.Lucien wrote: but newer FM synth do support other waveforms directly.
Lucien wrote:He used the Prophet 5 a lot as well. I don't know what's more convincing than straight sound sample from Prophet 5... Again it explains why the TX816 was not used at the Wembley concert for that sound (the lights don't flash during that sequence but they do later on).
You could repro the sound on a DX7 by modulating a pulse+triangle against same stacked wave form. Not easy with DX7 unless you'd stack them but newer FM synth do support other waveforms directly.
Cool. Now can you ask Wally to share the clav patch parameters or a sysex file?Micke wrote:
It was a DX-7, I emailed Wally about it the other day and he confirmed that he played the clavinet part on a DX-7.
Super old thread but just for the record Wally also said around that time he couldn't remember which synth it was other than it couldn't be Synclavier (since n/a at that time at the studio). He also mentioned he provided a sample for the sound for Mike which makes the DX7 highly unlikely since Mike used a TX-816 for live play with plenty of modules.