Help ID-ing a specific famous synth patch

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Help ID-ing a specific famous synth patch

Post by rjd2 » Thu Jun 05, 2025 2:22 am

Hey folks, I am trying to help my son identify a specific synth patch that's been used in a number of songs.
It's a very crisp bell-type sound, which I've heard in many songs by different artists. we have a DX7 here loaded with the basic factory patches, and it is not one of them, even though it sounds very "DX7-ish". Here are a few examples of the patch:

Chicago-will You Still Love Me? (high pitched bell sound that doubles the melody at the intro of the song. starts at the :006 mark).



Amy Grant-That's What Love Is For (bell sound intro that plays the melody at the top of the song, not the pad that's underneath the melody).



Are any of you folks who know the synths of the era well able to ID this patch by chance? If so, that would be amazing!!! Thanks for the help!

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Re: Help ID-ing a specific famous synth patch

Post by SciNote » Sat Jun 14, 2025 11:28 pm

Isn't it just that famous DX-7 '80s electric piano sound? I took a quick look on YouTube, and it seems to be labeled as DX EP, or DX Electric Piano, but I don't know what patch number it is, or if it's on an external cartridge.

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Re: Help ID-ing a specific famous synth patch

Post by commodorejohn » Sun Jun 15, 2025 4:58 pm

No, that's not the DX7 E.PIANO 1 patch - and it's not the DX7-II FullTines either (the Chicago track, at least, predates that.) I don't think it's any of the other factory patches from the add'l cartridges; might've been from a common third-party patch set making the rounds at the time.
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