[DX7] Have you heard this bass preset before?

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[DX7] Have you heard this bass preset before?

Post by Jazzyman17 » Sun Jan 11, 2026 11:44 am

Hello! 8-)
I'm desperately trying to find this particular preset. I have heard a lot of DX7 presets from various cartidges that sound sooo close to this one, but still it's not this particular preset. :?
Have your heard this preset before or can tell what preset it is particularly? Maybe you think it's not DX7, but similar synth?
If nobody of you heard it, how could I find it more effectively on my own?
Thank you so much for your help! :D

Here you have a link to a sample of this preset with chorus effect. Below you have a link to dry preset found in a song - "Leśne Bajanie" (you can also hear the same preset in other songs, but with chorus effect).




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Re: [DX7] Have you heard this bass preset before?

Post by commodorejohn » Sun Jan 11, 2026 5:57 pm

I know that sound from a bunch of oldschool tracker music - filename was REALBASS.SAM or thereabouts - but I don't know where that came from. Definitely has the FM character, but that doesn't necessarily mean DX7; the Synclavier also offered FM as an option, and it wouldn't surprise me if Amiga sampledisks borrowed heavily from popular sampler libraries.
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Re: [DX7] Have you heard this bass preset before?

Post by Jazzyman17 » Sun Jan 11, 2026 8:04 pm

Thank you for your help, John!
The REALBASS.SAM sample comes from DX7 cartridge "VRC107B" and the preset is "FLUNK BASS".
At the beginning I thought that FLUNK BASS could be the preset that I'm looking for, but... It was just very very close, but still unfortunately not the same sound. :?

Regarding Synclavier lead... When thinking of what synths the producer might have used in those songs, I'm considering the budget they had for synths back then, since in those times small budget played a big role for them, hahah. As for Polish children-pop producion from 80's, such a expenssive thing as Synthclavier seems crazy. ;)

I also think that the sound might come from a DX7 (cheaper) alternative such as FB-01, DX27, where sounds were sort of classic DX7 sounds but sounded slightly different.
Let me know what you think! :D

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Re: [DX7] Have you heard this bass preset before?

Post by Push-Pull » Wed Jan 21, 2026 11:15 am

Hi, on the track of the video, I here the E.BASS1 preset with a little chorus.

Not easy to be sure, because it's a little wobbly and very compressed due to the K7... :D
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