User Manual

Crumar Seven User s Manual '
CHAPTER 15. SOUNDS: DX DIGITAL PIANO.
This is the reproduction of the famous patch called “E.PIANO 1” of the Yamaha DX7 which probably made that synthesizer very famous
during the eighties. That patch wanted to be a replacement of the Rhodes sound using the technology of the time, but turned out
being a sound on its own, featured in many pop songs of a whole decade. The Seven reproduces this sound by using the exact same
synthesis, most known as “ FM, Frequency Modulation ” even though the modulation actually applies to the phase, not to the frequency
of a sine waveform, so it'd better be called “Phase Modulation”.
This instrument has only one parameter, which offers 9 variations of sound using the same algorithm, among which we also find an
organ, a brass section, a bass and a marimba, of course all with that FM taste that is not actually focused at realism.
CHAPTER 16. SOUNDS: MKS DIGITAL PIANO.
Another very famous piano sound used during the eighties was that of a Roland RD-2000 which aimed at simulating acoustic and
electric piano sounds using the technology of the time as much as the Seven simulates the same instruments but with 30 years of
technology advancements ahead. The sound simulated by the Seven is that of the patch n.7 “E.PIANO 1”, which was in turn a
reproduction of the Rhodes sound. Similarly to the DX7 , this turned out to become a timbre of its own, featured in many famous pop
songs of a whole decade, but with a difference: the RD-2000 (or MKS-20 ) also featured a gorgeous 2-voice BBD analog stereo chorus.
This effect can be reproduced in the Seven by turning on FX2.
This instrument also has just one parameter that adjusts the overall decay time. The original instrument had no parameters whatsoever.
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