![]() ![]() He identified strongly with the DX7, and it became his main synth for over a decade, allowing him to explore programming possibilities in a way he couldn’t with other synths. Much of Eno’s sound comes from his processing of recordings, with Eno saying that recording Apollo involved “ so many processings and reprocessings – it’s a bit like making soup from the leftovers of the day before, which in turn was made from leftovers…“, so obviously the dry sounds from DX7’s output aren’t as you’ll hear in the album. Eno’s methods involve tape manipulation, reversing and slowing down recordings to generate new ones. ![]() It is freely available on Google Play in English, French and Spanish, with no advertisements It offers 1024 patches of different types of sounds, and ncludes a patch editor since version 2.0.1. The DX7 can be heard on his ambient album, Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, which actually came out the same year as the DX7. SynprezFM II is a Yamaha DX7 emulator (or should I say 'tribute') that was initialy developed under Linux, then optimized for Android. The DX7 quickly became Eno’s main synth, and at one point he owned seven of them. Instead of using the DX7 as a preset machine, he actually used it how Yamaha intended people to use it: to develop never before heard sounds. ![]() Brian Eno is one of the rare masters of the DX7. ![]()
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