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Number VOICES (User Bank 3) A1 HeadOverHeels Head Over Heels Tears for Fears The main sound in the intro. Be sure to play octaves with an added 5th in the left hand. The string sound that fades in at the intro. The brassy lead sound. The filter-sweep synth sound in the verses, with the saw bass in the left hand. The intro sound, which has a flute/woodwind like attack. The chorus-y, wet piano. The beginning whup sound. I read somewhere that an old Oberheim had this as a preset. I made it with a saw and a pitch trick at the attack. The first synth hit. The intro piano/EP blend. Notice that the EP is in the right hand, only. The choir sound. THE sound. J The intro sounds. The piano. The exact sound would be impossible to duplicate, in part because the original recording has artifacts and he was using a real piano. But Name Inspired By Notes

A2 A3 A4

HeadOverString HeadOverSolo WhenYouClose

Head Over Heels Tears for Fears Head Over Heels Tears for Fears When You Close Your Eyes Night Ranger When I See You Smile Bad English When I See You Smile Bad English Kyrie Mr. Mister

A5

WhenISeeFlute

A6 A7

WhenISeePiano KyrieRez

A8 A9

KyrieRez Heaven

Kyrie Mr. Mister Bryan Adams Heaven

A10 A11 A12 A13

NeedYouTonight Carrie Bette DontStopPiano

Need You Tonight INXS Carrie Europe Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes Dont Stop Believin Journey

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this is good, and it should impress the crowds. The synth in the bridge. Note that on the recording there is guitar layed over the synth. I didnt include the guitar part. The intro sound.

A14

DontStopString

Dont Stop Believin Journey

A15

AllThrough

A16

AllThroughLead

B1 B2 B3 B4

Obsession ObessedHigh IfYouWereHere IfYouWereHigh

All Through The Night Cindy Lauper All Through The Night Cindy Lauper Obsession Animotion Obession Animotion If You Were Here Thompson Twins If You Were Here Thompson Twins

The solo synth sound.

The intro sound. The high-pitched, flutey sound before the verse. The intro soft brass sound. The high strings. Use the pitch bend, starting fully down, to get the bend at the attack. The intro piano/brass mix. The into FX. Hit a second-inversion of an E-minor (b-e-g-b) for a second, then release, and let it play! The main synth layer before the verse. The background sound behind the main layer. This is played over the piano layer sound. The main layered sound played after the chorus. The strings. The solo string sound at the end of the song. If

B5 B6

AskLonely SendHerFX1

Ask The Lonely Journey Send Her My Love Journey

B7 B8

SendHerMain SendHerSquare

Send Her My Love Journey Send Her My Love Journey

B9 B10 B11

When Doves Cry When Doves Strings Doves Solo

When Doves Cry Prince When Doves Cry Prince When Doves Cry Prince

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you can play this in time, youre a master. This is the pad in the intro that plays behind the main sound. The main synth sound in the intro. The EP. The sound for the intro arpeggiator. Try assigning one of the User arpeggiators. The bass sound. The intro string sound. The main piano/string layer. The synth filtered bass in the intro. The synth hit. The lead sound. Use that pitch bender! The string sound in the chorus. The intro synth layer. The bass in the intro. Play octaves with your left hand (G#). The synth sound in the verses. The main sound. The poppy sound running through the verses. The intro. With your left hand, hit D1, then C1, then E1. The right hand has the string/poppy sound layer.

B12

Shattered Pad

Shattered Dreams Johnny Hates Jazz Shattered Dreams Johnny Hates Jazz Only The Lonely The Motels Lucky Star Madonna

B13 B14 B15

ShatteredMain OnlyTheLonely Lucky

B16 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8

Lucky Bass DreamsStrings DreamsPiano NewWorld ValerieBrass ValerieSolo Rainbow IGetWeak DressYouBass

Lucky Star Madonna Dreams Van Halen Dreams Van Halen New World Man Rush Valerie Steve Winwood Valerie Steve Winwood Rainbow in the Dark Dio I Get Weak BeLinda Carlisle Dress You Up Madonna Dress You Up Madonna Sara Starship Sar Starship

DressYouVerse C9 C10 C11 Sara SaraPop

C12

ThingsBetter

Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones

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C13 ThingsGong Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones The gong sound. Just hit D1. The pipe sound after the gong hit. Just hit D2. The marimba-like sound in the chorus. The solo sound. This is close, but the original sounds like a typical FM patch that is hard to re-create without FM synthesis. The intro sound and organ. The left hand plays the effects, and the right hand plays the organ. The intro swell sound. The synth sound before the chorus. The string and string pitch drop in the beginning. With your left hand, play the second-inversion Emajor and trigger the pitch drop with your right hand. The piano. The organ effect. To play this, hold down D#5 and swell the volume control. Move the mod wheel all the way up and play the lick down the black keys. The brass synth sound.

C14

ThingsPipe

C15

ThngsMrmba

C16

ThingsSolo

D1

Streets

Where The Streets Have No Name U2

D2 D3 D4

TooShyString TooShyP25 EyesWithoutString

Too Shy Kajagoogoo Too Shy Kajagoogoo Eyes Without A Face Billy Idol

D5 D6

ColdAsIce ColdOrgan

Cold As Ice Foreigner Cold As Ice Foreigner

D7

DancinInDarkMain

Dancing In The Dark Bruce

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Springsteen D8 DancinInDarkPWm Dancing In The The background synth Dark Bruce sound behind the main Springsteen brass synth lick. D9 IsThisLoveStrings Is This Love The into string/FX. Whitesnake D10 99Pad 99 Red Balloons The intro pad. Use the Nena mod wheel! D11 99HighBrass 99 Red Balloons The main brass sound. Nena D12 AllOfMyLove All Of My Love The strings. Led Zepplin D13 AllMyLoveLead All Of My Love The solo brass. Led Zepplin The following Voices are used in Performance patches or with Performance patches. E1 WhatAboutString What About Love The strings/pad in the Heart intro. E2 WhatAboutLoveHigh What About Love The high string main Heart sound. E3 WhatAboutBrass What About Love The brass in the verses. Heart E4 WaitingRight Waiting For A Girl The sounds that are Like You panned right in Foreigner Performance User2 A2. E5 WaitingLeft Waiting For A Girl The sounds that are Like You panned left in Foreigner Performance User2 A2 E6 WaitingPad Waiting For A Girl The sounds used in the Like You left hand in Foreigner Performance User2 A2. E7 WaitingLead Waiting For A Girl The lead synth sound, Like You also used in Foreigner Performance User2 A3 E8 WantedWind Wanted Dead Or F2 is the wind sound; Alive Bon Jovi D4-A4 is the saw synth sound, also used in Performance User2 A6. E9 WantedStrings Wanted Dead Or D1 is the low string Alive Bon Jovi sound, also used in Performance User2 A6. E10 WantedBend Wanted Dead Or D2 is the bending string Alive Bon Jovi sound, also used in Performance User2 A6. E11 HoldMePiano Hold Me Now The piano used for the
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right hand in Performance User2 A12. Hold Me Now The filtered synth Thompson Twins sound used for the left hand of Performance User2 A12. Born To Be My The synth hits used for Baby Bon Jovi the right hand in Performance User2 A5. Born To Be My The strings used for the Baby Bon Jovi left hand in Performance User2 A5. Waiting For A Girl The EP used for the left Like You hand in Performance Foreigner User2 A2. That Was Yesterday The intro synth FX. Foreigner Start by holding down F#-B-D#. That Was Yesterday The main synth sound Foreigner used for the right hand in Performance User2 A8. That Was Yesterday The pad used for the Foreigner left hand in Performance User2 A8. Never Heart The strings used in Performance User2 A9. Never Heart Another string patch used in Performance User2 A9. Never Heart The string/DX sound used in Performance User2 A9. Take Me Home The mallet sound used Phil Collins in Performance User2 A10. Take Me Home The DX/pad sound used Phil Collins in Performance User2 A10. Thompson Twins

E12

HoldMeFilter

E13

Born2Be

E14

Born2BeStrings

E15

WaitingEP

E16

Yesterday

F1

YesterdayMain

F2

YesterdayPad

F3 F4

NeverStrings NeverString

F5

NeverBell

F6

TakeMeHomeMallet

F7

TakeMeHomeMain

PERFORMANCES (User Bank 2) A1 WhatAboutLove What About Love Heart The intro pad (left hand) and high string (right hand)

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A2 Waiting Waiting For A Girl Like You Foreigner Begin by holding A#3 and F4 and play the opening synth notes. The left hand plays the pad sound that comes in shortly after the strings. EP in the left hand, main synth sound in the right. The synth hits in the right hand and the strings in the left. Hold F2 for the wind sound. D1 is the low string, and D2 is the bending string. The right hand is the saw synth sound. The left hand is the pad and the right hand is the main synth sound. C#2 is a string. The middle of the keyboard has the bell sound, and up around C5 is the high bell/string hits. The mallet and DX sound mixed.

A3

WaitingMain

A4

BornToBeMy

Waiting For A Girl Like You Foreigner Born To Be My Baby Bon Jovi Wanted Dead Or Alive Bon Jovi

A5

Wanted

A6

ThatWuzYesterday

A7

Never

That Was Yesterday Foreigner Never Heart

A8

TakeMeHome

Take Me Home Phil Collins

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