Yamaha DX7 Famous Electric Piano Songs Part 2

[@NicolasMelis]

Watch the Yamaha DX7 Famous Songs Part 1 video here:kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHaYdXmprbCrb8U and Part 3: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2PVhqyDn9mHps0si=EDXuX0NzvzQTOKE1

[@HB-ug8bg]

@@NicolasMelis Love the video!!!! What is the preset you used for Didn't We Almost Have It All?

[@althejazzman]

It's just mindblowing that this one sound evokes so many emotions. Not just nostalgia, but it has a beauty and elegance that is utterly unique. It's even more incredible to think that this was probably an accident, when the sound designers were trying to emulate a Fender Rhodes, which itself was just trying to be a portable piano with compromises.

[@NicolasMelis]

gotta love the Dx7 el piano 🎹

[@EphemeralProductions]

i am pretty sure it's modeled after a chorus Fender Rhodes. My fave keyboard sound of the 1980s! i honestly prefer the real thing to this sound, but that's not to say that this sound doesn't bring back a LOT of memories! i did grow up in the 80s after all, when this sound was used all over! lol

[@nytom4info]

bought mine in '84.. still use it on stage!

[@NicolasMelis]

🙌🎹

[@netto_info]

Oh my God! each one more beautiful than the other... these phrases from the 80s are unforgettable and unmatched.

[@NicolasMelis]

glad you like it 🙏🎹

[@akira808state4]

Nice performance. The Yamaha DX7 was the best selling digital synth, with over 200,000 sold in its lifetime. It can be heard in such 80s songs such as Axel F, Danger Zone, Top Gun Anthem, and many more.

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you! Do you have song recommendations for future videos?:)

[@StevenInCornwall]

Tony Banks used the DX7 so much over the years, as did Phil Collins with so many of his songs, even just playing the two notes on ‘something happened on the way to heaven’ which can be seen on the Live Berlin footage. Great machine. As a boy our music dept loaned one for a while at school. It was quite something having an electric keyboard that didnt have its own speakers 🤯🤯😆

[@NicolasMelis]

Legendary synth 🎹

[@Hamfantasy56]

Nice DX7 in Carly Simon's "Coming Around Again" also

[@NicolasMelis]

Will check it out!! Thank you 🙏

[@tto0508]

This is just so much more nostalgic than a Rhodes piano. It invokes feelings of calm and serenity when you just hear that electric piano preset, just WOW. I like the Rhodes based on the sound, and the DX7 in terms of feelings invoked.

[@NicolasMelis]

Love both :)

[@sophiebride-gq8fn]

80s Warm electric piano sound perfecly ❤

[@NicolasMelis]

🎹❤️

[@CocktailFridays]

This entire series is awesome, the DX7 series. Also, you're one of the only people I've ever seen perform the Michael Bolton intro properly! I often hear it interpreted in strange ways, but you nailed it perfectly. Also, this series basically cements that Whitney Houston possibly had the most amount of top 40 DX7 intros (if we don't count David Foster).

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you for your kind words! Appreciate it! Also i have some more songs on my list but i have to find the time to make some more videos :)

[@pianodarr]

I started with a DX7 in 1987 that I would rent from a young cousin, for $5 per gig. Then I added a DX7II (stereo!). Three DX7s. Then in 1990 I got the SY-77 which could stack 2 DX7s at once, if needed (8 note polyphony). And I'm still using that on stage. Replaced the key bed twice. Still going.

[@NicolasMelis]

Great synths! build like a tank

[@ryanedwardmusic]

This sound (Full Tines) is a preset from the DX7II-FD from '86, but if you find the sysex online you can load it in a mark 1 DX7 as well.

[@NicolasMelis]

True, thats what i did :)

[@KidsIncorporated]

E. Piano 1 was our signature patch on the show :)

[@NicolasMelis]

🎹🎹

[@BassFunMusic]

Incredible music! Can't wait to see what else this channel has to offer! 💖🎵

[@PawelZawiejaTwoboys]

super BRO☺♥

[@NicolasMelis]

thanks for checking out! glad you like it 🎹🙏

[@christianluff]

Great selection, you have nailed my playlist for the afternoon! Lovely accurate, restrained skills, great sound.

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you liked it! Thanks 🎹

[@CrossEyedLion85]

I hope you make more videos like this with all the patches of the DX-7. Since I started listening to DX-7 videos it's so much fun hearing and recognizing all the different DX-7 sounds in 80s music and modern synth music as well.

[@NicolasMelis]

Great synth 🎹

[@finnyboy82]

Superb!

[@NicolasMelis]

Thanks a lot!🎹

[@mohsinahmad7975]

Damn accurate man. Wonderful 😍

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you 🎹

[@tornadostories]

Great performance 👏 I love what the popular composers of the 80s did with these patches. It's the definition of a classic synth.

[@NicolasMelis]

thank you! its amazing how many songs have used the Dx7 in the 80s 🎹

[@stevea5431]

@@NicolasMelisawesome playing. Are you using any effects or is it original sound. It’s so good of a sound. The crispness and crackle and sparks ⚡️

[@NicolasMelis]

@@stevea5431 thank you! i am using a bit of reverb and on some others also a bit of chorus :)

[@stevea5431]

@@NicolasMelis I saw your other post where this was a download from the Dx 7 ii full tines. Do you know where I can find out how I can program that into the DX 7? Beautiful job 🎉

[@NicolasMelis]

@@stevea5431 yes you can find many Dx7 sound banks online like here : yamahablackboxes.com/collection/yamaha-dx7-synthesizer/patches/ Connect the dx7 via midi to your mac/pc and you can transfer the sounds to your dx7

[@heyhey708]

Nice playing.

[@NicolasMelis]

Thanks for listening 🙏🎹

[@teomage978]

Toute une époque incroyable

[@NicolasMelis]

For sure

[@etpslick100]

I always love the JD digital pianos better than Yamaha’s. But BOTH are classics regardless!😌🎶❤️🎹👍🏾

[@NicolasMelis]

Both great 🎹

[@jami.m7074]

Amazing how much influence this relative simple synths have had on music production. Nice performance too.

[@NicolasMelis]

thanks! its amazing how many songs used the Dx7 in the 80s

[@King-Julien]

It’s all so elegant! Great playing as always!

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you for the support 🎹🙌

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

I’ve been thinking about including this particular sound in my original work again, anyway. I haven’t done that for a number of years. This particular video is making me think it’s probably about time.

[@NicolasMelis]

Go for it!🙌🎹

[@will.metalive3d]

Good job

[@NicolasMelis]

Thanks 🙏

[@jeroenfigee]

I liked your version on the dx better than the original of Against All Odds. That one is piano and the theme-atmosphere works out much better on the Yamaha, in my opinion. . It's a fun thing to listen to your playing and then look up the original 🙂 Love the playing and the sound. Maybe I'll buy myself a tx802 someday .... . Thanks for this, thumbs up.

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like it 🙏🎹

[@cristinamallta4121]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤maravilhoso. Por mais videos assim.

[@NicolasMelis]

🙏🎹

[@Nito654]

Este sonido de piano eléctrico FM siempre me resultó muy relagante y ameno😊😊

[@NicolasMelis]

Glad you like it :)

[@ImperialMachine]

To make this specific sound, do you just need a Yamaha DX-7, or are there other components or programs you would need?

[@NicolasMelis]

Only the Dx7 with maybe some reverb plugin on your daw for a bit of reverb sometimes :)

[@tlazohtlalia]

The song against All odds did use it the DX7 but it was also layered with an acoustic piano

[@NicolasMelis]

Yes i was not sure about that, it sounds like an acoustic piano or a cp… but i think that they layered a dx7 too :)

[@BenjaminDehli]

Love it 😃👍 Instant 80's 🕺

[@NicolasMelis]

Thanks Benjamin ! 80s machine 😁🎹

[@stcezaire06]

Perfect , what effects do you use ?, because basically , the sound Epiano 1 is not like that , there are sustain , reverb ,chorus added ?

[@NicolasMelis]

I ve used a bit of reverb and chorus yes

[@Guilhermeabcd]

this gets me emotional and i didn't even was alive in the 80's haha

[@NicolasMelis]

😁🙌🎹

[@astrodome1994]

I especially love the DX7's role in Patti Labelle's "The Last Unbroken Heart" from the Miami Vice soundtrack.

[@NicolasMelis]

Will check it out thanks :)

[@claudionascimentooficial9607]

AMO O YAMAHA DX7 MK1 ..ganhei um ..mais esta com defeito..uma pena

[@NicolasMelis]

Love it too, i think its not difficult to get it fixed

[@digaolevita]

perfeito

[@NicolasMelis]

Thank you 🙏🎹

[@HarrySteed]

Oh yeah 💯

[@NicolasMelis]

🙏🎹

[@Turnip3]

so part 2 is from DX7Mk2 Full tines (vs. preset 11?)

[@NicolasMelis]

Part 2 is mostly Full tines yes

[@spinelldete]

Ulla Meinecke - Die Tänzerin. Quite famous in Germany back then. On the recording, a GS-1 was used. A song with basically DX7 only: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpfHmYGnjqqUZrc

[@NicolasMelis]

Will check it out!! Thank you 🙏

[@oholm09]

Celebration yamaha dx7 40th anniversary

[@NicolasMelis]

🙌🎹🙏

[@gilwe]

Against all Odds is actually a CP70/80

[@NicolasMelis]

i think they layered some dx7 with the Cp or the piano they ve used.. not sure though :)

[@gilwe]

@@NicolasMelis yeah it sounds like it

[@TUNE-fm4cq]

もしよかったら、日本の80年代のヒット曲のフレーズも聞いてみたいです。

[@NicolasMelis]

Can you write some Japanese songs so i can check them out?

[@TUNE-fm4cq]

@@NicolasMelis イントロが印象的な歌としてすぐに思い浮かんだのは以下の通りです。 ・1986 OMEGA TRIBE「君は1000％」kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYralpiqf7yapaM ・久保田利伸「流星のサドル」kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGPIlnatg7Rkpc0feature=shared ・TM NETWORK「BEYOND THE TIME (メビウスの宇宙を越えて)」kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2XSZoSPpsyrpZIfeature=shared ・少年隊「星屑のスパンコール」kzbin.info/www/bejne/morViJhti7OAaLMfeature=shared ・光GENJI「太陽がいっぱい」kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmXTaWCtadyJqpYfeature=shared

[@NicolasMelis]

@@TUNE-fm4cq thank you 🙏

[@acoustic61]

Pretty sure a Dyno'd Rhodes was used on Whitney Houston.

[@NicolasMelis]

Yes i think you are right on that one ..

[@wttw4942]

DX7 is a great instrument but W/O a little chorus and a litle rev sounds kind of dull right!

[@인독서]

S90 piano vs dx7 ep

[@NicolasMelis]

Never played the s90 :)

[@stakor]

It is possible to install a PLG150-DX (basically DX7 on a card) into a S90 (and some other Yamaha synths from that era) - then you can layer those sounds!

[@zepedrorock]

Super Mario 64 water stages

[@NicolasMelis]

Yes same sound i think

[@cristinamallta4121]

Fatastico

[@NicolasMelis]

🙏🙏

[@djjerome]

I NEVER liked the DX7 electric piano sound. Too brittle, thin and chimey 😝

[@NicolasMelis]

Either you like or you hate that sound 😁 there is no between 😁

[@djjerome]

@@NicolasMelis True.

[@igfoobar]

The sound of boring adult contemporary from the 1980s. Make it stop.