Yamaha DX7 - 80’s Hits, a-ha Take On Me, Europe The Final Countdown, Mr Mister, Berlin, Madonna

If you love 80's hits, you want to watch this Yamaha DX7 demo, faithfully re-creating those 80's hits from a-ha Take On Me, Mr Mister Broken Winds, Europe, Berlin, Madonna and more.

This is a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer demo unlike any others.

I re-created the 80's hits and ground breaking songs, showcasing the true capability and versatility of the famous Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, going beyond those DX7 factory patches.

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Featured Songs
Some of the songs are updated and re-mastered versions. The others are brand new songs that you will hear for the first time.


This is a list of the songs (but not in an order).

Updated/ re-mastered songs

Berlin Take My Breath Away – This is a re-creation of the famous song by Berlin. The video is re-mastered to show featured patches played by me.

Europe The Final Countdown – The new version includes the intro and an improved synth brass patch. Note that there is no layering, so you are hearing a single DX7 synth brass patch with a powerful presence.

Rush The Big Money – This is an emulation of the intro synth brass sound. The video is re-mastered with me playing the DX7. This is the only DX7 demo with layering (done during mixing).



Brand New Songs – Great songs to great hits

There are many brand new songs to re-create those great 80’s music.

a-ha Take On Me – Released in 1984, and thanks to MTV, this song with its creative music video became an iconic 80’s song of all time. It also really popularised the Yamaha DX7 as it features a DX7 slap bass. I re-created this song’s intro with the DX7 slap bass, pads and bell sounds.

Is it real? Howard Jones Pearl In The Shell – Can’t be the DX7, but real acoustic instrument!
This is one of the great songs from a great artist from the 80’s. He showcased how great music can be created by using sequencers, drum machines and synthesizers. He extensively used the Yamaha DX7 and Roland Jupitar-8 for creating some amazing basslines. This song also features a real brass section as well as a sampler for brass sounds. I re-created this song by using only the DX7 MKI, from a breathtaking brass section, as well as a Roland Jupitar-8 inspired beautiful analog pad sound. Excluding drums, all sounds including the bass, koto, FX, a brass section and pad are created by the DX7 MKI only.

Is it real? Pink Floyd Terminal Frost – Can’t be the DX7, but real acoustic instrument!
A legendary rock band released a ground breaking album in 1987. One of the featured songs has such a great composition with many acoustic instruments. I re-created this song using the DX7 MKI only, from a breathtaking grand piano, strings, alto sax as well as beautiful pads. Note that I replaced a guitar track with a beautiful strings sound. This demo showcases the true capability of the DX7.

Madonna Open Your Heart – The famous female singer form the 80’s, released this rock/dance song in 1986. With great tune and provocative lyrics, it was No.1 song in many countries. It features an amazing fast paced baseline and an iconic 80’s synth brass sounds that blends both synthetic, realistic and powerful characteristics. I re-created this song by using the DX7 powerful synth brass that faithfully emulate the iconic 80’s synth brass sound. Excluding drums, all sounds including the bass, bell soft pad, synth brass are from the DX7 MKI only. Note that I used a very different pad sound that combines a bell and a soft pad, to fill both the original pad sound and a vocal track.

Mr Mister Broken Wings – Released in 1985, a beautifully played, this song showcases some great songs from the 80’s. Slow and simple, yet very powerful and emotive song by the famous rock band of the mid 80’s. Except drums, all sounds from bass, strings pad, a female choir and a bell sounds are created by the DX7.

Mr Mister Kyrie – With amazing sequencing at the beginning, and a unique stab bass sequence, this song was another hit from the same famous rock band of the mid 80’s. I re-created this great song with the DX7, including a resonant flute, stab bass, pad, synth brass, bass, strings and the famous Tub Bells (beefed up version).

Peter Gabriel The Family And The Fishing Net – In 1981, this artist used the ground breaking synthesizer/ smapler, Fairlight CMI to create his album. This song featured many of the CMI sounds, including sampled brass and wind instrument, male choir etc. I re-created this song using my DX7 CMI inspired patches that rival a 12bit sampler including a male choir, flutes and sax. Its bass sound is an emulation of MiniMoog fat bass.

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