

Scroll down to see the patch details as originally published and download them for yourself here. There just seems to be this bizarre fixation with every FM synth being able to import DX7 sounds. This makes the patches from the notoriously difficult synthesizer compatible with many of the instruments in your studio, meaning you’ll be able to channel the ambient master in no time. Yes, but you dont expect an Arturia Polybrute to be able to import Prophet 5 patches simply because they both use analogue subtractive as their synthesis method. While these sick patches could have been resigned to the dustbin of print magazine history, they have instead been restored over at Encyclotronic, where you can download the patches in Sysex format. In 1987, Eno shared four of his own Yamaha DX7 patches as part of Keyboard Magazine’s ‘Patch Of The Month’ column he titled them “Kalimba 2”, “Tamboura”, “Violin 3” and “Glide”.

Now, thanks to the discovery of an obscure interview Eno gave thirty years ago, you can download a bit of his genius to bring to the studio with you. For over four decades the UK musician has used the world’s great synths to masterful effect in his ’70s art rock albums, his krautrock collaborations and his ambient masterpieces. Sound like an ambient master with these weird and wonderful vintage sounds.įew musicians know their way around a synthesizer better than Brian Eno.
