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Behind the Synth: Manny Fernandez and the DX7II
Manny discusses DX7II sound design work in this week's Behind the Synth.
Manny Fernandez stopped by the Synth Space and chatted with Nate about his work on the DX7II. The DX7II added many new features and improvements to the original DX7. Manny and Nate discuss and demo some of these features including one of Nate's favorites: Poly Unison Detune. They also check out a few of Manny's sound sets from the 80s. Check it out below:
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About the author
Yamaha Synthesizer Product Specialist Blake Angelos has over thirty years of experience with music hardware and software. An expert in music technology, Blake has conducted numerous clinics, master classes and presentations throughout the United States, Europe and Canada. In his role as Product Specialist for the Synthesizer Department Blake appears in many product videos and artist interviews, writes many articles for YamahaSynth.com and co-hosts a regular Podcast called “Behind the Synth”.
Before his work with Yamaha, he taught music theory and jazz studies courses at Arizona State University; managed a technology-focused music store in Seattle and was a production supervisor at Microsoft, where he led a team that developed groundbreaking interactive music content for the Microsoft Network. Blake holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Northern Colorado and a Master of Music degree from Arizona State University. Blake currently resides in Bellingham, Washington with his family, and between his travels around the world for Yamaha, he performs as much as possible with several jazz and creative music groups in Bellingham, Seattle and other places in the Pacific Northwest.
