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Bolero organ

A soft organ with slow Leslie, trio style.

Genre: Bolero
Timbre: Electronic combo organ

Effect chain

On a Roland JUNO-DS

Sound Ky:040 Smoky Organ, Combined mode: loads the keyboard sound and writes this recipe's effects into it. Piano Effect does it from the iPhone over MIDI and puts the keyboard back the way it was when you leave. Every JUNO-DS sound by genre.

On a Yamaha PSR, Korg Pa or Casio

KeyboardVoice to look forEffects
Yamaha PSR and GenosOrganRotary Speaker slow + Reverb Hall · 1.8 s
Korg PaOrganRotary Speaker slow + Reverb Hall · 1.8 s
Casio CT-X and CT-SOrganRotary slow + Reverb Hall · 1.8 s

Voice and effect names change between models: if you can't find one, look for the closest in the manual. The full values are in the chain above.

Play it

"Bolero organ" ships in the app's library: it plays on the on-screen keyboard or on your MIDI keyboard, and you can duplicate it and tweak its knobs. If you want the one from a specific song, scan it and the app measures its chain.

Download on the App StoreFree · iPhone and iPad (iOS 17 or later)
Android: get it on Google Play

Frequently asked questions

How do I get the Bolero organ sound?

Start from a electronic combo organ and add, in this order: leslie, hall reverb. The exact values are above. In the app, open "Bolero organ" in the Library and it plays on the on-screen keyboard or on your MIDI keyboard; tweak the knobs to taste.

Which JUNO-DS sound should I use for Bolero?

"Ky:040 Smoky Organ". Piano Effect loads it by number from the iPhone in "Combined" mode: loads the keyboard sound and writes this recipe's effects into it.

How do I get it on a Yamaha PSR or Genos?

Pick a Organ voice and set: Rotary Speaker slow + Reverb Hall · 1.8 s. For Korg Pa and Casio, see the table above.

How do I know which effects the song I want to learn uses?

Scan it with Piano Effect: in 10–30 seconds it tells you the timbre and the effect chain with measured values, and you can save it under the song's name.

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