Support the people that make all of this possible. If you use our community to encourage any sort of IP theft you will be banned, no questions asked. Posts that contain insults, attacks, or conspiracy theories based on your opinion of the value of gear will be deleted. NO PRICE SHAMING - Some equipment doesn’t cost much, some costs a lot. One possibility is bringing the sounds into the Kronos FM engine. I still have a TX802, so Ill probably use that if it still works (probably hasnt been powered up in 20 years), but I also want to consider other options. Posts lacking a comment will be removed at the moderators discretion. Im looking into bringing some of my old DX7 patches into my rig. “Here is a track I made” or "look at my new synth" is not sufficient since the point is to encourage discussion. LEAVE A COMMENT ON LINK/PHOTO/VIDEO POSTS - Link, photo, and video posts must include a meaningful comment by the OP. Posts violating the spirit of this rule may be removed at the moderators discretion. NO LOW-EFFORT CONTENT - Low-effort content includes: memes, jokes, pictures of boxes/receipts/shipping notifications, pictures of gear without explanation, self-promotion without participation, etc. If you are not willing to field questions then your post will be removed.
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A six operator frequency modulation digital synthesizer for Reason.NO PERSONAL ATTACKS - Please keep comments constructive! Personal attacks, insults, and bad faith criticism of users equipment or music will not be tolerated. I really like the DX7 patch converter thing you can use to load DX7 patches into PX7 - theres a million interesting DX7 patch banks floating around on the internet to explore. If the 100 000+ included sounds aren't enough, our online patch converter takes Yamaha DX7 patches and converts them to PX7 format, giving you immediate access to all thinkable sounds available for the best-selling original.
A free ReFill containing over 168 000 additional patches - said to be the complete collection of all sounds ever made for the DX series synths - is available as a free download, too. A ton of patches from the original is included with PX7. But perhaps best of all: the PX7 FM Synthesizer is patch-compatible with the classic it's based on-and faithfully reproduces its trademark tone. "PX7 includes a great set of new patches and Combinators with sounds ranging from modern to futuristic. Propellerheads did a PX7 Rack Extension I've heard nice things about, in particular the patch conversion of existing DX7.
Though at least the same limitation is stopping me from buying a Reface DX.)įor the VST crowd. (I was hoping there might be an iPad emulator, but all I've seen so far is 4-op, which won't handle the 6-op DX7 patches.
syx file needed?Īnother possibility could be to bring them into the Native Instruments FM8 program, possibly running on a Surface Pro or, if I can get past my laptop-on-stage aversion, my MacBook Air.Īny thoughts about the benefits/tradeoffs (sonically or otherwise) between running DX7 patches off FM8 vs Kronos? Any other options worth considering? I found this link that details te process of bringing the patches in.įeeling lazy, can anyone point me to the process for getting the sounds OUT of the TX802 (or a real DX7, which I have access to as well), into the. I still have a TX802, so I'll probably use that if it still works (probably hasn't been powered up in 20 years), but I also want to consider other options. I'm looking into bringing some of my old DX7 patches into my rig.