The dx7 however, which dexed is based on, uses 6 operators, all strictly sine waves. FM8 has multiple waveforms so it is able to convert the patches. Dexed can not. But there are a ton of bass patches for the dx7 out there which can be imported into Dexed, so you may be able to find an alternative. Note: My patches created by me for YAMAHA DX7. Head: F0 00 20 63 00 63 00 00 00 38 4D 00 3A 63 00. Note: a sysex dump of the 32 banks for internal sounds.
A L L T H E W E B P A T C H E S C O L L E C T I O N There are tons of great patches available for the DX7! A L L T H E W E B P A T C H E S C O L L E C T I O N I gathered here in a zipped (.zip) folder hundreds of DX7 soundbanks (sysex format only) that I gleaned through the years by surfing on the Net. Sorry, I did not sort it out, you'll certainly find several duplicates in it.
But you'll also have access to hundreds of sounds to 'feed' your favorite synth. As I downloaded all these soundbanks for free in the past, I may consider it as public domain material. Now, if you are the owner of one or several of these soundbanks and you do not agree that they are available on this page, please inform me via e-mail, and I'll retire it immediately. If you need some help or indications on how to transfer these soundbanks to your DX7!!
Bank Name Comments Sysex (.syx) SMF (.mid) MidiQuest (.bnk) Patchlist STUDIOREINE V1 (DX7II) A SOUNDBANK PROGRAMMED BY XAVIER RIOU (FOR DX7II MODELS). MANY THANKS TO HIM!! P A T C H E S F R O M O L D I S S U E S A collection of DX7 patches have also been published in diverse old late 80's specialized issues. I programmed them manually and compiled it in sysex soundbanks.
Here is the complete collection (85 patches) published in the 'Keyboards Magazine' french version collection during the 1987-98 years. They are all readers' creations. UPDATED ON 2017-08-11: a new patch added (Vol.2 - KB Mag n°17) All patches have been verified again with the original patch data sheets and several errors of programmation corrected. So, if you downloaded this file before the 11th of August 2017, please delete it and download it again here. VERY BIG THANKS TO THE INTERNAUTES WHO KINDLY HELPED ME!!
I'm pretty much new to the forum. Just recently I've made two Yamaha DX7 demos and uploaded them on YouTube. I've noticed that there aren't many demos that would show more than the famous EP sound on one side and FM weirdness on the other.
I decided to put together two demos, one showing pads, strings & ambient sounds and another showing lead & bass sounds. The sounds are a mix of my own creations and sounds I came across when auditioning thousands of presets made for the DX7. I wanted to show how this synth can shine when one adds a quality reverb and a good 80's DCO synth style chorus. I used VarietyOfSound Epic Verb and Korg MDE-X ensemble chorus. First you can hear raw DX sound with only reverb added, then the same sound follows with a strong chorus effect.
In this way some string patches remind me much of JX8P, which is a good thing imo. So, enjoy the demos and leave some comments Junior Member Posts: 146 Joined: Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:57 pm. Of course this is only a small part of what DX7 can do. But I choose to show sounds that no demos I've seen cover.
Everyone knows DX7 can do great EPs, organs, wooden and metal tuned percussion, plucked sounds, etc, but it is rarely thought of as a synth that can do good synth strings and pads. I also wanted to make a demo of sounds that work well in a musical context and are not of more experimental/noise type. And I focused on synth-type sounds.
I named the two demos Ultimate DX7 because I've selected patches I think are the best available for DX. It's not that easy to find good patches as there are thousands of them available on the internet (and most of them show same old FM bass and EPs) and these demos are like a collections of the best ones plus some of my own creations.
I also wanted to show how external FX really bring this synth to another level. Junior Member Posts: 146 Joined: Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:57 pm. Rokk wrote:Everyone knows DX7 can do great EPs, organs, wooden and metal tuned percussion, plucked sounds, etc, This is not entirely true, there are many people who wonder what the DX7 is. I'm sure you know the DX7 is great for these kinds of sounds but even in this category there are many surprises, let alone completely 'out of this world' voices - I mean the painstakingly designed sounds in people's private collections, never released on the internet. Leaving the question of what the best or ultimate sounds are (it's subjective), your demos sound excellent and they indeed show many patches that have seen little exposure online. Newbie Posts: 4 Joined: Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:34 pm. Commodorejohn wrote:It really is an amazingly versatile synth.and then: Yamaha, in all their wisdom, decides to give it membrane buttons and fixed algoritms.
![Yamaha Yamaha](http://dxsysex.com/images/yamaha-dx7-1.jpg)
The fixed algorithms are not such a problem, but it would surely be nice to have at least one more algorithm where one modulator can modulate 5 operators. But the interface.yeah, well, what to do i use Herr Mueller's editor/librarian. I might buy Behringer BCR2000 and program it to be a DX7 controller. It ight be more enjoyable than tweaking the parameters with a mouse. Junior Member Posts: 146 Joined: Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:57 pm.
![Dx7 Dx7](http://dxsysex.com/images/brief-history-yamaha-dx7.png)
If you give a DX7 to 100 competent synth programmers, they'll make 100 different patch banks with originality. If you give a standard vintage analog poly to 100 competent synth programmers, they'll make the same patches in a different order. Taking the time to understand the foundations of synthesis makes a DX7 a snap.
The only thing it can't do is a generic sawtooth patch, but it can go to the moon and back while a Jupiter 8 struggles to get off the ground. Every DX7 sound is ultimate Newbie Posts: 57 Joined: Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:37 pm.