The YAMAHA DX7 II is one of my absolute fav synths ever. Here can you find the full DX7 playlist with a lot single sound demos and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy. The DX7 playlist -------> th-cam.com/play/PLe08Lbpy8pPYddTjfbTGKaapocib8i9FJ.html
I remember finding this product 35 years ago and having it installed in my DX7II at a music store. It was a truly fascinating product that brought my DX7 back to life like a modern multi-timbral synth. I proudly attached the "E!" sticker that came with the product.
Looks exactly like mine - I've barely scratched the E! board on the II. I like the whole concept of modifying while playing - that opens up a whole new dimension!
The DX7 ii is the best proportioned and best looking synthesizer ever.. Built like a tank without being overweight. Panel layout is not the most efficient one but certainly looks very handsome.
So beautiful and decadent! I used to do the same thing on a DX-9, because it came out before the DX-7 and was cheaper. It only had 4 Operators but I could twist the f**k out of that thing! I got my presets stored. These are brilliant!!!
Owned one brand new then got the E installed a year later. Could always rely on this one. Built like a tank with amazing sounds . Well, the times they are changing.
I am personally on a major analogue synth mission at the moment and have bought far too many recently. However hearing this beauty is making me see how you need a bit of everything for a nice complete sound. I'm now on the lookout for some nice FM. Weird how some of the warmest sounds through time have in fact been DIGITAL!
Paul Johnson Very Well Said : "you need a bit of everything for a nice complete sound" ... For A Great ... Sound Palette ... As Colors Are For The Painter, In fact ! & I've Also Been Thinking That "Some of the warmest sounds through time have been DIGITAL"... After All, No Matter From Which Type Of Synths Sounds Are Coming From As Long As We Feel Great Pleasure Listening To Or Playing With ! ;-) )
Brings back memories. Had one of these and a roland Juno ll many years ago. Still got an old Elka X1000D. I saved it from getting thrown out in a skip. It's in mint condition and has some great sounds. Only problem with it, takes two people to move it. Love all these old synths RetroSound
I just wanted to let you know I was impressed with your demo on the DX7IIFD I have owned one since the 90s although I feel this is a diverse synth, you have helped to expand on it, thanx. One problem that I have always had with it was quick navigation in a live setting, but Thank you again for your Demo, John
Some of the patches from 6:00 and onwards when you use the arpeggiator are truly amazing! Any way one could buy those patches from you? I only have a normal DX7 IID without the Grey Matter E, but maybe those patches could work on my synth still? I'm especially thinking about the bell sounds at 7:05 and 6:38 you play with your right hand.
well, this was certainly enlightening, not one myself to join the crowd, but this is the most loved and hated synth isn't it ? lIm getting one, Iam a dedicated sound alchemist and this is a must have as far as im concerned..
So Great sounds! ... I'm a big fan of analog synths, but DX7 - just a Magic ... The same I think about Roland D50 .. Amazing digital synths with absolutely hypnotic sound...
I had one of those. Now, I have a DX200 -- a DX7 combined with a beatbox in a lightweight desktop box with a low-pass filter, effects, and lots of knobs. Yamaha was selling them at remainder prices some years ago. I paid $200 for mine.
Hi! I also have Grey Matter E! in my DX7IIFD. Looking for help to load the E! sounds into the memory. Tried many things. Do you have some advice or help for me? Would so much appreciate all your efforts! Thank you in advance!
After installation: VERY IMPORTANT!!! To properly initialize the E!quipped DX7II: First load a ROM Voice Cartridge into E!’s four memory banks (see pages 5 & 6 of the User’s manual.) Be sure to load WITH System. [On a DX7IIFD, you can also load an ERAM disk after you have loaded at least on bank with a cartridge. If there is already SE!quencer data stored in the ERAM, there will be no need to continue with the next paragraph - but don’t skip the final paragraph.] Next, press button 14 until the screen says “Load Program?” Move the cursor over to select SE!quencer and press YES (twice.) Once you are at the SE!quencer main menu, press button 4 to enter the Utilities mode. You want to press button 4 again to enter Global Utilities. Press button 1 to erase all SE!quencer memory and then press YES (this initializes all SE!quencer memory banks; if this is not done, SE!quencer’s RAM will be corrupt!) Press NO repeatedly to Exit and return to the DX7II Edit mode (when the LCD says “Are you sure?”, answer YES.) Finally, select any PERFORMANCE from Internal RAM to clear the Edit buffers. And that’s it And always make the WRITE PROTECTION OFF
@@retrosound72 thank you very much for your valuable time and efforts to support me. Perhaps my question was not clear. I have done all the steps you mentioned. But how do I make a E! disk on my PC. I use windows 10. Formatted a floppy in 720k un der DOS. But is there some experience how to copy them to it? Also have sysex files but the DX does not really like them :) "Midi data buffer full" Downsized the buffer in the MidiOX but that did not work either. Usually it is very easy dumping sysex to my other synths. Thank you!
Cool Sounds! Mine has all that stuff! It only works sometimes, and I cant figure out how to use it! Its like an airplane cockpit! Also is there a master reset? The original owner made his own sounds. I do have the manuals, plus the E’ ad on, but its like reading Chinese. Someone from the80’s should do online classes?? Thanks
Hello, how are you ?, I commented that I have a Yamaha DX7 II FD but I can not find the cartridges, please can you help me, which are the cartridges that I must buy? And I can make it work to the fullest potential, thank you very much
i know this is a long shot, but would you be willing to sell this/ do you know anyone with the same model who would be willing to sell? it's hard to find grey matter ones for sale.
With the grey e! installed, can you adjust all parameters with the cs slider and hear the change in the sound without lifting the keys? Like what you are doing with the algorithm feedback. Thanks!
Have you demoed Dx7 Centennial ? Really would like to hear that rare synth, vintagesynth says it has more voices, and probably is more advanced than II FD sonicaly
+Øx Manifræd I played one once, the output did sound cleaner than a IIFD, and WAY better than a MkI DX, but beyond that, just more available voices it seemed...
If i get a e grey matter board will i have these sounds as standard? Or will they likely be edited and changed like how the internal patches always are on the dx7iid?
Hi there! Considering purchasing a DX7 IIFD but not sure because I love the sounds here, but I can't find any with a Grey Matter E! expansion... how much is the expansion contributing to the sounds here? Would it be possible to recreate something similar without or no? Thank you! ^_^
We just took one in from a collector reverb.com/item/3443419-yamaha-vintage-dx7iifd-digital-programmable-algorithm-keyboard-synthesizer-with-grey-matter-e-mod
I think I shied away from the DX7 when it came out (besides me being an analog junky) because so many of the factory presets sounded alike and then I'd heard SO MANY new songs w/ the same 2 or 3 DX7 plucked bass sounds. Years later, I picked up a used DX27 and played with it. While I kinda felt it was limited to certain sounds (more so than the DX7 since it was 4-operator instead of 7), I did program one sound I really liked that I called DIGIORGAN and sometimes wish I still had it to play around with again. Thus the need for synth geeks to want to own one of everything! ;-)
I never hated the DX7 and I really love analog sounds. The biggest problem is the most user use only presets. the soundengine is so versatile and powerful. for me is the DX7 one of the big synths ever.
***** Ecactly, Perfectly Said : "Biggest problem is the most user use only presets"... I Would Even Say... That Led Some Of These Babies To Be Highly ... Underrated ! ... & Great Comment From Mr "wnonsuchx" : "I did program one sound I really liked that I called DIGIORGAN"... Far More Eloquent, Than Simple Prejudice ! ;- ) )
David Boura To the levels of my subjectivity you are 100% objective. RetroSound is like the only one showing the awesomeness. The "Ambient DX" was the video which made me love this channel and whenever I spot him in my subscriber box I gotta listen.
DX7 II. The sound of the mid to late 80s. Based off this great keyboard, many sounds should sound very similar for PC and console gamers of the late 80s to the mid 90s. Yamaha's FM chips can be found on the AdLib/Soundblaster cards (and compatible) as well as in the MegaDrive and many arcade machines. Yep, I say this in every DX7 video, but the first 1 minute already is like a drunken MegaDrive/Genesis. Digital FM synthesis is in my opinion *the* sound of synthesizer. Sorry Moog'ers out there..
Can someone tell me if i can put GREY MATTER E in a TX802 or does it even need it? is the TX802 without greymatter just as cabaple as the synth in this video with greymatter. Also i will be controlling it with a ROLAND FANTOM G. Will there be any problems velocity wise? Ive read some only go up to 100 not 127 with velocity but the tx802 was release later so?
+beakf1 Wouldn't work, like RetroSound said, and you don't really need it anyway... The E! board was really made to correct mistakes/limitations in the DX-7 design...
This is really impressive. Is the wheel controlling the FM only ? Also, what delay did you use ? Finally, can you trigger arp/sequences via external controller and MIDI since the E! expansion board is now virtually impossible to find ?
I would love to install an E card into my DXII, however i can't find any on eBay :( Hopefully the aftermarket will develop one soon and maybe give it even more abilities, it amazes me that no ones made one yet.
sehr geile Sounddemo mit außergewöhnlichen Klängen neben den obligatorischen Balladen-FM-Pianos: hatte ich gar nicht so in Erinnerung dass du auch experimentell werkelst! Die etwas abstrakteren gefallen mir mit am besten! Aber schön isser ja nicht, aber geil klingen tut er ;-)
danke! :) Der DX7 polarisiert seit seinem Erscheinen die Synthiwelt. Analog Puristen hassen ihn oft aber ich mag besonders die metallischen, harten Klänge sehr gern. Als alter Depeche Mode Fan ist das ja auch kein Wunder. ;) Mit der neuen E! xpansion läßt er sich prima in Echtzeit im Klang beeinflüssen. Macht wirklich Spass!
Ich denke gerade die Sounds, die man eben nicht analog erzeugen kann üben den größten Reiz aus, Irgendwann were ich mich wohl auch mal mit FM-Synthese auseinander setzen:-) Ja, es gibt eben noch viel zu erkunden für mich als Gitarristen,obwohl ich schon relativ lange mich mit Synths beschäftige. Ich wünsch Dir auf jeden Fall einen guten Start in die neue Woche:-)
VolcaRock oja, das hört nie auf ;) gerade die noch günstigen Geheimtips sind es wert dass man sie Näher unter die Lupe nimmt. Casio`s VZ Synthesizer zum Beispiel. Sehr günstig zu bekommen und sogar einem DX7 überlegen.
Ich weiß,die VZ-Serie, gerade solange sie eben noch nicht jeder haben möchte, da gabs ja auch schöne Rackversionen wgen meinem begrenzten Platz,Aber Ich glaub bevor ich mir einen "neuen" FM-Synth hole, sollte ich mich noch etwas ausgiebiger mit meinem nie benutzen TX81z beschäftigen.Weiß schon gar nicht mehr wie der klingt ;-)
First Digital Synthesiser DX7 I try DX7 in School Music Conservatory. in 1995/96 but i know this digital DX7 since 1986 and DX11 and tx81z and DX1 and Yamaha cx5m ( special ADSR multi-ton the best idea Yamaha but hard to sound custom because use special programme ) etc... DX7 the best but hard to create sound design. :-)
RetroSound yeah have to agree I don’t think new synths are as good as the old ones. Just think people back then used them to there full Capability but now they just use them like a standard piano.
![Booker T's organ meets Tina Turner's flute | Yamaha DX7 demo | Famous sounds [02]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/YCK6SPvS0_I/mqdefault.jpg)
The YAMAHA DX7 II is one of my absolute fav synths ever.
Here can you find the full DX7 playlist with a lot single sound demos and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The DX7 playlist ------->
th-cam.com/play/PLe08Lbpy8pPYddTjfbTGKaapocib8i9FJ.html
Super stoked! My DX7ii w/E! is en route now
Have fun 🎹
I remember finding this product 35 years ago and having it installed in my DX7II at a music store. It was a truly fascinating product that brought my DX7 back to life like a modern multi-timbral synth. I proudly attached the "E!" sticker that came with the product.
a new synth with the E!
Excellent man enjoy
The great sound of the eighties. Superb presets.
:)
Looks exactly like mine - I've barely scratched the E! board on the II. I like the whole concept of modifying while playing - that opens up a whole new dimension!
yes
Great demo. This synth is so beautifull i would like to own one just for the looks.
haha yes I understand that.
The DX7 ii is the best proportioned and best looking synthesizer ever.. Built like a tank without being overweight. Panel layout is not the most efficient one but certainly looks very handsome.
Thank you for adding text for parameters you have modified while playing. Nice demonstration video.
:)
So beautiful and decadent! I used to do the same thing on a DX-9, because it came out before the DX-7 and was cheaper. It only had 4 Operators but I could twist the f**k out of that thing! I got my presets stored. These are brilliant!!!
Best DX7 demo anywhere. The rest don't do this fabulous machine much justice.
+ Jeff Bornhoeftthank you
Owned one brand new then got the E installed a year later. Could always rely on this one. Built like a tank with amazing sounds . Well, the times they are changing.
thank you
I love that E! Appregiator and the sequencer. It's how a dx7 should sound. Very masterful indeed. :-D
You've created beautiful patches my friend
Ramón Romeo :)
Awsome!! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you! Cheers!
Wonderful.... Feel like I'm Crocket or maybe Tubbs while listening to those marvelous sounds....
thank you!
Paul Johnson Yes, Totally Agree... Some Mr Jan Hammer's Spirit There, Ha,Ha,Ha ! ;- ) )
I am personally on a major analogue synth mission at the moment and have bought far too many recently. However hearing this beauty is making me see how you need a bit of everything for a nice complete sound. I'm now on the lookout for some nice FM. Weird how some of the warmest sounds through time have in fact been DIGITAL!
Paul Johnson Very Well Said : "you need a bit of everything for a nice complete sound" ... For A Great ... Sound Palette ... As Colors Are For The Painter, In fact ! & I've Also Been Thinking That "Some of the warmest sounds through time have been DIGITAL"... After All, No Matter From Which Type Of Synths Sounds Are Coming From As Long As We Feel Great Pleasure Listening To Or Playing With ! ;-) )
Indeed!
Brings back memories. Had one of these and a roland Juno ll many years ago. Still got an old Elka X1000D. I saved it from getting thrown out in a skip. It's in mint condition and has some great sounds. Only problem with it, takes two people to move it. Love all these old synths RetroSound
Thank you so very much, got it for 200 bucks, but very little information. Phenomenal vids by the way. It shows I've alot to learn.
pat2000m68
thank you! :)
The sound library is amazing!
:)
any tips on geting these patches and other good ones??
Wonderful video ! many thanks for this moment....have a nice day
thank you!
I had on for twenty years! I miss you baby!!
:)
There’s also the sequencer onboard.
this is a DX on ultra steroids.. Grey Matter to DX7 was like AMG for mercedes
Haha yes.
Wooow! The sound at about 6.00... Awesome :)
:) velocity controlled arpeggio
Wow....just wow!!
:)
Outstanding set of sounds!
I just wanted to let you know I was impressed with your demo on the DX7IIFD I have owned one since the 90s although I feel this is a diverse synth, you have helped to expand on it, thanx. One problem that I have always had with it was quick navigation in a live setting, but Thank you again for your Demo, John
***** thank you for the feedback! :)
***** I was never aware of Grey Matter E either before your demo.
keyboard equivalent of Lambo countach😁👍
Some of the patches from 6:00 and onwards when you use the arpeggiator are truly amazing! Any way one could buy those patches from you? I only have a normal DX7 IID without the Grey Matter E, but maybe those patches could work on my synth still? I'm especially thinking about the bell sounds at 7:05 and 6:38 you play with your right hand.
Holy wow that is awesome ....
:)
Great sound the DX7 II ( guitars And metal sound). Thank you
beautiful sounds! where can they be found?
well, this was certainly enlightening, not one myself to join the crowd, but this is the most loved and hated synth isn't it ?
lIm getting one,
Iam a dedicated sound alchemist and this is a must have as far as im concerned..
SEQUENCER patch sounds beautiful!
Hi, congratulations on the performance ... Could you explain to me how to get this sound?
Only tweaking
Lovely!
+Deepwatermusic :)
I had min e for 20 years I bought brand new in 1984!. I gave it away to Sam Ash once it stopped working!
Still using my old DX7 Mk1, this looks a little more easy to mess around with
amazing video, amazing channel, thanks for making the effort.
***** :)
Hello retro sound - yes, a real synth is already great - the part has mega Sounds - nice day
thank you! :)
So Great sounds! ...
I'm a big fan of analog synths, but DX7 - just a Magic ...
The same I think about Roland D50 ..
Amazing digital synths with absolutely hypnotic sound...
agree with you
At 6:48 is that a well-known song? I feel like I've heard it before.
hmm no idea
I had one of those. Now, I have a DX200 -- a DX7 combined with a beatbox in a lightweight desktop box with a low-pass filter, effects, and lots of knobs. Yamaha was selling them at remainder prices some years ago. I paid $200 for mine.
+Howard Harawitz They are quite a bit more now. I bid on a number of them on fleabay, and lost each bid
+Michael Bauers How much are they going for now?
Hi! I also have Grey Matter E! in my DX7IIFD. Looking for help to load the E! sounds into the memory. Tried many things. Do you have some advice or help for me? Would so much appreciate all your efforts! Thank you in advance!
After installation:
VERY IMPORTANT!!! To properly initialize the E!quipped DX7II:
First load a ROM Voice Cartridge into E!’s four memory banks (see
pages 5 & 6 of the User’s manual.) Be sure to load WITH System. [On
a DX7IIFD, you can also load an ERAM disk after you have loaded at
least on bank with a cartridge. If there is already SE!quencer data
stored in the ERAM, there will be no need to continue with the next
paragraph - but don’t skip the final paragraph.]
Next, press button 14 until the screen says “Load Program?” Move
the cursor over to select SE!quencer and press YES (twice.) Once you
are at the SE!quencer main menu, press button 4 to enter the
Utilities mode. You want to press button 4 again to enter Global
Utilities. Press button 1 to erase all SE!quencer memory and then
press YES (this initializes all SE!quencer memory banks; if this is not
done, SE!quencer’s RAM will be corrupt!) Press NO repeatedly to
Exit and return to the DX7II Edit mode (when the LCD says “Are you
sure?”, answer YES.)
Finally, select any PERFORMANCE from Internal RAM to clear the
Edit buffers. And that’s it
And always make the WRITE PROTECTION OFF
@@retrosound72 thank you very much for your valuable time and efforts to support me. Perhaps my question was not clear. I have done all the steps you mentioned. But how do I make a E! disk on my PC. I use windows 10. Formatted a floppy in 720k un der DOS. But is there some experience how to copy them to it? Also have sysex files but the DX does not really like them :) "Midi data buffer full" Downsized the buffer in the MidiOX but that did not work either. Usually it is very easy dumping sysex to my other synths. Thank you!
It sounds like PPG Wave 2.
Very similar to wavetable sound.
maybe because both keyboard are similiar to each other?
my DX came with Grey Matter but what the heck is it? mosre space to load sounds? talk to me
more banks and a lot more. Realtime editing , Octal mode, Arpeggiator. Sequencer....
Dove posso comprare la dx7 grey matter estension???
Hi! Thanks for this nice demo and other fantastic demoes! I just got the same model with the E! card. Are your patches (demonstrated here) available?
great!
thanks :)
Cool Sounds!
Mine has all that stuff!
It only works sometimes, and I cant figure out how to use it! Its like an airplane cockpit!
Also is there a master reset?
The original owner made his own sounds. I do have the manuals, plus the E’ ad on, but its like reading Chinese. Someone from the80’s should do online classes??
Thanks
@@rickwagstaff7710 Batterie’s flat. You have to open it up and solder a new one
This synth is underrate i like it better than jupiter 8
:) me too
In 1980's For concert the DX7 the best because you can stock Sound Design & with patch control and pad foot change the sound.
yes :)
I need this synth, and then I need this E! expansion!!!
Straight Eight ;)
this is pretty amazing! i wish i.had one of these! i would be coming up with game music all day every day.
:) thank you
Hello, how are you ?, I commented that I have a Yamaha DX7 II FD but I can not find the cartridges, please can you help me, which are the cartridges that I must buy? And I can make it work to the fullest potential, thank you very much
Space sound. I feel like imperator. Rule whole universe.
:)
How do I reload my E board?
I sometimes miss my DX-7IID... Then I remember I traded it - For an SY-77 :-)
i know this is a long shot, but would you be willing to sell this/ do you know anyone with the same model who would be willing to sell? it's hard to find grey matter ones for sale.
80s sci films;) Yamaha dx series is the best FM synth:)
The best!
With the grey e! installed, can you adjust all parameters with the cs slider and hear the change in the sound without lifting the keys? Like what you are doing with the algorithm feedback. Thanks!
yes :)
envelope amounts and all?
Have you demoed Dx7 Centennial ? Really would like to hear that rare synth, vintagesynth says it has more voices, and probably is more advanced than II FD sonicaly
+Øx Manifræd I played one once, the output did sound cleaner than a IIFD, and WAY better than a MkI DX, but beyond that, just more available voices it seemed...
Ive just made 2 custom patches on my DX7 mk1 how would be able combine them into one patch? Bome SendSX?
+michael jagger the DX7 has no dual or split mode, only the DX7 II
***** Just have to stick to using a DX7 midi'd to a TX7.
What's the number of this specific cartridges. I would like to to @Retrosund let me know please
no cartridge. its a new internal turbo board
If i get a e grey matter board will i have these sounds as standard? Or will they likely be edited and changed like how the internal patches always are on the dx7iid?
Delay FX are added on externally? It makes it hard to tell what is E! board and what is FX..
The E! board has no influence on the DX sound only on the DX functions.
barely reached the 0:31 mark and I already added it to my faves ;-)
Excellent sound. What FX on this?
+Michael Bauers only a bit delay.
Could you do a video on how to install the Grey Matter ? And when u install it what kind of patches will be in the dx7 then?
+Anders Hajem For the How to vid is it too late ;)
You can send any sound from the web in the DX7.
+RetroSound yeah, haha. So What kind of program do you use to send The patches?
Hi, did you ever do a demo with the Yamaha V50 ? Or have any experience with it. I plan to buy a V50 but did not find much info about it.
PHAT and THICC SOUNDS
;)
Do you have one I can buy
Unfortunately not
Hi there! Considering purchasing a DX7 IIFD but not sure because I love the sounds here, but I can't find any with a Grey Matter E! expansion... how much is the expansion contributing to the sounds here? Would it be possible to recreate something similar without or no?
Thank you! ^_^
The E` board adding some new functions, more patch memory , arpeggiator...
The sound is the same.
We just took one in from a collector
reverb.com/item/3443419-yamaha-vintage-dx7iifd-digital-programmable-algorithm-keyboard-synthesizer-with-grey-matter-e-mod
I have it.
Would love to see what you can do with a SY-77 or 99 :)
+Javi G unfortunately I have no SY
+RetroSound ... yet ^_^
I think I shied away from the DX7 when it came out (besides me being an analog junky) because so many of the factory presets sounded alike and then I'd heard SO MANY new songs w/ the same 2 or 3 DX7 plucked bass sounds. Years later, I picked up a used DX27 and played with it. While I kinda felt it was limited to certain sounds (more so than the DX7 since it was 4-operator instead of 7), I did program one sound I really liked that I called DIGIORGAN and sometimes wish I still had it to play around with again. Thus the need for synth geeks to want to own one of everything! ;-)
I never hated the DX7 and I really love analog sounds. The biggest problem is the most user use only presets. the soundengine is so versatile and powerful. for me is the DX7 one of the big synths ever.
***** Ecactly, Perfectly Said : "Biggest problem is the most user use only presets"... I Would Even Say... That Led Some Of These Babies To Be Highly ... Underrated ! ... & Great Comment From Mr "wnonsuchx" : "I did program one sound I really liked that I called DIGIORGAN"... Far More Eloquent, Than Simple Prejudice ! ;- ) )
Just the Best synth ever... too much to say... thanks Marko
This is not objective, but i'm right ok?
you are right my friend. ;)
sure one of the best...
David Boura To the levels of my subjectivity you are 100% objective.
RetroSound is like the only one showing the awesomeness. The "Ambient DX" was the video which made me love this channel and whenever I spot him in my subscriber box I gotta listen.
***** :) thanks a lot.
Ambient DX was one of the first vids on the channel.
I'm curious how to switch banks, I've a dx7iifd, it is on E! Bank 4, any help appreciated. Thanks
pat2000m68 Data Entry YES & NO button
The DX7s supports gray matter E !?
no idea
It does but instructions are not easy to come by and the board from the DX7S and DX7II are not the same
Super Duper sounds
:)
DX7 II. The sound of the mid to late 80s.
Based off this great keyboard, many sounds should sound very similar for PC and console gamers of the late 80s to the mid 90s. Yamaha's FM chips can be found on the AdLib/Soundblaster cards (and compatible) as well as in the MegaDrive and many arcade machines.
Yep, I say this in every DX7 video, but the first 1 minute already is like a drunken MegaDrive/Genesis.
Digital FM synthesis is in my opinion *the* sound of synthesizer. Sorry Moog'ers out there..
I personally like the first DX7, the one from 1983...more iconic sounds
like the II more. a matter of taste for sure ;)
wow...ich liebe genau diesen Sound!...Hart,Fett,Metall...bissel Flanger...Nice! :-)
ja ich auch. :) es muss nicht immer analog sein. ;)
danke!
What does the grey matter thingy do?
Bradley Riggs It's in the description, click "Show More" if you don't see the Grey Matter E! summary.
Can someone tell me if i can put GREY MATTER E in a TX802 or does it even need it? is the TX802 without greymatter just as cabaple as the synth in this video with greymatter. Also i will be controlling it with a ROLAND FANTOM G. Will there be any problems velocity wise? Ive read some only go up to 100 not 127 with velocity but the tx802 was release later so?
+beakf1 only for Dx7 andf DX7II
+beakf1 Wouldn't work, like RetroSound said, and you don't really need it anyway... The E! board was really made to correct mistakes/limitations in the DX-7 design...
This is really good. Thanks! What is for you the main difference - and which one do you like best - between the DX7 I and II ?
the I sounds a bit warmer but the II has layer sounds, dual sounds and a lot more.
thank you!
This is really impressive. Is the wheel controlling the FM only ? Also, what delay did you use ? Finally, can you trigger arp/sequences via external controller and MIDI since the E! expansion board is now virtually impossible to find ?
TOP
What are u controlling with the sliders
Its an E! modded DX7 II with a lot new functions
I have the same synth with e board.......please send patch
Please upload patches used
Included in the E! board
Is that built-in delay/reverb?
no internal fx
I would love to install an E card into my DXII, however i can't find any on eBay :(
Hopefully the aftermarket will develop one soon and maybe give it even more abilities, it amazes me that no ones made one yet.
+CRITTERBUSTERS I searched over five years ;) good luck.
I have two if you wanna trade a eurorack module or something 8 years later let me know
@@morehart505
Ha ha, I since found an E card online and installed it. Amazing results 🤩 thanks tho
i have the original DX7, im guessing this sounds better with the grey matter card
sehr geile Sounddemo mit außergewöhnlichen Klängen neben den obligatorischen Balladen-FM-Pianos:
hatte ich gar nicht so in Erinnerung dass du auch experimentell werkelst!
Die etwas abstrakteren gefallen mir mit am besten!
Aber schön isser ja nicht, aber geil klingen tut er ;-)
danke! :)
Der DX7 polarisiert seit seinem Erscheinen die Synthiwelt. Analog Puristen hassen ihn oft aber ich mag besonders die metallischen, harten Klänge sehr gern. Als alter Depeche Mode Fan ist das ja auch kein Wunder. ;) Mit der neuen E! xpansion läßt er sich prima in Echtzeit im Klang beeinflüssen. Macht wirklich Spass!
Ich denke gerade die Sounds, die man eben nicht analog erzeugen kann üben den größten Reiz aus,
Irgendwann were ich mich wohl auch mal mit FM-Synthese auseinander setzen:-) Ja, es gibt eben noch viel zu erkunden für mich als Gitarristen,obwohl ich schon relativ lange mich mit Synths beschäftige.
Ich wünsch Dir auf jeden Fall einen guten Start in die neue Woche:-)
VolcaRock oja, das hört nie auf ;)
gerade die noch günstigen Geheimtips sind es wert dass man sie Näher unter die Lupe nimmt. Casio`s VZ Synthesizer zum Beispiel. Sehr günstig zu bekommen und sogar einem DX7 überlegen.
Ich weiß,die VZ-Serie, gerade solange sie eben noch nicht jeder haben möchte, da gabs ja auch schöne Rackversionen wgen meinem begrenzten Platz,Aber Ich glaub bevor ich mir einen "neuen" FM-Synth hole, sollte ich mich noch etwas ausgiebiger mit meinem nie benutzen TX81z beschäftigen.Weiß schon gar nicht mehr wie der klingt ;-)
VolcaRock ja mit dem kannst du auch schon ne Menge anstellen. :)
First Digital Synthesiser DX7 I try DX7 in School Music Conservatory. in 1995/96 but i know this digital DX7 since 1986 and DX11 and tx81z and DX1 and Yamaha cx5m ( special ADSR multi-ton the best idea Yamaha but hard to sound custom because use special programme ) etc... DX7 the best but hard to create sound design. :-)
Rad!
What a fucknmen.... Mine came next month,sound best that i have heard! :O
have fun!
@@retrosound72 thanks!! I will!! XDD
That first chord sounds like The intro to Day Of The Dead
Real-time sound manipulation!🎹🎧💫😵👍 now.. If only I could get That mod done to my "volca FM"?😅😎👌
арпеджиатор красивый был тогда уже.
:)))
Wow, an ARPEGIATTOR! lol
Sehr schöne Sounds! Ich hätte meinen DX-7 II nicht verkaufen sollen :-(
zum Glück kan man den noch kaufen.
Was a good looking synth and the Roland Jupiter 8 was too. Synth look horrible today I think.
And the most sounds horrible :D
RetroSound yeah have to agree I don’t think new synths are as good as the old ones. Just think people back then used them to there full Capability but now they just use them like a standard piano.