Korg Opsix User here. As I just read in the Arturia manual, it has non-sine waveforms as well. This makes a difference, as it expands the possibilities significantly. Dexed, volca fm , megafm, reface dx, and digitone have sine only. Tx81z, Opsix and arturia dx7 have different numbers of waveforms.
Reface DX can do feedback apparently so it should be able to do saw waveform. I checked it on my Opsix and apparently the non-HD version of SAW is exactly the same as sine with 60 or 61% of feedback. Waveforms on analyzer look identical. Opsix can of course do more than that. You can also get saw on DX7... and without filters it doesn't matter that much. Opsix is definitely the best FM synth as it can do a lot more than other FM synths eg. proper substractive synthesis. Heck it does substractive synthesis better than most substractive synths :)
To my ear, the DEXED consistently sounded better. The Arturia was muffled by comparison. That may be partly because the volume was not matched and louder usually tickles our ear a bit better and the DEXED just sounded louder, tho that might have something to do with the more open high end of the DEXED. But to me the DEXED had a crisper, fuller sound while the Arturia honestly sounded a bit lame by comparison. If you are a sound designer and that is your main reason for getting one, there may be a slight argument for the Arturia, but if you just want to play the thousands of patches available for the instrument, to me DEXED wins hands down. And it's hard to beat free when it is this good. I have an original DX7 by the way, but use DEXED now because it's so easy to use and loading sounds is a no brainer. Did I say it just sounds great? I am not much of a sound designer, so I will leave that part of the argument to someone else.
If I understand it correctly there's also this thing that the Arturia DX7 is more sensitive to velocity so everything will sound more muffled unless you play it with higher velocities, in that regard the comparison was a bit unfair and as you're saying everything sounded muffled
The other difference between the two plugins is CPU impact. You can run 8 instances of DEXED for less impact than the Arturia DX7. I'll have to compare to OPS7 as well. Another small difference is that DEXED is available for Mac Windows, Linux and Raspberry PI. The filter on the Arturia is mono btw too.
Best DX7 VST is without question OPS7 by Plogue. I compared several VSTs: FM8/Arturia DX7V/Dexed and OPS7 is the winner. Its sound generation and the way it reads original DX7 patches is the most accurate. With OPS7 you can also layer sounds, just like a DX7 mk2.
Most of the sounds were close enough to equal that a little EQ or FX could round out if needed. Some sounds were fatter or more sonically colored with the Arturia. A few were better with Dexed. I have Dexed installed and I've played around with it. One of the other comments mentions the Plogue Chipsynth OPS7 which does have richness, clarity and sparkle at a much friendlier $49.95. If I ever just had to have DX sounds I'd likely go for that one. For what it's worth back in the 80's when all the gear snobs had DX7's I opted for the Korg DW-8000 to go with my Juno 106. The DW-8000 was easy to mod a patch to match any song of the era. Six Op FM needed an MIT degree. Four Op FM was easy.
Hola,difinitivamente, a mi humilde forma de ver,el dexed es prácticamente, el vst que mas se parece a el teclado fisico yamaha DX7 . Ademas de estar diseñado para interactuar entre vst y teclado DX7 fisico... Con lo que respecta a arturia, es muy similar,solo que se le agregan mas efectos y otros tipos de ondas... Lo que le agrega cosas nuevas... En cuanto a emulacion ,creo que si la idea es repeoducir un sonido de un yamaha DX7 de los 80s con un vst, lo mas cercano a esto, para mi es el Dexed...saludos
I never thought I'd say my REAL DX7 is so much more realistic than something, but you just can't beat real. I suppose it might help greatly if you mic an amp of the virtual playing through it. direct VST's sound like dog shit.
Really should have gain matched. Big oversight.
Dexed + TAL chorus is the best free thing you can get.
Korg Opsix User here. As I just read in the Arturia manual, it has non-sine waveforms as well. This makes a difference, as it expands the possibilities significantly.
Dexed, volca fm , megafm, reface dx, and digitone have sine only.
Tx81z, Opsix and arturia dx7 have different numbers of waveforms.
Reface DX can do feedback apparently so it should be able to do saw waveform. I checked it on my Opsix and apparently the non-HD version of SAW is exactly the same as sine with 60 or 61% of feedback. Waveforms on analyzer look identical. Opsix can of course do more than that. You can also get saw on DX7... and without filters it doesn't matter that much. Opsix is definitely the best FM synth as it can do a lot more than other FM synths eg. proper substractive synthesis. Heck it does substractive synthesis better than most substractive synths :)
To my ear, the DEXED consistently sounded better. The Arturia was muffled by comparison. That may be partly because the volume was not matched and louder usually tickles our ear a bit better and the DEXED just sounded louder, tho that might have something to do with the more open high end of the DEXED. But to me the DEXED had a crisper, fuller sound while the Arturia honestly sounded a bit lame by comparison. If you are a sound designer and that is your main reason for getting one, there may be a slight argument for the Arturia, but if you just want to play the thousands of patches available for the instrument, to me DEXED wins hands down. And it's hard to beat free when it is this good. I have an original DX7 by the way, but use DEXED now because it's so easy to use and loading sounds is a no brainer. Did I say it just sounds great? I am not much of a sound designer, so I will leave that part of the argument to someone else.
If I understand it correctly there's also this thing that the Arturia DX7 is more sensitive to velocity so everything will sound more muffled unless you play it with higher velocities, in that regard the comparison was a bit unfair and as you're saying everything sounded muffled
The other difference between the two plugins is CPU impact. You can run 8 instances of DEXED for less impact than the Arturia DX7. I'll have to compare to OPS7 as well. Another small difference is that DEXED is available for Mac Windows, Linux and Raspberry PI. The filter on the Arturia is mono btw too.
Awesome video. Under cart there is no ROM1A, ROM1B, ROM2A and ROM2B. Where can I find them? Thanks in advance!
Best DX7 VST is without question OPS7 by Plogue. I compared several VSTs: FM8/Arturia DX7V/Dexed and OPS7 is the winner. Its sound generation and the way it reads original DX7 patches is the most accurate. With OPS7 you can also layer sounds, just like a DX7 mk2.
thanks for sharing this information
The Arturia DX7 sounds so quiet and smooth like a filter was applied, not thus with Dexed, I think some different arrangement is causing this.
I am not sure it's a good or bad thing. I like a clear sound. Dexed sounds more original that way.
Could you please do tal vs arturia video as well? Thank you
Most of the sounds were close enough to equal that a little EQ or FX could round out if needed. Some sounds were fatter or more sonically colored with the Arturia. A few were better with Dexed. I have Dexed installed and I've played around with it. One of the other comments mentions the Plogue Chipsynth OPS7 which does have richness, clarity and sparkle at a much friendlier $49.95. If I ever just had to have DX sounds I'd likely go for that one. For what it's worth back in the 80's when all the gear snobs had DX7's I opted for the Korg DW-8000 to go with my Juno 106. The DW-8000 was easy to mod a patch to match any song of the era. Six Op FM needed an MIT degree. Four Op FM was easy.
DX7 has a max velocity of 100, and Dexed has the same enging, so don't put to much velocity in to Dexed...... That is the main difference
Where do you even download Dexed from?
The Internets
Using the current version, 0.9.8 of Dexed I can't locate the classic 'E Piano 1'. Any thoughts?
Seems we have to find roms online
Hola,difinitivamente, a mi humilde forma de ver,el dexed es prácticamente, el vst que mas se parece a el teclado fisico yamaha DX7 . Ademas de estar diseñado para interactuar entre vst y teclado DX7
fisico...
Con lo que respecta a arturia, es muy similar,solo que se le agregan mas efectos y otros tipos de ondas... Lo que le agrega cosas nuevas...
En cuanto a emulacion ,creo que si la idea es repeoducir un sonido de un yamaha DX7 de los 80s con un vst, lo mas cercano a esto, para mi es el Dexed...saludos
Dexed se mi líbí víc, budu ho používat na Zynthian, tak uvidím, jaký bude reálný zvuk.
There are the same thing.. But dexed interface is very confusing.
Dexed win..
Dexed ★★★★ Arturia ★★★
Dire dire
I never thought I'd say my REAL DX7 is so much more realistic than something, but you just can't beat real. I suppose it might help greatly if you mic an amp of the virtual playing through it. direct VST's sound like dog shit.
So many modern plugins ( not emulations ) have destroyed the old and dated REAL DX7 , it was already mocked in the 80's for sounding cheesy and thin
😂😂😂 Your outta your mind bud.
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