Keep in mind that, unlike the d50, it has no internal effects. The story begins for me back in high school in 1985. Join the yamaha musicians vip program and stop seeing ads on the forum. Opcode galaxy was an app that allowed for the storage of synth patch banks in macintosh files as well as an editor interface. Sy77 service tests emr present service and hidden test functions built into the sy77. Jun 02, 2017 this is a yamaha sy77 tg77 demo and comparison video with yamaha dx7. The sy77 was the first keyboard to give you the ability to make a truly integrated sound between two totally separate types of synthesis. Yamaha sy77 is a 16 voice multitimbral music workstation first produced by yamaha. Pictured above in silver and gold is the dx7 centennial, released in 1987 to celebrate yamahas 100th anniversary. Miami vice soundtrack uses sy77 drums and patches from.
I will show you key differences between the dx7 and sy77. May 08, 20 wouldnt it be nice to load the classic yamaha dx7 patches into your kronos. I have fm8 and i have about 10,000 dx7 and sy77 sounds. Loading yamaha dx7 patches into your kronos kronoshaven.
Each voice yamahaspeak for program or patch can consist of up to four. I know i might get a better response from a yamaha forum, but i thought id try here first. All the same features as the sy77, except the keyboard, sequencer and 3. Discussion in technical issues komplete archive started by gerry peters, sep 5, 2014. Oct 25, 2005 the dx9 is not velocity sensitive, and, despite having an lcd screen, you cant even name your own damn patches. Yamaha dx7 ii fd patchesstudioreine bank by studio reine. This site is dedicated to the synthesizer yamaha dx7, you will find numerous sounds in the sysex format gleaned on web and in attics, informations and alternatives to find the sound of the 80s years. Yamaha dx7, dx7ii, tx7, tx816, fb01, tx802, rev5, spx90, sy77.
Fm synthesis in plg100dx and plg150dx is identical to dx7, so in that manner it is less powerful than its predecessors, sy77tg77, sy99 and. The tg77 lacks the disk drive but can still load patches and settings via midi sysex. All patches published on this page become automatically free public domain material. Yamaha dx7 sysex, sysex library for yamaha dx7 and fm synth. Besides that, the only way to save patches is via cassette and not cartridge like the dx7. The dx7ii has a nice big screen that makes editing much easier than the mk1.
As an added bonus, we have converted a good bit of the sy99s sounds and have mirrored each patches effects from the sy99. Learning fm as easily as possible is one of the most important factors. Yamaha dx7 ii fd patchesstudioreine bank by studio reine published on 20150530t15. Giorgio robino yamaha dx7ii 393 original patches collection.
I will also compare the sy77 tg77 with roland d50 and korg m1. Patchman music sy77 tg77 volume 1 pro patches sytg77 volume 1 is a complete bank of 64 allnew pro patches. Yamaha sy77 vs sy99 sound quality page 5 gearslutz. Here is a collection of public domain patches for the dx7 in several formats. The dx7s and dx7ii both sound better than the dx7 on paper. The sy77 is far more versatile than the dx7, and in my opinion sounds better dx7 patches can be converted to the sy77, and there are minor differences, but the sy77 is a much better synth, even without awm. In the early 1980s, the synthesizer market was dominated by analog synthesizers. The dx7ii has the same one, but it isnt dampened so its much louder. Pads and decay patches that i myself, find fun to play. You can import sysex for 4 and 6 operator dx synths, even dx200 presets including filters, in fm8. Weight is a factor, as the ii is the lightest of the bunch at 20 lb.
F0 00 20 79 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2c 3e 16 00 uploader. I converted over my dx7ii patches back in 1990 before i had ever seen any software to convert them. Yamaha dx7 line vs yamaha sy77 vintage synth explorer forums. The only drawback of sy77 when comparing it to dx7ii is its size and weight its larger and much heavier. The yamaha dx7 is a synthesizer manufactured by the yamaha corporation from 1983 to 1989. Its main features and guts were the same however it had increased memory, waveforms and a bigger keyboard. The day following my purchase of the yamaha v50, i took a drive over to another used music store that i usually visit about twice a month. I was stunned to see sitting on top of a shelf a vintage yamaha sy77 in excellent condition. Patch touch for the yamaha dx7 is also now available. Lets discuss and demonstrate the differences between the original yamaha dx7 and the dx7s, one of the later dx7ii mk2 models from 1988. Yamaha sy77 is a 16 voice multitimbral synth with a 61 key keyboard with velocity and aftertouch, it also included a 16,000 note sequencer which featured 16 tracks, 99 patterns and 1 song. The end result was a very playable mix of sounds that feel right in both performances and in the studio. Giorgio robino yamaha dx7ii 393 original patches collection exploring fm soundscapes is an inner trance around the consciousness. All the patches are yamaha dx7iifd original patches programmed by myself in the past years, between 1993 and 1996.
Als angenehmer nebeneffekt konnen dx7 sounds geladen werden, wodurch. I wrote out the patch data on dx7 patch charts, then went to the sy77 and entered the data some of which had to be estimated since the dx7. Does anyone know of a convenient software that converts dx7 and related fm synth sysex for the sy77 tg77. Sure, it still sounds nice, but its magic on the original. Dx7 vs dx7ii vs sy77 posted in the synthesizers community. This volume contains a wide assortment of high quality voices featuring twin peaks, pizzi piano, killer dx electric pianos, t3 trumpet and flugelhorn, stereo room toms, moog, punch, and ron carter basses, jazz grand piano, gm drum kit, pop brass, lyle flute, orchestral bass drum. Feb 18, 2017 the latest episode of woody piano shack compares two generations of yamaha dx7 synthesizers, the original yamaha dx7 and the dx7ii mk2, dx7s. Sy99sy77 differences unread post by matro sun nov 05, 2017 1. Yamaha dx7 line vs yamaha sy77 post by robotunes mon sep 03, 2012 8. If you have to pick one, the d50 has a much wider range of sounds, and can cover pretty much the entire dx7 range as well, so that may be the better choice in your situation. Maybe it was the inherent noise and distortion that i actually liked. Ive also attached 2 custom afm sy77 patches same external guitar rig effects as the other wavs no built in sy effects, no pcm, output in mono only to play fair against most dx7s into stereo effects. There are thousands of these sounds available on the internet, providing a massive pre. If not, are there any softsynths that can read sy77 sounds or accept sysex patches.
Sep 08, 2015 visualize, edit, and organize sounds for your yamaha dx7, dx7ii, tx7, tx802, or tx816 synthesizer. The keyboardist in a band i was in had a dx7 and left it at my house for a weekend along with the manual. That, in combination with its amazing keyboard and some wellprogrammed patches, makes it very expressive. Now someone recreate those on the dx7smk1 please youd need at least a full mk2 for layeringpoly. I wrote out the patch data on dx7 patch charts, then went to the sy77 and entered the data some of which had to be estimated since the dx7 values for some parameters were 099 and the same parameters on the sy77 were 0127, then audition the new patch on the sy. C6 is extremely easy to use and is available for mac and pc. Yamaha dx7 fm synthesisbased digital synthesizer and electronic keyboard manufactured by the yamaha corporation from 1983 to 1989. The sy77 is like having a supersized samplememory workstation with the added synthesis and sounds of a dx7mkii. Since the effects section on the sy99 is different from the sy77 and tg77, these sounds will not port over to the sy99 fully as the effects will not port over. This is a yamaha sy77 tg77 demo and comparison video with yamaha dx7. It had a hard shell case and inserted into the card slot was an mcd64 64k memory card.
You can convert yamaha dx7 sounds for your sy77 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. Elektron have kindly agreed to freely link to the program. Yamaha dx7 1983 synthesizer 61 keys, 16 digital voices based on fm synthesis and sinewave oscillators. I programmed them manually and compiled it in diverse soundbanks. The improved convertors and i think a better output amp made them cleaner, but i had saved all my original dx7 voices and installed in the dx7ii and they had lost some of their charm.
A forum for comparing two or more synths against each other. For its synthesizer section it employs a 6 operator afm synth engine similar to, if not better than, the original dxs. All presets come from my private library and have been designed over the last 15 years. To transfer the sysex file i recommend using the freeware program the c6, which is made by elektron. Opcode galaxy library, banks, and bundles files to sysex. If you want to dump dx7 patches to it, you need to convert them with a dos program called dx2sy. Not just a new paint job, this limited edition model has 64voice internal ram memory and 64performance memory, 32note polyphonic stereo output 2 x 16 voices, and a 76key velocity and aftertouch sensitive keyboard that glows in the dark.
Im sure the dx7ii can also load those original dx7 patches, and im sure they dont sound as good. First, neither the reface dx or the sy77 will load dx7 patches, however since the sy77 is essentially a superset of the dx7 fm implementation, it can pretty much make any fm sound the dx7 can. It was the first successful digital synthesizer and is one of the bestselling synthesizers in history, selling over 200,000 units. A collection of dx7 patches have also been published in diverse old 80s specialized issues. Fm8 puts all the presets of a sysex in a folder with the sysex name. The dx7 is the synth which yamaha will always be known for first and foremost. Sy77 is a combination of pcm and dx synthesis and filters, there is no software emulation of that. An introduction about my synth programming modus operandi. The sy77 was also marketed in a rackmount module called the tg77.
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