Re: Dx7 MK ii

"danforcz [email protected] [YamahaDX]" <[email protected]> Thu, 3 Jan 2019 09:28:25 +0900
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It’s described in the manual, pages 78, 81. You can also download Supplemental booklets which I and other member Rawl scanned and published. There’s also excellent Massey book somewhere on the net.

Transmitting SysEx data is on button 32 MIDI.
Before sending set Device number on 1 and select which patch block you want to transmit - 1-32 or 33-64. You can send also Performances, Microtune (Int) and System Setup. Do it all one by one to have a perfect backup.

Support is thinner, that’s right - mainly concerning Performances. There were some cartridges offered by Yamaha but data are not freely available (VRC1001 - VRC1005). Some performances were offered by Thiago Gomes, another from certain Lukas. I have them all, but don’t know where I’ve found them. I can send them.

As for patches, there’s no problem, there’s a full compatibility with Mk I. Mk II has more parameters so sound can be edited as necessary, and improved.

Daniel Forro

> On Jan 1, 2019, at 12:16, geoff baltan [email protected] [YamahaDX] <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hi everyone - happy new year,
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> I recently switched to a DX7 MKII - but I’m finding things to be quite different than on the MKI. I’m wondering if folks here can tell me how to transfer a patch library currently on the machine into a SysEx file on my computer. 
> I’m also wondering if there are useful resources for the MKII, in general, since the support seems much thinner and I’m not finding explanations as easily.
> Thanks,
> Geoff
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