Re: Dx7 MK ii

OK - I have made progress - my apologies for spamming the thread.
Apparently, it is important to send a full bank, rather than the "Edit
Buffer" memory.  This way reads well in FM8, but not in Dexed.


On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 6:06 AM geoff baltan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Oh, I should also add - I've been using SysEx Librarian.  It seems that
> JSynthLib is not working with the current version of MacOS.
>
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 5:58 AM geoff baltan <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all -
>> I'm still struggling a bit with this, so let me give you all some more
>> details.
>>
>> It's a DX7ii- FD, for starters.
>>
>> I'm hoping to store/edit libraries on my computer. I am running Mac OSX.
>> With the DX7 I, I was able to listen and edit SysEx files in a program
>> called "Dexed" and a program called "FM8."  Now, while I seem to be getting
>> SysEx msgs sent from the DX7II, they won't open in either FM8 or Dexed - so
>> I am unsure how to verify them.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 7:46 PM danforcz [email protected] [YamahaDX] <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Strictly said DX7S is in between Mk I and Mk II by features…
>>>
>>> Disk format is not MS-DOS, but Japanese MSX-DOS, so there can be
>>> problems with compatibility with other computers - AFAIK from my
>>> experience, Yamaha DX7II FD (and also other Yamaha instruments using disks)
>>> disks are not easily readable on modern computers.
>>>
>>> DX7 Mk I will accept Voice SysEx dump from DX7 II, it will just ignore
>>> unknown additional data specific for DX7 II.
>>>
>>> Daniel Forro
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 3, 2019, at 3:51, 'Nicole Massey' [email protected] [YamahaDX]
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> There are three models of the II -- S, D, and FD. Which one do you have?
>>> Because if you've got an FD you've got a very easy way to load sounds --
>>> the OS reads standard MSDOS floppy formats, so patch transfers are super
>>> simple. If not then finding the adapter for the cartridge port would be
>>> your easiest way to move sounds between the machines.
>>> IIRC, the II reads the sysex format of the original with no problems, so
>>> you should be able to do a straightforward patch dump. It doesn't work the
>>> other way, from what I remember, but it's been a long time since I did any
>>> of this.
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>