Re: Dx7 MK ii

Thanks for the suggestion- I'll check it out immediately.

The last thing I'm trying to figure out, though: How to upload tunings?
Scala seems to make the tuning file for DX7ii as a MIDI.  I'm not sure how
to get the synthesizer to be receptive to this information or what to use
to send it?



On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 7:40 AM 'Jonathan Williams' [email protected]
[YamahaDX] <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Hi Geoff,
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> Can I wholeheartedly recommend DX Manager which has been a joy to use with
> my DX7 II FD and DX11.
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> www.fm-alive.com
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> $20 to register. Lifetime updates.
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> I have no connection with the site/software – just a very happy user.
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> Jonathan
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> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* 14 January 2019 11:07
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [YamahaDX] Dx7 MK ii
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> Oh, I should also add - I've been using SysEx Librarian.  It seems that
> JSynthLib is not working with the current version of MacOS.
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> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 5:58 AM geoff baltan <[email protected]>
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> Hi all -
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> I'm still struggling a bit with this, so let me give you all some more
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> It's a DX7ii- FD, for starters.
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> 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.
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> On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 7:46 PM danforcz [email protected] [YamahaDX] <
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> Strictly said DX7S is in between Mk I and Mk II by features…
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> 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
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> DX7 Mk I will accept Voice SysEx dump from DX7 II, it will just ignore
> unknown additional data specific for DX7 II.
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> On Jan 3, 2019, at 3:51, 'Nicole Massey' [email protected] [YamahaDX] <
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> 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
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