[sdiy] fare thee well DX7

[harrybissell]

LOL... you havent heard ???

The wheel has turned. Analog is ~out~ and 
Digital is back ~in~

The TB-303 is now selling for a fraction of its original
sales price, maybe $50 if its in nice shape, and fat chance
of that...

And the DX-7 that ~started~ the digital FM revolution with its
uncanny channeling of the Fender Rhodes ~vibe~ at 1/10 of the
weight... is now in high demand. Minty ones are going for $5K
and up...

Dump those ARP2600s and Minimoogs now, before the bubble bursts !

Gar, you say ???  It has happened before... It could happen again :^P

H^) harry   

(new-bee disclaimer... please don't ask for the TB-303 from me for
$50... it went for that, long ago :^)

Seb Francis wrote:
> 
> I'm pretty sure the FM7 won't save it's patches as SysEx (only the other
> way round) - at least I can't see a way to do it.
> 
> But why would you want to use a DX7 anyway if you had FM7?  Doesn't the
> DX7 create it's sounds digitally?  So what's the advantage in having a
> bulky bit of hardware with a horrible editing interface when you can
> just use the FM7.
> 
> Seb
> 
> Nicholas Gregorich wrote:
> >  I thought FM7 patches were not able to be loaded on to DX7s.  It would indeed make a nice virtual editor, but I don't think its possible.
> >
> > Nick.
> >
> > On Saturday, April 15, 2006, at 11:15AM, dustin sedlacek <dustin.sedlacek at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> <<Original Attached>>
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> I really like the FM7 i love the syncable envelopes !  and i believe
> >> that the sysex from the FM7 can be loaded into the DX ( i do not know
> >> how )so it would make a handy virtual editor
> >>
> >> On 4/15/06, *Jaco Sloof* <jacosloof at yahoo.com
> >> <mailto:jacosloof at yahoo.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     I know exactly what you mean Pascal.
> >>
> >>     Over the years you get to know the user interface quite well, but
> >>     for people
> >>     who have never worked with fm-synthesis before, it's a taunting
> >>     machine to say
> >>     the least. In the end, I gave up fighting with the U.I
> >>     alltogether. In it's
> >>     place comes the SLMS, my rev. 1 ASM-1 stripboard synth. I need to
> >>     fill the hole
> >>     in the pallette of sound now, so I'm considering FM7. Although,
> >>     Reaktor would
> >>     be good enough too (maybe even better).
> >>
> >>     Greets, Jaco Sloof
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>     --- P Kleine Neerken <pkn at quicknet.nl <mailto:pkn at quicknet.nl>>
> >>     wrote:
> >>
> >>     > Hello Jaco,
> >>     >
> >>     > Thanks a lot Jaco (also for removing the dust :)). The DX7 has
> >>     found a
> >>     > good home.
> >>     > Where I work we have backup batteries that can replace the
> >>     empty one, so
> >>     > as soon as I'm at work I will replace it with a fresh one.
> >>     > I must say that I like the DX7 a lot, altough creating new
> >>     sounds is not
> >>     > easy on this thing. But trying to create some new sounds is
> >>     fun, and
> >>     > there are enough editor/librarian  programs for this synth to
> >>     make it a
> >>     > bit easier.
> >>     >
> >>     > Regards,
> >>     > Pascal.
> >>     >
> >>     >
> >>     >
> >>     > Jaco Sloof wrote:
> >>     >
> >>     > >Hi list,
> >>     > >
> >>     > >I fired it up about an hour before the kind person arrived.
> >>     Got it warmed up
> >>     > a
> >>     > >bit to the point that I could check battery voltage ( 0.1
> >>     Volt!), and play
> >>     > with
> >>     > >it for the last time. The Tubular Bells preset still rocks.
> >>     > >
> >>     > >Now that the DustyX7 found a new home, I have more space
> >>     available to put my
> >>     > >other music making apparatus to good use.
> >>     > >
> >>     > >To Pascal kleine Neerken: Thanks for giving old instruments a
> >>     new life.
> >>     > >
> >>     > >Greets, Jaco Sloof
> >>     > >
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> >> Dustin