[sdiy] DX7 Patch Files

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On Montag, 17. April 2006 22:01, Scott E. wrote:
> With all the talk about DX-7, I have a question about some old patch
> files. These files are banks that were from a DX-7 stored in OPCODE
> librarian for the Mac computer.
[...]
> The files are backed up on both Zip and Diskette. Does anyone know
> the format these files were in? I would love to be able to resurrect
> them for my TX-816.

Most sysex librarians just strip off the headers and store the plain 
data from the sysex. DX7 sysex has multiple messages for one patch for 
some versions IIRC, so there probably is some structure in the library 
to accomodate that (unless it is for the original DX7 only). Also, the 
patch name should be mostly plain ASCII and easy to spot in a HEX 
editor.

If these aren't your own sounds it's probably easier to just get hold of 
the original bank files, there's a ton of DX7/TX7 patches for download.  
When I got my FS1R I downloaded all DX7 pathces I could find and even 
after removing many obvious doublettes I got 26257 patches or a little 
over 820 banks full. There's likely some less obvious doublettes of 
patches that have differences only in the name and such things, but I 
haven't got around to writing a program yet that would take care of 
that.


Achim.
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