[sdiy] DX7 Patch Files

[Scott E.]

Thank you to all that responded to my request.

I found the sysex data format and info for the DX7 at:

http://www.maths.abdn.ac.uk/~bensondj/dx7/sysex-format.txt

I'll try hacking these files and converting these to a usable sysex 
file. Shouldn't be too hard.

Scott E.
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ASSI wrote:
> 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.
>