MOTM

I used to have a TX816, but programjming it was a bitch.  I probably 
would have kept it if it would have had knobs.  I even toyed with 
the idea of building a huge panel with knobs to control all the 
parameters.  

What I'm suggesting is not a DX7 on a chip.  What I'm suggesting is 
a single voice DX7 spread across 8 or 10 modules, with the ability 
to patch into any point in the algorithm with a control or audio 
frequency signal, and the ability to patch (as sort of an insert) in 
filters and other processors into the chain.  Imagine running that 
hard, sterile DX7 sound through a 440 or a 420, not just at the 
output, but at any point in the process.  Imagine being able to lag 
process the frequency control of some operators, but not others in 
the same patch.

Now maybe the same thing would be better realized by building fully 
analog oscillators capable of through zero FM, and DX7 style 
envelope generators.  But since the DX7 voices are DCOs and DEGs 
anyway, using a digital implementation would seem to be the way to 
go.