Hello All: 

About a year ago, I sent Mr Tim Garrett (of the DX-7 Mailing list) several cassettes of Data that were retrieved from a mobile home fire where my beloved CX5m and DX7 were burned. My DX survived ( I get some real stares bringing it to a gig! :-)But the Cx5m did not. However my Data Cassettes with all my DX sounds as well as CX5M Sounds (same as Fb01)survived!When finally joining this List, Tim was kind enough to take on the project of "rescuing" the data.So after retrieving the cassettes from the "burned and Charred" box, I sent it to him. 

Today, he has finally "caught up" and sent me the first results of his 
rescue! About 30 banks of sounds including sounds from the SOUND CONNECTION cartidge which I was a part of creating. Tom Coster Jr (Son of Tom Coster of Santana Fame)also partisapated. As a matter of fact Tom sold me my Dx7 when he was working for Draper Music in Palo Alto, CA. 

Comments on the sounds: Some were programmed from the front panel of the DX, while the rest were programmed using the excellent DX7 editor of the CX5m.There are some duplicate sounds within the bank set, so please bear with that. For the most part you will hear some new and invocative sounds. After hearing them for the first time "again " after 7 years, it really brings back the memories and they still sound "fresh" Enjoy using these sounds. I would love to hear any feedback on them. please email me, 

Below is how Tim did the transfer for all you tech junkies. Gives me some ideas as well on Converting banks of another format to standard Sysex using two computer systems. 

Tim Conrardy 

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		Meanwhile, since you wanted to know *how* I did the transfer, it's not at  all  complicated...just quaint:   1. Placed your cassette into a data-grade Radio Shack "Tandy Computer  Cassette Recorder CCR-82".   2. Connected the CCR to the CX5M's data port using Yamaha's tailor-made  cable (with REMOTE, EAR and MIC jacks).   3. Turn on CX5M with Yamaha YRM-304 DX7 VOICING PROGRAM II cartridge.   4. Press PLAY on CCR.   5. Use the YRM's FILE mode, select CASSETTE interface, and click on LOAD.  Answer "Yes" to "Sure?" prompt.   6. Tape begins playing. Little red light comes on when data signal  (probably in Frequency-Shift-Keying format, or FSK) is present, and I can  monitor with MON IN/OUT switch on CCR.   7. When data signal ends, CX5M's relay opens and tape stops. YRM program  reports "Completed!" in status bar.   8. On PC, connected to CX5M via two MIDI cables (IN/OUT), I run Cakewalk  Pro  Audio 9.0, enter SysEx console, highlight any <empty> bank, and select  "Receive Bank" icon, then choose "<Dump from any device>", and wait.   9. Select MIDI interface from YRM's device list. Click SAVE. YRM program  now 'pretends' to send MIDI data (32 DX7 voices), and displays  "Transmitted".  Repeat SAVE operation, which successfully sends MIDI data (4104 bytes),  received in Cakewalk.   10. Noting the original file name, I then rename the Cakewalk bank to that,  and also export it to hard disk, giving it the same name with a .SYX  extension (for use with any system exclusive program). Then, I move the  pointer to the next available <empty> SysEx bank.   11. Return to Step 5. [Repeat process until YRM program fails to identify  any more files on tape, then flip tape, rewind, and commence process from  beginning of side B.]   Note that this pipeline works better than would saving each 32-voice file  to  the CX5M's 3.5" disks. Why? Because those files are several bytes short  (e.g. no header or checksum byte) . . . the same problem that kept my many  DX7 voice files from being usable until last year!  Sending via MIDI requires the YRM program to properly format each 32-voice  bank for the DX7, checksum and all. :-)    - Tim G.  	



