your channel looks amazing but so does this ai project. Here I am searching for the possibilities of using AI for DX7 parameters and control. no need to act so insecure around it. no machine can compare with the human touch.

Thank you for this great video! 4OP FM synths are also good for drum synthesis, especially ones with different waveforms (TX81z, V50 etc.)…. But IMO nothing can touch FS1R in this regard (even FM-X in Montage is not that good) - having 8 unvoiced FS + 8 voiced FM/FS operators - so much power! SY77/99 is a unique beast too - 3 feedbacks per algorithm, custom algorithms, modulation with samples and multiple AFM elements per patch. - never ending sound design possibilities…

This is a goldmine, many thanks! I am off to look at your profile to see if there are more videos like this!!:) I will be trying to implement on a CXM:)

I am also a bit confused on the decision to clone the DX1 of all synths. Like I can do more with a Yamaha MODX than that thing and even the old TX816 can do more than a DX1. Is it just because they're rare?

Anyone know where to get ym3438 chips

Wavestation is intimidating for sure, but it’s not complex, it is surely deep but still very logically organised, and very rewarding with just a few tweaks

I'm not convinced. One string voice (Korg) has a thick, smooth chorus. The K1 achieves "something similar" through grating detuning.

Can you send instructions on how to load new patches into k1000 please ill be buying them

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I've been using the wave station as a drum machine since the nineties , It's the only quadrifonic psychoacoustic drum machine I know of .

Entertaining and informative... Bravo!

Thank you! I'm going to translate this to the Korg Wavestate. Excellent! tutorial!

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Downloaded the DX7 patches today. Absolutely fantastic work!!! So much more dynamics, the original harshness is gone and so much attention to detail in how the sounds develop. I play the sonds with the DX7 Mark 2 in dual mode and panning switched on. It feels like I've bought a new synthesizer. Compliments again for the great work.

great music and atmosphere 😊 I really enjoy your channel. thanks for sharing

Just fantastic perfect way to start 2025

What beer is Paul holding in the end? Me? I switched to Naragansett a few months ago because the bottle caps (when I can find it it bottles) have those picture puzzles inside them. "Gansett" was the beer featured in the film "Jaws".... Crush it like Quint!

The Wavestation can be the DX7's wingman anytime [laugh].

It won't let me give you a like.

I liked that Ron of the Sparks changed it from Roland to Ronald.

Yep. The M1 certainly broke ground as a "workstation" but it sounded like sandpaper on the eardrums. It was harsh with no warmth whatsoever. The Wavestation on the other hand - that thing STILL holds its own and sounds gorgeous!

Great work... FM is the greatest synthesis. I first got my hands on a DX7 in 1991. From the second I heard the tubular bells and timpani. I knew it was capable producing a universe of sounds. From that day ive been an FM fanatic....

Interesting observation. But the Korg T3 has such a ready-made Toy Piano sound. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b327eXeZZrOBpa8

My DX11 has ZERO noise from the headphone jack. It's quiet and enjoyable I wish they made the DX7 with the same hardware

Like all your works... very polished. A few years back, there was a radio commerical for a bus line to Boston Logan Airport. It had very urgent ominous music with a narrator calmly explaining how today we need to pollute less and save energy. It really grabbed my attention for an industry that normally has upbeat advertising. I was able to track down the musician. He lives in Maine. I long forgot his name, but he sent me a CD of some of his work (not sure where it went). He does it all with computers. You might want to see if you can do music for advertising.

what are you thoughts on vst version of the synth like Dexed? seems equally capable in sound (and much easier editing)

What an excellent review, pleasantly surprised. You're a great sound designer and I liked the comparison to other FM synths. It's a shame Yamaha never released the V80FD that was planned - this is the only synth Yamaha made with this user interface. I think one of FM synthesis (especially those from Yamaha) greatest downfalls is one of its biggest features: The complex envelopes. There should have been a toggle between "simple" analog-style and "complex" FM-style envelopes with its looping envelope mode and infinitely malleable curves. It boggles the mind why they didn't. I have a TG77 and a Reface DX with the DTronics DT-RDX controller which mounts to the synth. With the programmer it's probably the most intuitive and quickest DX-style synth to edit. The free Ctrlr TG/SY77 editor is an excellent editor if you're on a computer.

thanks for sharing your knowledge - it is a pleasure to see your programming skills

Please more of this. Could you also go over the mathamatic background of modulation?

Would you make a video on how to programm a Orchestra hit or a seagull sound on the dx7 if you know what I mean? And if I buy your patches could you send me them as a list of parameters so I can Programm them in myself to learn?

Great video, but all your videos are great

Does anybody knows if you can still do this effect on any other FM synthesizer like the modx8 or any newer models? I am trying to create some binaural beats and isochronic tones with those modulations. I'd appreciate if anybody had any answer.

nice insight into combining basic waves

Hi there, i may have missed it but how did you create the stereo piano patch? Thanks

Fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for this video, did you ever use the Wave Wrangler with the Prophet VS? That lets you put single cycle waves into the Prophet.

To my ear ,it has a definite "fake" character to it

Splitting on the DX 7 was easy. Programming the DX7 seemed too complex for most, however if you really try to learn it, it can bring up awesome results.

Incredible. Thanks for your love and dedication to bringing DX7 into the future. A bunch of split patches would be sweet!

Excellent video and explanation. Many thanks for sharing! Looking forward to try it out on one of my synths.

They ended up making it really simple with the DX21 (their consumer DX7 knockoff which I like very much as well) where they just put a plain split button right on the interface. They may have done it with the DX9 as well, but I'm not certain of that right now. Good video.

Thx so much... you're true underrated

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Great video again! Thanks so much for sharing 🙏 really inspiring to see your care in programming sounds! 😊

Good tutorial clearly showing you don't have to have the original synth to make it sound good. Any vst or digital synth can emulate to perfection, especially after effects and mixing are done... Give us more. May I suggest a sound I have been looking for years, the Sakamoto bellish sound on his Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence. Some say it is a wine glass hit sample from the Emulator one, others say having it through limited FM on a Prophet 5 but in either way I know you could program it through FM or additive on your synths. That would be really lovely if you could do it. Thx again and keep up the good work, you made me get my tx816 back from the attic after 30 years of gathering dust

I've thought about getting one, but with my DX7 IIFD, D-50, and JV-90, I wonder if it would be redundant. I mostly just use presets on digital synths with light tweaks in mixing.

I had a Roland D-10, and when looking for an upgrade, I noticed everyone was buying the M1. I had done some simple hacks to turn the D-10 into a song sequencer instead of drum pattern sequencer, so didn't need a workstation. I realised the M1's filter didn't have resonance, so I wasn't going to get one, it would have been a major regression in synthesis abilities. I went for the Kurzweil K2000 after I read the Electronic Musician review. Been with Kurzweil ever since, and now have a K2500XS with KDFX. It is the most powerful platform, with V.A.S.T. : Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology.

It's hard to imagine that the DX7 absolutely broke the synthesizer scene with the hastily thrown together patches it came with. When it comes to factory patches, I think the DX7 really showed is claws when the DX7II came out in 1986, those patches are awesome. Although we tend to forget that the DX1 and DX5 were also around, with double the oscillators of the DX7, and boy do those sound amazing.

FM bass cuts though any mix!

Thanks for the cool tips