DX7 Sounds

[fender1000100]

Analogue synths have no sonic power or versatility. All these analogue devotees cry wheres the knobs, but what do they do? Make the same boring sqelchy acid type sounds over ahd over and over again. The last time I heard anything great come from an analogue synth was Vince clarke in the early 80s.

The bass on a DX7 MK2 will blow a mini moog away. The pads will make a JP8 look like a fools snth at its price. And the vox sounds have an emulator/synclavier quality. The DX7 MK 2 is where its at.

[fender1000100]

The DX7 is the greatest PURE synth of ALLTIME. And I will tell you why. An analogue couldnt produce a realistic sound like the DX7. But the DX7 could produce fat analogue type sounds. Plus what you hear with the original DX7 is pure unlayered sounds without EFFECTS.

Oh yes what you think are great sounds today are sampled sounds not synthesised at all. That is what makes the DX7 so special thoses iconic sounds came straight out of the FM sound engine and nowhere else.

[TreijaMusic]

i have a knob

[ADVANCEDBREAKAGE]

this does the sonic hedgehog spring yard bells to a t, only just got one recently incorporaated with modern soounds its like a barber cuthroat, cut through like a mo fo , though hard to program the acoustic sounds are second to none hook it up to an outbord fx unit then you are cooking on high octane

[curtis8516]

Show us your face, we know its you giorgio moroder!!!!!

[spontaneous09]

kavinsky used this synth for his album

[dirtnoise]

@spontaneous09

yamaha dx7 if i'm not mistaken :)

[LongDieseldog]

The sound at the very begining sounds like the sound in Phil Collins: One More Night, and he did infact use a DX7. What Catridge, and sound did you use?

[maccagrabme]

I can see why the DX7 was so appealing on release. As much as analog sounds great, it can get boring after a while and the digital sounds just cut right through a mix. I think the DX7 is way more versatile than most analogs. I wouldn't be without an analog synth as the fatness and warmth is great but I like the DX7 just as much.

[MaxDaStereoTube]

I'm in love with the two first presets...

[BlackTomorrow4242]

I find it so ridiculous that people knock the DX7. Yes, the presets were mostly cheesy. But if you have the patience to understand FM synthesis, you can achieve amazing sounds. Sure, analog is great (I own 4 analog monosynths) but the two can compliment each other so nicely. However, I will admit that editing would be so much nicer if there were knobs for each function instead of a single slider.

[HolyKatana]

The DX7 gets shit these days for being so "cheesy." Sure, the presets are cheesy, but I think the people who deride it are really just jealous of the people who understand FM synthesis.

[valetudo1974]

Love the DX 7....

[Synthesized13]

Absolutely agree about the layering analog with digital. SUCH a powerful sound. I layer my Yamaha AN1X with my more modern synths all the time. Couldnt ask for anything better.

[MystroMusicMan]

At around 2:04, that's the preset Babyface fell in love with for about 85% of his ballads like "Superwoman" -Karyn White, "Rock Wit'cha" -Bobby Brown, & "Whip Appeal" -Himself before flooding 90's radio withh "Love Makes Things Happen" -Pebbles, "My My My" Johnny Gill, & "End Of The Road" -Boyz II Men

Nobody since has worked that preset like him!

[UnchainTheNight1]

you could make so much 80s video game style sounds with this thing

[MARANTZamp]

this synth is a true headache to program. This is why nobody ever bothered programming it.

Listen to all the records it was used on..they all have one thing in common--they all used only FACTORY sounds.

[marcdoorn]

@MARANTZamp Thank god for the Yamaha CX5M (with the YRM-103) :D

[HUNHORV]

What do you play at 1:37?

[194Nico]

Salut avez vous une astuce quand on paire tout les son pour les remmetre merci

[darkshiningstar3]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh i hate when people play like they're fucken playin guitar, TOO MUCH SPEED LESS DYNAMIC

[wkunzelman1]

First 4 seconds reminded me immediately of "Dire, Dire Docks" in Super Mario 64.

[PIANHOLOPAINEN]

awesome sound!!!!

[vanemtz214]

are you selling any yamaha dx7

?

[blauwolfenduro]

tx7 4 sale<!!!!!!!!!

[AttilaSVK]

This video is good, so it deserves six stars. Unfortunately, I could give only five :D

Would you be so kind to share with me the organ patches you played at the end? Thanks a lot!

[tzoche]

I love the funky sound.

[psicolor]

I bought a used dx7 II several years ago and hardly used it, because it has no builtin fx like other digital keyboards. Meanwhile I fortunately own several analog outboard fx and the dx7 is a vital component of my setup.

It's a great instrument!

[deathlord109]

I got a dx7 2, but except the e-piano sounds the sounds dont have enough power

[tea789456123]

Cool sounds! :D

[jasiuchmiel]

ale kurwaaa nudzisz.

[tobibarnet]

the sound at 1:18 sounds JUST like the intro to Queen's Who Wants To Live Forever! They used a DX7 for this, but im not sure what the name of the sound is.. its a kinda synth pad/organ/strings :P

[wrenkler]

fuck yeah

[Brian880]

Thanks everyone...yes Clavinet sound.

[rattu123]

Man, what was that clavinet? Rocked the shit outta me! I'm really impressed!

[normloman]

i like the way you play. very nice.

[doomguy1001]

Sound reminds me of the water theme from Super Mario 64!

[MrSynthfreak]

please how to do 2:06?

[MARANTZamp]

I prefer my PROPHET-5 because it's warm and has knobs on it.

[Brian880]

The Prophet is also very nice and will do a whole other style of sounds. Knobs are grreat to have but you can also work with out them :). I also have synths with knobs and others without, for me it has not affected how I play :).

WHat is really coolis to layer an analog sound with a digital...it's all good :)

[PointlessFilmsHouse]

@Brian880 I have a Sequencial Circuit Prophet six-track (the old analog one) and it works perfectly, but is played differently than the new digital ones. It is hard to find someone who still plays old analog synths the way they should be played. I would never trade the beauty of configuring sounds on my prophet for a digital synth.

[analoggeek]

@MARANTZamp  apples to oranges

[Vondur]

@MARANTZamp <--- Synth snobbery

[Anton041687]

great for porno

[shishyupal]

RROOOOFFFLLL !

[exactspace]

this is really interesting to hear the sounds you made in the 80's. some of the sounds are so accurate sounding... excellent job. i have a dx7 myself an i use it with MOTU's Unisyn. Haven't really replicated any instruments with it though.

[Brian880]

Thanks

[dugrockdoug]

its great for porno!

[CriticulMuzical]

:))))))))))))))))))))))

[thesavebear]

really think you have a great idea there. would like his tunes in my ears while I'm doing my thing.

[shishyupal]

GIGA LOOOLLL !!!!! :))))))))))

[electrokid1993]

ah yes, i own 5 of these, im not sure why.

[Yunneck]

its not THAT much better than DX21, is it?

[ajantred]

sweet! some of the sounds remind me of bladerunner

[thesonyallstar]

that's a killer clav

[Brian880]

Thanks, the Dx can do all kinds of fun Clavs :)

[PhuckHue2]

when I first heard the DX7 in 1984 I knew every Pop and R&B from then on would use it. I was right. Since this synth is next to impossible to program all the major acts used the same presets. You can be up all night trying to program this thing

[davcar23]

Not only pop and R&B but FM made it's way to computers and video game consoles.

[slickluw88]

how do you program it

[ballbagular]

with a lot of time and patience! I experiment by altering the algorithm and frequency ratio settings for each operator on presets I already like, to see if I accidentally come across something I like. I've been playing the things for years and still don't REALLY know the programming process very well.

[moonfax]

i like this

[wilziac]

that first sound was similar to mario64 underwater theme

[mr3urious]

They most likely used a DX7 to compose it. :)

[CommodoreBasic]

@wilziac I think it's the same...

[thiagotecnico]

Metallic fm

[StanleyHugo90]

Keyboardist,a member of bonjovi,used this keyboard. and i think his name is 'David'.

[ClassicTVFan82]

David Bryan.

[Pkmeg]

cool.. but the first melody sounded almost quite like the theme song on MArio 64, on the water map ^^

[StarFoxEchoes]

Yes! It's almost the same sound!

[Pkmeg]

Try to get the notes from that theme then, try it and make a vidio of it, that would be alsome :)

[VoltageControlled]

I had a DX7 once, and it had a famous patch called fulltines in it (very similar to the first sound here but snappier) and I sent it the Jolly Roger Bay/Dire Dire Docks theme you mentioned via midi and it was pretty cool. :) When I get a DX7 again I'll make a vid.

[sirpryde]

for all you fm heads out there check out abletons operator synth

[slickluw88]

this is some good stuff you are very lucky to have a dx7 fm they are very hard to find now these days

[ballbagular]

No they're not! There's loads of them on eBay all the time. There were like a bajillion units produced, plus all the rack gear in the same family. Then there's the SY77/99...

[slickluw88]

lira i just look there nothing

[trap0001]

I saved like a bastard to buy one of these in 1986, when I had enough the salesman convinced me the newly arrived Korg DW8000 was better so I had one of them instead.

[moonfax]

one day all machines will made this way. wicked stuff. built like a tank and made to last. unlike our new plastic junk of today. great noises...brian.

[mooghammondb3]

That clav is just something else...so realistic!

[Mortuuus]

Great synth in great hands, as I see ;o) I also have the DX-7, very few instruments can be compared with this beauty.

[nickeax]

Thanks Brian, it surely is an wonderful instrument. Great that I can see one in action in your hands!

[Brian880]

Thanks

[mooghammondb3]

It's a common misconception that the DX-7 has shitty sounds...it actually, if programmed correctly, has some of the most realistic sounds from a synth from that time.

[mooghammondb3]

If you by chance couldn't afford the Emulator II or the Fairlight CMI..

[mugabesunny]

hi

can you send me the presets in sysex format

[Hellsingalucard]

you use DXmanager right?

[Brian880]

No. All were programed and stored right in the DX7.

[Hellsingalucard]

i have the sames sound ^^ but now im using DX manager

try it , is good , you can fing more than 1000 sounds

[jackguitarwhite13]

I Love The DX7.

thanks For Posting Some Sounds, now im acctually going to buy one.

Sick Playing.

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