Hearing this demo pulls you from the flaps of your mullet and takes you right back to that crazy decade. The Yamaha DX7 and the Korg Poly 800 both drew the musical landscape of the 80s.
From 3:13 to about 3.47 just gives me goosebumps when I hear it!! This instrument had a HUGE effect on me as a young child growing up in the 80s! I Love It!
I used to program DX7 sounds a long time ago, my company was "Soundvertrieb" Germany, we were present at Musikmesse Frankfurt 1983 and 1984, we got a lot of incredible sounds for that inovative Syth at this time, You can call me in Germany 0172-4522859
This guy can really play and makes the DX7 sound as good as all the hype that surrounds its legend. Some of the pad sounds on this demo sound huge. Defying the notion that the MK 1 DX7 cant sound big/fat. As always it comes down to the individual.
@ Randman, the best way to approach the DX7 is edit the patches. You will be surprised how many different tones you can get from a single patch. One of the areas to concentrate on in the edit menu are THE EG PARAMETERS. They can really change the charactor of the sounds. They are the equivalent of the ATTACK---DECAY knobs on the old analogues. As an example. I own the DX7S synth. And out of one bass patch got the best sounding claves you will ever hear plus a cosmic sitar with endless sustain.
I was just randomly given a DX7 the other day! It works perfectly, but was clearly under-appreciated, because there's layers of dust on it. Super excited to get started with this thing, but I have no idea how the hell to program it, haha. Anyone got tips/resources I can use?
That xylophone/bell sound at the beginning is what I always associate the DX7 with. It makes me think of those generic 80s movie scenes where the teenage boy and teenage girl are alone together in the woods sharing a passionate talk.
@senorverde09 The very first sound which appears at the beginning is a common electric piano, and yes it was featured in a ton of 80's and 90's films. It is sometimes combined with other synthesizers as well, like strings or pads. I think it sounds great, very chime-ish. = ) Great tones.
@PopCulture20 As an owner of an original DX7, I love it! Sure, it's a real pain to program and it's quite involved trying to figure out how to get the perfect sounds out it, but there's thousands upon thousands of transferable MIDI patches on the web that can make any 80s pop culture nut pleased. From it's punchy bass to it's clangy Rhodes electric piano emulation (heard at the beginning), the DX7 is as cool as taking a drive in a Testarossa down the Miami strip under the setting sun.
@senorverde09 Oh man I was listening to this and I was thinking the same thing. "Son, it's okay that you sometimes make mistakes. But learn from them and I won't be disappoint."
Mate the incredible warmth and brilliance of the first half of the clip is only eclipsed by the horror of the second. I still love it though, good work.
I can't even really play the keyboard/piano very well...but god I want this so much, I'd just play with this for hours. The epic sounds, ahhh they're so great! If the 80's were one instrument they'd be this!
@nokia3210fuck The SY77/TG77/SY99 all have a few more FM algorithms and the algorithms as such are not exactly the same as on the DX-series (including up to 3 feedback slopes on the SY/TG). But I remember that there was a conversion software available for ATARI ST as there was a "free algorithm"-function accessable via MIDI. While searching for the name of that software I just found the SY Manager SYM3 from FM Alive for PC (Win 2000/XP/Vista/7) which also can import and convert DX-files.
@wrabit79 The DX7 is very easy to find, it was one of the most sold and produced synthesizers ever made. You usually can steal one for about 250. I got mine for 300 and installed a patch memory expander to bring my internal patches to 128.
I really would like to get one of these, I enjoy playing Smalltown Boy on my keyboard but if I had an 80s Synth I could try and recreate that magic sound
Totally dig the time machine aspect of the DX-7. Takes me back to all those great movie moments from the 80's. Also reminds me of why I love 80's music. I totally love analog synths from the 60's and 70's. Nothing beats them for the sounds they make. But a DX-7 makes sounds that are truly of their own time.
Typical, The Japanese way ahead of us with FM in 1983. But this must be said I LOVE the DX7, how it sounds and how it looks. FM music from the 80s is magical!
@namco21gamefreak You might not be aware of this, but FM synthesis was actually invented in the USA, in Stanford University. Yamaha only licensed it to use for their products.
That's some awesome keyboard playing, my friend. Great job demonstrating the sounds. I've never owned one of these gems, but I'd love to get my hands on one of them. Thanks for posting!!
Remember, this keyboard was released in 1983. You can't compare it to anything that exists today. The mere fact that it was POLYPHONIC was amazing! The Prophet was king and fantastic, but MONOPHONIC (one note at a time). This was revolutionary. And not analog in sound production. It revolutionized the music industry.
I bought one in '83 (or '84?) and still own it (with the ORIGINAL battery!). It's still a great keyboard.
cheesy doesn't exist? Mozart couldn't make a DX7 sound good. Playing blues on this piece of shit is like playing classical with a fucking kazoo. Although herbie hancock was able to get some good string sounds out of it, he's a genius with digital synths. I HATE digital sound sources but herbie makes that korg Oasys sound sick.
@34672rr You sir, wouldn't know an awesome timbre if it hit you in the forehead.
With digital Synthesized instruments comes a whole world of possibilities that are only limited by your creativity.
Why do you think people who play video games dislike games using orchestral music and trying to be like movies? Because it's an overused medium that is generic and has no originality.
@fonarte I can't believe I'm actually engaging you after that reply, but I'm bored. I am an analog synth/keyboard player. I try my hardest to get good sounds out of my Moogs, but even how awesome they are, only about %10 of their sounds are usable to me. People who play video games don't know music for sht, trust me I've worked as a tester for 2 years. The audio guys werent gamers, and the gamers were not musicians. I'm sure there are exceptions, but if you're a serious musician,
@fonarte time playing video games. The DX7 and Casio FZ line were the heat back in the day, but they are beyond dated at this point, and have no redeeming quality that will bring them back like the analogs do. Granted I have ONCE and only ONCE got a patch to sound awesome out of a FZ, but only once in the 3-4 years I had it. To this day I have not heard a digital sound source (not sample) that sounded even palatable. DX7 is THE CHEEEEEESE MACHINE!
@34672rr Sounds to me like you're just not very skilled as a programmer. The DX7, like all synths, is capable of a hell of a lot, but you analogue devotees ALWAYS approach it the wrong way
:) the kind of guy that would surely be working in a music store... everything sounds good... because he's a brilliant performer :) - then you go home and it sounds crap ;Þ
You are right...even a so called cheesy FB01, or one of those early cheapie Casio calculator synths, can become musically useful in the hands of someone with imagination ehough to 'wring the most out of it'. I am now buying a TX7 for %50, it's previous owner apologizing for it's cheesiness. Maybe I just love cheese, especially vintage cheese, I don't know. Whatever the case, it will find it's way into a project. Thumb's up to your demo.
@wickmanblue Cheesy Casio? Give me a break, the CZ-1, VZ-1, FZ-1 and all are not cheesy by any means. In fact, they are all super sweet. And so are the DX7, D-50, M1, and Nord Lead. These are all probably still the best synths of all time.
@dvamateur I was referring to the even earlier VL TONES, before the CZ1 came along. And yes, the best synths of all time came from that period. Although I do use soft synths, I haven't swung over completely, and still use hardware...the M1, Wavestation, DX7, actually, TX7. Was using NI's FM7 and , very nice, but somehow felt something was...is missing. Nope...no cheese in these.
@cornkite123 Something is missing? Of course, how about the physical look and feel of the instrument. To guitar players the looks and feel are the critical factors. Why not for keyboard players? Why is the audio business not getting it?
@dvamateurThe audio industry not getting it? For the same reason the music industry doesn't get it. I replaced a Korg Wavestation with the soft version and discovered that I wanted the original back. The sounds are all there, in soft, but the response is not really the same. If you haven't touched the real thing you'll never know the difference.
@Filthdrive You can of course programm you're own patches. And ya you can get sounds along the lines you're describing out of it.... FM synthesis isn't the easiest synthesis to work with though few people really use it a lot....
@VacTrooper Then tell me how! because TX7 arrived yesterday and im stuck lol but im waiting on a breakout cable "midi ins, outs" so i can plug it in and use an editor like sounddiver or somthin to program it.
@Filthdrive You need some type of MIDI Controller. Get a keyboard controller to play riffs or ideas into a DAW, and then you can edit this music in the DAW to make it work for you. There are some RAW sound possibilities, and literally millions of patches out there you can download for FREE... Just Google it! :D
DX7 had some really crap presets and some presets that where amazing and why it's the synth heard on practically every 80's movie soundtrack.. I truly believe it's the hardware that creates new genre's of music, not the musician. 808 created Hip Hop. 909 Created house. 303 created Acid house. DX7 created 80's pop music. Electric guitar created rock&roll.
that was 2nd keyboard i had got, it was amazing specially when you play the voice number 11; E.Piano or 21; vibs or 30; voice .... thank you man you are great
Listening to this demo makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside, the DX7 makes some awesome sounds. Would pay ten grand to be able to play like this fella.
@HolyKatana Thanks man, i've been trying to find one since im gonna play alot of instruments mainly for christian music, i have a family friend who owns one and it sounds really good, considering that i love music
just google for "synthzone sy77" and "synthzone tg77" and you will find almost every dx7 patches on the net available at /midi/yamaha (dx7,dx7II etc...)
These are sysex files and you need to send them via a midi interface to the DX7.
My mind is contaminated with images of Tom Cruise in tight leather daisy dukes in Ridley Scott's "Legend".
flyingsoundmachine 3 days ago
This guy knows how to play!
evhvariac2 3 days ago
mario 64. Dire dire docks! Check the soundtrack of that level. Also a lot of mario kart 64 soundtracks sound similair to the dx7 sounds
Realsun 4 days ago
Hearing this demo pulls you from the flaps of your mullet and takes you right back to that crazy decade. The Yamaha DX7 and the Korg Poly 800 both drew the musical landscape of the 80s.
stuckinda8Os 5 days ago
Can it make piano noises? lol
RayHudson1 5 days ago
Did you program the sounds yourself or are these presets?
champaignface 1 week ago
From 3:13 to about 3.47 just gives me goosebumps when I hear it!! This instrument had a HUGE effect on me as a young child growing up in the 80s! I Love It!
Blahbevava 3 weeks ago
I used to program DX7 sounds a long time ago, my company was "Soundvertrieb" Germany, we were present at Musikmesse Frankfurt 1983 and 1984, we got a lot of incredible sounds for that inovative Syth at this time, You can call me in Germany 0172-4522859
moderntoys 1 month ago
I'm reeling off the songs that use those sounds as you're playing them. Your DX7 might be old but it's in better shape than me...hehe.
gzwbyc 1 month ago
This guy can really play and makes the DX7 sound as good as all the hype that surrounds its legend. Some of the pad sounds on this demo sound huge. Defying the notion that the MK 1 DX7 cant sound big/fat. As always it comes down to the individual.
fender1000100 1 month ago
i need to get one of these
singingsmithy 1 month ago
@ Randman, the best way to approach the DX7 is edit the patches. You will be surprised how many different tones you can get from a single patch. One of the areas to concentrate on in the edit menu are THE EG PARAMETERS. They can really change the charactor of the sounds. They are the equivalent of the ATTACK---DECAY knobs on the old analogues. As an example. I own the DX7S synth. And out of one bass patch got the best sounding claves you will ever hear plus a cosmic sitar with endless sustain.
fender1000100 1 month ago
2:11 - 2:28 orgasm to my ears , what's name of this patch
HatredPrime 1 month ago
twin peaks
UltimateVenom 1 month ago
1:25 reminds me of the original Karate Kid for some reason...
900GTi 2 months ago
My first Synthesizer was a DX7S
very reliable
900GTi 2 months ago
Hay can anyone tell me the easiest way of getting the laser harp patch on the dx1? I'm struggling to program it, but play quite alot
YouDntScarEmeUcrow 2 months ago
The sounds in the beginning reminds me to some scenes of Miami Vice
leroyrs 2 months ago
do we have vst for this synth?
leparditas 3 months ago
I was just randomly given a DX7 the other day! It works perfectly, but was clearly under-appreciated, because there's layers of dust on it. Super excited to get started with this thing, but I have no idea how the hell to program it, haha. Anyone got tips/resources I can use?
randman21 3 months ago
Gorgeous playing the DX7 remains my favourite board it has charactor and still the best bass and electric piano patches ever.
fender1000100 3 months ago
0.0 I want to jam with you so much!
thefuckestuppest 3 months ago
this is so 80s -3 -3
LCBlake001 3 months ago
Gives me instant Jan Hammer -feeling :) AWESOME!
t3r080 3 months ago
RAMBO SERBIA
THEY USED YAMAH DX7
halofanteam 3 months ago
Very nice playing and sounds. How much would a dx7 cost?
keyboardjeff 3 months ago
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE!!!
DarkAndMartyr 4 months ago
does the Dx7 have a stereo sound output? I don't recall it having reverb options or stereo output...? im i right or not?
frequenceplaisir 4 months ago
A guy who knows how to use that is a real programmer. Programming that shit is really a pain in the ass, but it sounds amazingly 80's =D
freitasnetuno 4 months ago
Este teclado tem um timbre inconfundível, já tive um
MrJulinho1007 4 months ago
@MrJulinho1007 pago quanto ??
allanyamaha 4 months ago in playlist DX7
@allanyamaha eu pageui R$800,00 a 10 anos atrás
MrJulinho1007 4 months ago
mesmo sendo antigo é dos melhores sintetizadores da yamaha eu amo esse piano eletrico !! preclusor do MOTIF
gutiburtino 4 months ago
1:51 is like something from the transformers movie, they must have used this synth on that film
woodros 4 months ago
Nice!
up2gee 4 months ago
this is just lame
Gaarnek1994 4 months ago
sounds like the 80's
martintelle 4 months ago
Hello,
Nice Sounds, Nice Playing. I like this E-Piano Sounds so much. Then i bought a DX7 in good condition for 25€!!! Really!
But mine sounds terrible. I have only One cartridge, called Nr. 2 orchestral and synth Sounds.
Can you Tell me what cardridge i have to buy for getting this Sound?
Laufente88 5 months ago
That's one of Steve the Buck's synthesizers.
KodyBoy555 5 months ago
I swear 2:50 to 3:10 sounds like the Terran missions in the first Starcraft game
culturaleyes 5 months ago
That xylophone/bell sound at the beginning is what I always associate the DX7 with. It makes me think of those generic 80s movie scenes where the teenage boy and teenage girl are alone together in the woods sharing a passionate talk.
senorverde09 5 months ago 34
@senorverde09 The very first sound which appears at the beginning is a common electric piano, and yes it was featured in a ton of 80's and 90's films. It is sometimes combined with other synthesizers as well, like strings or pads. I think it sounds great, very chime-ish. = ) Great tones.
hhfan21 4 months ago
@senorverde09 yes!!!!In Mac Gyver there're many of that scenes xD love 80's
necrodave666 3 months ago
@senorverde09 YES!!! YOU NAILED IT!!! AND THAT'S WHY I WANT THIS INSTRUMENT SO BAD!!!
PopCulture20 1 month ago
@PopCulture20 As an owner of an original DX7, I love it! Sure, it's a real pain to program and it's quite involved trying to figure out how to get the perfect sounds out it, but there's thousands upon thousands of transferable MIDI patches on the web that can make any 80s pop culture nut pleased. From it's punchy bass to it's clangy Rhodes electric piano emulation (heard at the beginning), the DX7 is as cool as taking a drive in a Testarossa down the Miami strip under the setting sun.
senorverde09 1 month ago 7
@senorverde09 please tell me I don't have to order one of these because I really wanna purchase it on sight.
PopCulture20 1 month ago
@senorverde09 or driving a black Trans Am that talks...
900GTi 2 weeks ago
@900GTi Michael, pull over. I have to pee.
flyingsoundmachine 1 week ago
@senorverde09 Oh man I was listening to this and I was thinking the same thing. "Son, it's okay that you sometimes make mistakes. But learn from them and I won't be disappoint."
TasuLife 6 days ago
Haven't laughed this hard in a long time! Everything is like a bad 80's movie! Cracks me up!
haldirplease 5 months ago
Mate the incredible warmth and brilliance of the first half of the clip is only eclipsed by the horror of the second. I still love it though, good work.
doctorbower1989 5 months ago
2:31 McDonald's tune
TroyPassmore 5 months ago
dude your playing is amazing, very rounded/talented, so many different genre's here! i love the banjo sounding playing and the ending the most :D
evhgl87 5 months ago
Sounds like a Korean karaoke machine
mybandrox123 5 months ago
i love these el.piano sounds!i want one dx7 only for this piano!
spikegr12345 5 months ago
this sounds like all the intros to every 80's show every made (well, specifically it reminds me of my so-called life and some twin peaks interludes)
TheKittko 5 months ago
I can't even really play the keyboard/piano very well...but god I want this so much, I'd just play with this for hours. The epic sounds, ahhh they're so great! If the 80's were one instrument they'd be this!
Shintsu2 5 months ago
Can you use DX7 patches in the SY77 and SY99?
nokia3210fuck 5 months ago
@nokia3210fuck The SY77/TG77/SY99 all have a few more FM algorithms and the algorithms as such are not exactly the same as on the DX-series (including up to 3 feedback slopes on the SY/TG). But I remember that there was a conversion software available for ATARI ST as there was a "free algorithm"-function accessable via MIDI. While searching for the name of that software I just found the SY Manager SYM3 from FM Alive for PC (Win 2000/XP/Vista/7) which also can import and convert DX-files.
sauermusicDE 4 months ago
@sauermusicDE
Thank you very much for the information.
nokia3210fuck 4 months ago
DX-7って緑じゃなくて小豆色なんだ
kelloggHAKASE 6 months ago
I think the DX7 has a lovely sound.
ScientistOfSound1 6 months ago
are these all presets or what ?
Nimzi 6 months ago
@Nimzi No, of course not. If you´ve got an internal extension (E!-Card) for the DX7-I, you can save 256 sounds, splitted in 8 banks with 32 sounds.
mysterywaltz 6 months ago
Would you give me Keyboard lessons ? Nice and trashy :) Thumgs up!
Phischkopp 6 months ago
4:42 Love that Sound. Anybody can tell me where to get it?
69supafly 6 months ago
i rtemember i wanted one of these...but wer too expensive...today i still want one of them and stil are even more expensive...you cannot find them
wrabit79 6 months ago
@wrabit79 The DX7 is very easy to find, it was one of the most sold and produced synthesizers ever made. You usually can steal one for about 250. I got mine for 300 and installed a patch memory expander to bring my internal patches to 128.
casiotone1331 6 months ago
where can i get the sysex for the first bell type patch to import into fm8? it sounds great.
intermediate007 7 months ago
Spot on =] Shows that the DX is god for more than E.Piano 1
matthehat 7 months ago
The very last sound used is a popular one and I recall hearing it on many things (including TV) in the 80's.
tall32guy 7 months ago
THUMBS UP IF THEY USED THIS IN THE DOOGIE HOWSER THEM!
thebayareapimp 7 months ago
FM synthesis was the bane of my existence. The trend of no nobs and horrible programming interface.
koriki69 7 months ago
DX 7 is a legendary instrument, but for me equal with the Korg M1. Both changed the music.
63sigg 7 months ago
Versatile instrument.. even got to fulfill NIN's heavy synth needs.
V19torrent 7 months ago
I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard one of these during the 80's. ;o)
auggiedoggy 7 months ago
Easy to understand why this keyboard changed everything! GREAT job!!!!
XYtoTheDoubleG 7 months ago
A truly legendary synthesizer.
vladie82 7 months ago
5.25 really nice! :)
wlripper 8 months ago
the only thing i like about this keyboard is the e.piano
kevinthemaster225 8 months ago
the hisory of synth music in a plastic case!!!!!!!!
ryuzaky96 8 months ago
Jan Hammer!!!!!!!!!!
AlexisNembrode 8 months ago
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OH MY GOD. KILL JESUS
TheStickynoodle 8 months ago
Is there any way to get a copy of your DX7 patches? :)
slowjamer 8 months ago
This video convinced me to buy my DX7 back in 2009. The way you play first two patches in the video still gives me goosebumps.
DX7Alex 8 months ago
Very good mate! Fantastic the first dx7 even with a resolution of only 12 bit!
G r e a t ! ! !
Eldanoth 8 months ago
I really would like to get one of these, I enjoy playing Smalltown Boy on my keyboard but if I had an 80s Synth I could try and recreate that magic sound
Moss235 8 months ago
What's the first song you're playing? I think i've heard it somewhere before...
nt654321 9 months ago
i want to buy this only because jens johansson use it
masterofpiano1 9 months ago
I have chills! CHILLS!
Rattlehead15 9 months ago
what should I buy?? really need help!
a Kurzweil K2000 V3
A KORG Z1 with pcmcia card = (more sounds)
or A YAMAHA DX7
I need answers as soon as possible;)
vibelake 9 months ago
Totally dig the time machine aspect of the DX-7. Takes me back to all those great movie moments from the 80's. Also reminds me of why I love 80's music. I totally love analog synths from the 60's and 70's. Nothing beats them for the sounds they make. But a DX-7 makes sounds that are truly of their own time.
Daddyfish65 9 months ago
Typical, The Japanese way ahead of us with FM in 1983. But this must be said I LOVE the DX7, how it sounds and how it looks. FM music from the 80s is magical!
namco21gamefreak 9 months ago
@namco21gamefreak You might not be aware of this, but FM synthesis was actually invented in the USA, in Stanford University. Yamaha only licensed it to use for their products.
elsongs 7 months ago
That's some awesome keyboard playing, my friend. Great job demonstrating the sounds. I've never owned one of these gems, but I'd love to get my hands on one of them. Thanks for posting!!
jimi18032 9 months ago
John carpenter stuff.
curtis8516 9 months ago
@curtis8516 Hi Curtis, your nickname is the serial number of my DX7. I´m playing it since 20 years.
mysterywaltz 6 months ago
Remember, this keyboard was released in 1983. You can't compare it to anything that exists today. The mere fact that it was POLYPHONIC was amazing! The Prophet was king and fantastic, but MONOPHONIC (one note at a time). This was revolutionary. And not analog in sound production. It revolutionized the music industry.
I bought one in '83 (or '84?) and still own it (with the ORIGINAL battery!). It's still a great keyboard.
lars1957 9 months ago
@lars1957 Actually, the Prophet-5 was polyphonic.
GrayLeader2184 9 months ago
@GrayLeader2184 and 10 times more expensive.
javiceres 9 months ago
@GrayLeader2184 Are you an idiot? The prophet -5 had 5 voices. if you play DX7 as a meat and potatoes instrument, you are not a real musician.
34672rr 9 months ago
@34672rr If you think someone is not a real musician because of their gear, you're not a real musician.
parrisk2 9 months ago 61
@parrisk2 I think you mean't to say if you think someone IS a real musician because of their gear.... you're not a real musician...
bingolosbangos 8 months ago
@bingolosbangos That too.
parrisk2 8 months ago
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STORM6490MT 8 months ago
@parrisk2 Maybe he is a musician, but idiot
ContraereaSerba 4 months ago
FM synth
serenopiovoso 9 months ago
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34672rr 9 months ago
cheesy doesn't exist? Mozart couldn't make a DX7 sound good. Playing blues on this piece of shit is like playing classical with a fucking kazoo. Although herbie hancock was able to get some good string sounds out of it, he's a genius with digital synths. I HATE digital sound sources but herbie makes that korg Oasys sound sick.
34672rr 9 months ago
@34672rr You sir, wouldn't know an awesome timbre if it hit you in the forehead.
With digital Synthesized instruments comes a whole world of possibilities that are only limited by your creativity.
Why do you think people who play video games dislike games using orchestral music and trying to be like movies? Because it's an overused medium that is generic and has no originality.
fonarte 9 months ago
@fonarte I can't believe I'm actually engaging you after that reply, but I'm bored. I am an analog synth/keyboard player. I try my hardest to get good sounds out of my Moogs, but even how awesome they are, only about %10 of their sounds are usable to me. People who play video games don't know music for sht, trust me I've worked as a tester for 2 years. The audio guys werent gamers, and the gamers were not musicians. I'm sure there are exceptions, but if you're a serious musician,
34672rr 9 months ago
@fonarte time playing video games. The DX7 and Casio FZ line were the heat back in the day, but they are beyond dated at this point, and have no redeeming quality that will bring them back like the analogs do. Granted I have ONCE and only ONCE got a patch to sound awesome out of a FZ, but only once in the 3-4 years I had it. To this day I have not heard a digital sound source (not sample) that sounded even palatable. DX7 is THE CHEEEEEESE MACHINE!
34672rr 9 months ago
@34672rr Sounds to me like you're just not very skilled as a programmer. The DX7, like all synths, is capable of a hell of a lot, but you analogue devotees ALWAYS approach it the wrong way
matthehat 7 months ago
@34672rr dipshit
thelurker25 9 months ago
kavinsky made his album with just this synthesizer
spontaneous09 10 months ago
clásico de clásicos.... ya tengo el mio!
urariyu 10 months ago
18 people bought a Casio instead of this :)
bjdj2012 10 months ago
reminds me so much of Jan Hammer and those 80's scores. AH such a great synth.
AlexisNembrode 10 months ago
all those sounds are like the musical of a movie, TV programm, a lot of mental scenes.
kirvistereo 10 months ago
いやぁ～エレピの音サイコ～だなぁ～ 鳥肌が立つ
MikuniMoeMoe 10 months ago
This synth is a fuckin' legend ! This is the first true numeric synth so shut up you shit !
AdriftFor 10 months ago
hi there. what style of music is being played at 4:43 i would really like to learn the scales for this and have a play around
sine0 10 months ago
sonidos puros
kirvistereo 10 months ago
6:40 y 7:20 tienen ese toque mágico de este maravilloso keyboard.
Superrr WAAAU
kirvistereo 10 months ago
waaaauu se me parece a los sonidos del teclado que usaba soda stereo como en la de Danza rota
kirvistereo 10 months ago
PLS I need the name of ht patch at 2:48 so i can search for it on my library thx!!
HambertHM 10 months ago
PSh This synth is da shit for mexicans haha...the only sound we like on is the hard bones for the electric tuba played in duranguense bands...Hahaha!
SuperRobby321 11 months ago
always the same presets...
learn to program a FM synth guys and be creative
MsSnowblood 11 months ago
:) the kind of guy that would surely be working in a music store... everything sounds good... because he's a brilliant performer :) - then you go home and it sounds crap ;Þ
Bangsi456 11 months ago
Wonderful sounds! Is this a factory memory card (if so, which one is it?!) or did you program this sounds yourself?? Thanks
tobibarnet 11 months ago
Love your sounds! Send me your memory card :P
ConnyGranlund 11 months ago
You are right...even a so called cheesy FB01, or one of those early cheapie Casio calculator synths, can become musically useful in the hands of someone with imagination ehough to 'wring the most out of it'. I am now buying a TX7 for %50, it's previous owner apologizing for it's cheesiness. Maybe I just love cheese, especially vintage cheese, I don't know. Whatever the case, it will find it's way into a project. Thumb's up to your demo.
wickmanblue 11 months ago
@wickmanblue Cheesy Casio? Give me a break, the CZ-1, VZ-1, FZ-1 and all are not cheesy by any means. In fact, they are all super sweet. And so are the DX7, D-50, M1, and Nord Lead. These are all probably still the best synths of all time.
dvamateur 11 months ago
@dvamateur I was referring to the even earlier VL TONES, before the CZ1 came along. And yes, the best synths of all time came from that period. Although I do use soft synths, I haven't swung over completely, and still use hardware...the M1, Wavestation, DX7, actually, TX7. Was using NI's FM7 and , very nice, but somehow felt something was...is missing. Nope...no cheese in these.
cornkite123 11 months ago
@cornkite123 Something is missing? Of course, how about the physical look and feel of the instrument. To guitar players the looks and feel are the critical factors. Why not for keyboard players? Why is the audio business not getting it?
dvamateur 11 months ago
@dvamateurThe audio industry not getting it? For the same reason the music industry doesn't get it. I replaced a Korg Wavestation with the soft version and discovered that I wanted the original back. The sounds are all there, in soft, but the response is not really the same. If you haven't touched the real thing you'll never know the difference.
cornkite123 11 months ago
The sweet sounds of the DX7. I miss that keyboard so much.
maddogmcrae 11 months ago
COOOOLLL!!!! Beaty!!!
ZhuchenkoM 11 months ago
watch?v=pLrLxeUlJKk
dontleavehimfaceless 11 months ago
miami vice :)
kinmanyuen 11 months ago
I remember trying this since some years ago. All the sounds sound fat.
Now keyboards are all about bad samples surrounded by enhancers, reverbs and all post processing garbage.
gtrdrumsplayerduarte 1 year ago
I really really wanted one of these when I was a kid.
The keyboard that defined the 80s.
got2hurt 1 year ago
what was the name of the preset in the beginning?
bhfam 1 year ago
Insubstituível
clesioteclado 1 year ago
2:40 sounds like 1000 knives of Yellow Magic Orchestra
ShastaMustafat 1 year ago
Produced from 1983 to 1986 by Yamaha and used on countless well known recordings in the 1980's. Kickin!!! :)
tall32guy 1 year ago
doesnt this make any acid/ techno saw sounds or is it just church/hotel music?
Filthdrive 1 year ago
@Filthdrive You can of course programm you're own patches. And ya you can get sounds along the lines you're describing out of it.... FM synthesis isn't the easiest synthesis to work with though few people really use it a lot....
DiscoHunchback 1 year ago
@Filthdrive hahaha, great question! i have a TX7 (a DX7 module) and they are GREAT for techno, this thing can be pretty filthy
VacTrooper 1 year ago
@VacTrooper Then tell me how! because TX7 arrived yesterday and im stuck lol but im waiting on a breakout cable "midi ins, outs" so i can plug it in and use an editor like sounddiver or somthin to program it.
Filthdrive 1 year ago
@Filthdrive You need some type of MIDI Controller. Get a keyboard controller to play riffs or ideas into a DAW, and then you can edit this music in the DAW to make it work for you. There are some RAW sound possibilities, and literally millions of patches out there you can download for FREE... Just Google it! :D
VacTrooper 1 year ago
I LOVE the Fulltines preset !!! dawn you're good, i have a DX7 too it's the best keyboard
NickeeBMusic 1 year ago
There's the keyboar that Jens Johansson uses ?
RhapsodyWarrior 1 year ago 6
@RhapsodyWarrior yes
coolleo93 10 months ago
Some of the best sounding DX7 patches I've ever heard.
coverupify 1 year ago 2
@benanderson88 you're an idiot
LongtimeSunshine 1 year ago
@LongtimeSunshine shut up cunt
guitarbeast25 1 year ago
i lol at all the people who sold their Rhodes, Clavinets, Minimoogs and so on for this...thing...
hotlanta71 1 year ago
Awesome demo. Demon skills. Thanks for posting.
colin5577 1 year ago
DX7 had some really crap presets and some presets that where amazing and why it's the synth heard on practically every 80's movie soundtrack.. I truly believe it's the hardware that creates new genre's of music, not the musician. 808 created Hip Hop. 909 Created house. 303 created Acid house. DX7 created 80's pop music. Electric guitar created rock&roll.
TheEphemera505 1 year ago
that was 2nd keyboard i had got, it was amazing specially when you play the voice number 11; E.Piano or 21; vibs or 30; voice .... thank you man you are great
drtahoun 1 year ago
Jens Johannson, the keyboardist from Stratovarius, uses this keyboard.
Angel94angel94 1 year ago
@Angel94angel94 Yes he does !!
carl13220 1 year ago
these are some awesome presets! I wonder if they were self programmed, or all came on the same memory card. if so, I want said card.
culturaleyes 1 year ago
Listening to this demo makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside, the DX7 makes some awesome sounds. Would pay ten grand to be able to play like this fella.
cardboardboxeater 1 year ago
I think the soundtrack to the original Starcraft game used a lot of DX7 sounds, especially in the Terran missions
culturaleyes 1 year ago
awesome sound for back in 83'
namco21gamefreak 1 year ago
fantastic synth, i shoult get one.. What is the name of the first track
? improvisation?
lucamorris0 1 year ago
FANTASTIC!!!!!!
Bambiband 1 year ago
Did you create these sounds by editing the presets
Landushan 1 year ago
great sounds and playing
fischek 1 year ago
awesome sounds
nokia3210fuck 1 year ago
YOU'RE AWESOME, man! I CAN only dream of being that good. Rock on!
SuperFrankyd 1 year ago
man this is awesome. now I want one. thanks a lot.
culturaleyes 1 year ago
where can i buy a yamaha dx7?
EJH10154 1 year ago
@EJH10154
at mc donalds
nokia3210fuck 1 year ago
@EJH10154 eBay. They're extremely cheap, since most people hate them. They're great synths, but the presets haven't aged well at all.
HolyKatana 1 year ago
@HolyKatana Thanks man, i've been trying to find one since im gonna play alot of instruments mainly for christian music, i have a family friend who owns one and it sounds really good, considering that i love music
EJH10154 1 year ago
man i want this synth
210acer 1 year ago
just google for "synthzone sy77" and "synthzone tg77" and you will find almost every dx7 patches on the net available at /midi/yamaha (dx7,dx7II etc...)
These are sysex files and you need to send them via a midi interface to the DX7.
Nord72 1 year ago
legendary FM synth... good demo... thanks!
greetings from Italy
JackOasys 1 year ago