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Some would say it’s not so accurate. I say it’s the closest you can get to a real DX7 and considering it’s free makes it a no brainer when it comes to DX7 Vst. I haven’t tried OP7 but almost every other vst and they all are good in their own ways but I prefer Dexed.

Thank you for input. :)

Or pre-DX7iiD ;)

@@synthfellow Ya, I had the TX802. With all the Retro hype of FM i kinda regret Selling it, same as my Korg DW8000, I got an M1 and was’t happy with the DWGS sounds, so I exchaned the old DW with an EX and used it together with the TX, it was pre clonewheels. So the TX with multiple outputs was used for the obvious hit sounds and pure organ sounds running thru an old Dynachord CLS-22. Was a pretty decent analog Leslie sim for that time. I was propably one of the few that bothered learning myself how to program those FM sounds. Why I want to hurt those that designed the new Genos 2 and did only give us a preset DX7 engine. How hard could it be to make it accept sysex… I can use all my old sounds from the TX802 in my Kronos and add all the effects you didn’t have back in the days. But its kinda just nostalgia. I really wouldn’t bother paying what it cost to re-purchase all the gear I sold of to pay for newer gear. Its more a regret how little we often sold it for and now much of it is more expensive used than when it was new and interesting.

@@mrdali67 yeah a big part of me keep asking why I keep getting those old synths when it can be done all in the box. I got it all in the computer, more easy access and not prone to breaking or needing a battery change. But then again.. it’s nice to have the real thing.

You just did :)

You can only transfer one card at a time. And I use a E-mu usb to midi cable.

Agree!! :)

Haha thanks for the compliment about my looks. I was born in 1973 and was only 16 when I had my first synth which was a DX7 😘. And I love the old gear and most of my collection are of nostalgic reasons.

Great!! 😊

I think it’s often overlooked amongst all the vintage synths today :)

Can’t say I know what that is ;)

❤️

The DX7ii should be able to do what I did with my DX7/TX7.

I love my esq-1 :)

I think it’s the same idea. A way to expand the keyboard version with more voices and patches.

👍yep 😃

Layering voices are always fun and effective!

I guess YT doesn’t really do the sound justice but this is what it was built for. Expanding the DX7 with more voices and new possibilities. As someone commented, there are patches made specific for the combination.

I got that one too actually. As well as Dexed for iOS :)

I’ll search around :)

@@synthfellow look for "tx7 data cassette sysex"

Nice!

I will test that :)

It is Piano 2, an original preset.

Well of course. But you can’t control one Volca with the other, right?

Haha well.. more like a DX7ii or TX802. But I guess the principle is the same on DX5.

@@synthfellow yea but they're both 8 bit. The dx7ii and tx802 are 16 bit IINM. 🙃

So they have a different sound.

@@amonster8mymother you mean the DACs? Yes they sound a little different.

@@synthfellow yes definately they sound different. Not bad mind you but smoother and less gutsy. 😎

I’ve never played on a fully loaded TX816 but would love to do that some time in the future. :)

Do you think it would be able to replicate on vst like Dexed or Arturias DX7 with 8 instances running?

@@synthfellow i think there is a video around in which somebody tried that. But somehow I prefer the hands-on thing with hardware. And the sound of the old converters. TX816's modules have balanced outputs, which helps with the normally weak levels of a DX7's outs.

@@synthfellow You can get the 8 sysex banks of the TX816 somewhere online to import them into Dexed.

@@maltekrug9110 sounds like a project I’d like! 😜

Thank you for the completing info! I know you’re a DX-expert! ❤️

It’s in great shape, yes! 😃

I use it too mainly for bass sounds :)

The TX7 is definitely a good choice! Tbh who owns a DX7 to program it? And most of us have a midikeyboard anyway. Arturias DX7 is great but somehow I prefer Dexed. ❤

Yes! 🙌. Also nice to have without having to maintain a DX7. (Although the DX7 triggers the TX7 the way it was intended)

@@synthfellow I prefer Dexed over arturia also. Sounds great on the iPad.

@@waltscott5 me too

Yes I believe you will. And the internal sounds too.

@@synthfellow thank you for your reply. So if I save all internal and midi sounds on a memory card, that will be the solution?

@@RaffiDonerian if you got the possibility so yes. But then again. You could use sysex and Pekka’s little program with all the cards. ;)

@synthfellow that's great. As to my own sounds, not the built in one's, I need to save them and then reload again you mean?

@@RaffiDonerian ah of course!

Yes my demos play. At least as I can remember.

I'm not so sure about the boring part ;) .. but agree about the DP4. Or should I say.. every synth needs effects to grow to it's full potential.

It's not boring at all. it's a wavetable synth it's sound neat for its time kinda like a ppg wave. I've made really good sq-80 patches with more waveforms, but mines broke . I do fm synthesis now. You probably find fm synthesis boring, too, right? Limited gear can make you creative. Also, the esq was made by the same dude who made the commodore 64 sid chip.

It was a good synth and still is.. very underrated in my opinion.

Yes you need to update the os. Mine is 3.52. But you can send the patches via sysex. Then you don’t need to upgrade. BUT if you do a factory reset or the battery dies your back to the Brass sounds and you’ll have to do the sysex thing again.

Agree! It’s amazing and underrated.

Thank you! 🙏

I got a sound cartridge yes.

Ah.. no... ;)

Thank you for watching... that could be shown in a future video :)

You need an Eprom and switch with the old. Which is a hardware update. I think you can get the 3.53 on eBay. You need two. Upper and lower.

Thank you!

Thank you for watching!

Thank you for watching and a reason to do this video. :)

Thanks, teacher ❤❤

Not a day too late :)

I can’t answer that. I’ve sold the HR16 a while ago. BUT looking to buy another because I miss it ;).

Great! ❤

Keep looking out for more videos on the ESQ-1 :)

@@synthfellow Thanks, teacher🙏

Thank you for watching! :)

Be aware of cheap USB to Midi adapters! If i rember the one i used was a E-Mu midi to usb-adapter.