Those patches were driven by compromise and for each one there exist (at least) 10 almost identical copies. Most of them fake natural instruments or analog synths, as sampling wasn't yet affordable. Regarding those millions of patches for the DX-7 (as the base of the family):
#Dx7 patches via audio full
The sound is full and clean with just a tiny bit of grain to make it beefy, a fascinating unit I've sold mine, because it was too time consuming Great demo - but the thing is a beast to setup, let alone program or matching patches into performances, spice the parts with individual effects on single out. How is it working out for people? In what way is it better than say I am intrigued by the Volca, but am put off because I've heard it doesn't accept velocity from an outside keyboard. With the app to program it, it would be a totally new product, certainly more useful than a PLG-DX card. What would you be willing to pay?Īnd I don't think it would be too hard to use the app to create desire for a hardware DX7 reissue. It's all about finding the right price for the app and in-app purchases. IMHO a DX7 iPad app would be one of the most successful iOS music apps ever sold. So why not make some money off of the technology they created that rather than give it all away? Perhaps Yamaha is getting a piece of the action of some of these, but I doubt it. So the people who want these sounds are either going on eBay or to Korg (Volca), Native Instruments (FM8), Propellerhead (PX7), or to the free AU/VST Dexed.
Otherwise you don't get access to the countless DX patches. The PLG-DX card for the Motif is an add-on, not a synth.įor me it's 6 sine wave operators and 32 algorithms or nothing. I don't count the 4 operator Reface, which I don't.
#Dx7 patches via audio software
A lot of other people are selling DX7s in hardware and software form. But the app was a wonderful free gift that had a version of AN1x with 128 presets and 64 user slots.īut Yamaha isn't selling AN1x's and they aren't selling DX7s either. There's tons of info in there about their hardware synths, but unless I've missed something, there's nothing about the apps they create for iOS. Yamaha Synthbook showed that Yamaha wanted to use iOS to promote the legacy of their old hardware and promote the sales of their current hardware. Why should they make it work with stuff that people already have? Perhaps it's only a tool to make people want to buy some new gear. Unless something changes-and I hope it does-FM Essential may have solely been designed to provide iOS control to hardware, as Artiphon does.