Easy Yamaha DX7 Drawbar Organ Setup

Here's an easy way to set up the DX7 like a classic B3 organ. Although the factory E.Organ patch used a similar setup, two of the carriers where set to .50 and two at 1.00 for a detuned effect. This wasted two of the carriers that could be used as drawbars. Rather then having just a generic B3 organ patch, you can setup of the DX7 with settings like,688600000. When it's ran through effects it sounds fantastic.

[Greg-yire]

You saved my rehearsal – I was unable to load organ patch via MIDI so I had to program it myself from the initial state of DX7's voice ❤

[lmoorerd]

It's workable, I did this approach on my DX7 back in 1999 / 2000 when I was a poor college student. Ran it through a cheap tube pre-amp for grit and then a Motion Sound Pro3T rotary speaker. DX7 is a very versatile synth once you get to know the internals and the algorithms.

[Greg-yire]

Algorithm: 32,
Coarse freq-s: 1, 1(+0.5), 2, 3, 4, 0.5
Fine freq-s: . 1, 5 . . . . (see 2:40)
Change 4 to 8 for leakage effect of B3 (2:22)
Rate 1: 85 (for operators 1-6)
Level 1: 99 (1-6)
Rate 2: 0 (1-6)
Level 2: 99
Rate 3: 0 (1-6)
Level 3: 99
Rate 4: 99 (1-6)
Level 4: 0 (Release level)
Operator output levels: 50 - 99 (these are the drawbars, see 3:45)

To save:
Mem protect internal: off ("No")
(Play) Internal
Store + number of patch
To set name: push voice name and press preset numbers while holding the "character" button

[lundsweden]

Fun fact: many 80s his with "organ" sounds were in fact the DX7. Think Bruce Springsteen and Dire Straits for starters.

[rawl]

Very cool. I'll have to try this on mine! BTW, I purchased your patches this month.

[ytpremium]

Damn it's like hearing a 1956 Hammond B3