The Original Yamaha DX7 Vintage Synthesizer

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[michaelwalston]

70% of all the DX7s are now in Mexico being used in Cumbia bands.

[rapgod]

I'm 15 and my dad owns a dx7 and juno-60 and I never realised how special they were until I got older, he let's me use the sounds and I love them so much.

[gregpoltrock]

And there we were in '83, trying to make it sound like a damn piano.

[DGG]

The DX7's synth chip, the YM2612, was also used in the SEGA Mega Drive (or Genesis)

[chiperta]

Great synth i've owned mine for almost 27 years and still going strong it's been so reliable.

[sonykroket]

The presets in the DX-7 pretty much dominated 80s pop until the sounds became too cliche. But now they're fun again, yay!

[StandVictory]

Brings back a lot of memories. Regret that I had to sell mine back in 2013 as I hadn't played it for a few years and needed cash. Purchased it new in 1985 and it worked flawlessly the entire time I owned it. Great video!

[f]

A friend of mine saw this under development. It was two equipment racks the size of telephone booths stuffed full of circuitry that Yamaha managed to scale down into the DX7 chipset.

[lriz]

the sounds this synth produces are incredible. That Pad at 2:00 is out of this world and makes me really longing for the 80s. Great Video!

[unbakedpotato]

I just learned that this was the instrument that made the Taco Bell bell sound

[taylorh]

This keyboard made 80s pop music what it is. especially the New Romantic era. absolutely essential keyboard❤️

[lennardvillasenor]

Amazing what complex sounds one can achieve with just frequency modulation and sine waves. The 80's owes a debt of gratitude to John Chowning at Stanford who sold his research to Yamaha who popularized the DX7

[instrumentalistjade]

having a DX7 in year 1986, is like having a Montage in 2017.

[trulyinfamous]

I want one so badly. This is exactly the kind of thing I like.

[Skyisnotalimit]

Remember in the end of 1989 when my teacher at school had the DX7 and the D50 playing along with a Moog. I wanted to try them but he would not let me. It was so depressing.

[LittleRichard]

I don't think the DX7 sounds that dated, I have the free Dexed VST and I think it's still possible to do an entire track with the DX7 except
I prefer sampled percussion from any digital drum machine from the 80 but the TR-707 seems to work well with any synthesizer
weather you use samples or hardware. I think all the DX7's instruments actually do sound like their respective instrument.

[Aulasdetecladorj]

Sega Genesis sounds like DX7... I love it!!!

[deathstrike]

Thank you for the love for vintage Yamaha FM synths!!! The YM 3812 FM chip is a legend for both synth and early console video games and Soundblaster PC cards. Yamaha was instrumental in bringing FM synthesis to the masses for a good price and its effects are still felt in the music industry today!!!

[mikeshannonerickson]

how did you not show off the electric piano sound? that was probably the most famous patch on the keyboard

[djayEdT]

If you close your eyes, you'll hear Tommy Wiseau talking about a DX7