Quick tip #3 | Yamaha DX7s Midi Sysex Bank Transfer Tutorial

Also works for the DX7II and TX802. Extra tips: Not all midi interfaces works equally well with sysex transfers. I don't recommend a Mac at all. Use a PC.

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[pekkagronfors]

Are all the voice parameters the same on DX7S, DX7IID and DX7IIFD?

[luaPevitisoP]

2:18 I love the iPad for SysEx transfers! Save SysEx to the cloud and voila!

[schmergenz]

Absolutely no reason to 'Not recommend a Mac at all'. I transferred all my patches from my DX7IID via SysEx purely because I wanted to import them all into FM8 and Arturia's DX7 just to compare the results. It worked flawlessly and no PC was involved in any part of the process.

[skimangojazz]

I have files that have a .dx7lib extension, how can I use these?

[ephraimwarrior]

I got dexed vst and dx7. Cart 4, 000 sounds and midi guitar 😆

[han-dell]

Thanks for this!

I used this video to help revive a DX7s I recently bought that needed a new battery, but also had corrupted voices with no output (seems to have been because of the battery)

Thanks!!!

[mrdali]

Now Espen have showed us how to send Sysex to the DX7, we should all send him a bank with 31 Programs called "DustMeoff" and 1 called "DustShaker" .
Hope You have a nece day Espen 😄

[itsJoel]

Hi espen, I own a TX7. Do you know if a DX7II or DX7s can program it, or if it has to be done from the mk1? Love your videos

[gillsgills]

Looks like the DX7 II-D doesn't have a "MIDI Edit Exclusive" option in any of the button 32 screens. Am I missing something?

[matt_phistopheles]

Back in the day I saved all my synth banks as sysex dumps inside Cubase songs on my Atari because I thought it was future proof. Now I have a box full of useless diskettes...

But I'm lucky as I still have a working Cubase VST license and the old installation files so in theory I could still access these banks. But these were just my working sounds and altered presets and nothing fancy. It's not worth the effort, especially since I don't own most of the synths anymore.

[christhedemocrat]

Cool but how. The Dx7 does not have a usb port and computers do not have Midi...

[magicknight]

Thanks for this. Totally forgotten how to do this with my DX7s !

[ShaunNilsson]

Thanks so much!! However, after getting the "bulk received" message and returning to Voice mode, all of the patches just say "Insert Cartridge". Any idea what I've done wrong?

[matthewcassette]

I followed the instructions with my DX7s, everything went okay until the last step. I got the bulk received message and pressed voice. The synth says please insert cart. Is there a step I missed or something else I need to do? I tried various sysex files but no luck.

[jennoscura]

I have a DX7 MK 1. On Linux I use Dexed for patch transfers to and from the DX7. To my ears Dexed sounds identical to my DX7. So it's great for previewing patches or editing them. I am putting together a patch bank with a bunch of modified versions of the OG bass 1 patch that i made. Along with some patches I found online as well as some factory patches. At some point I want to make a full 32 patch bank of bass patches I made or modified.

[marcuspatzer]

The DX7 is a wonderful Synth. Great Channel 👍 Greetings from Germany ❤