YAMAHA DX7 II FD Digital Synthesizer 1987 + GREY MATTER E! | HD DEMO
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- (c) 2016 by AnalogAudio1
Demo of the YAMAHA DX7IIFD digital synthesizer (frequency modulation synthesis) from 1987. I played it along with a Dynacord DRP 20 (reverb) and sometimes with a Korg SDD-3000 (delay).
The DX7II(F)D was the successor of the classic DX7 from 1983. This unit has the GREY MATTER E! expansion board installed, which was produced in the USA from 1987 to 1989. Even today it adds a lot of useful, additional capabilities to the DX7II(F)D/S. You get 256 RAM memories for patches, 8x multitimbrality (like the Yamaha TX802), chord memory, arpeggiator, a 16-track pattern sequencer (much like the Ensoniq ESQ-1's sequencer) and assignable sliders (assignable to most parameters of the sound engine - frequencies, envelopes, feedback level, operator output levels...).
Without a doubt, this expansion is a "must have" for real DX7II fans.
This synth can't make a bad sound , It's almost not possible. Dark moody haunting and scarily amazing. The warmest chills.
You'd be surprised how incredibly a DX7 can sound. :)
Bought mine new in 87-88. Toured for years with same modifications. Can’t remember but I must have traded it in the 90’s. Brings back so many memories. Thanks 👍
I inhereted mine from my uncle in 90 when I was 13 years old. He bought it because of all the popularity, then hated he couldn't figure out how to program it. I had a lousy portasound before that, so this was a serous upgrade and I still have it to this day. installed the E! in the 2000s sometime, and fell in love with it all over again. Hard to say if I prefer it over my SY77, they are both different animals.
great demo as always, btw when can we expect the studio tour? :)
I love the DX7 special sound. Now after watching / listening this demo, it's tempting to get the Grey Matter E!...
I hope you did. Worth every penny.
Fun fact: The sound at 1:15 was used by both Sisters of Mercy ("Flood II") and Front 242 ("Until Death (Do Us Part)")
Great sounds can hear some classic Yamaha sounds some I have on my pss 270
I’ve had that keyboard. It was pretty cool.
I love FM synthesis. Just wish I knew how to program...
FM theory is quite simple and easy to understand compared with other things. Programming is anyway via experimentation, but it's useful to know what a carrier and modulator does
Half the patches make me feel like a kid playing Sega Genesis again.
The last patch would be a perfect backing for a brooding wintry film scene.
Amazing sounds !!! :D
I always had trouble programing the DX7. Very confusing form of synthesis but sounded great.
Should I only buy a DX7 2 if the E! Is preinstalled? How difficult is it to install? Awesome demo by the way
thanks! I guess you will find it already installed only, remember, it's 30 years ago.
AnalogAudio1 Very true. I think the DX7 is one of the best/most important synthesizers of all time, and quite expensive these days!
Nah, 300-500 is a great price in my opinion.
Rob Warrior I agree. Although most of the ones I see in good condition, and not shipped from Japan, are 500 and up.
Pretty cool synth. \m/
0:33
I have mad flashbacks, this sounds exactly like some short tunes from Friday the 13th part 6!
Great video demo sounds awesome . Ive never quite understood how the expansion works (what extras you get), if anyone cares to explain .
thanks! Google for Grey Matter E! and download the manual, all features are listed there
Sure, we all loved the original, only I despised the brown color. The DX7 II FD was my first polyphonic Synth and gigging workhorse for 35 years. I wish it had more Keys like the Centennial model. It still works to this very day but I never did get a chance to have the E! board installed. Then Grey Matter went out of business. I know some of these boards are still around but how do you know that they're in working condition?
It sounds like any 80's movie.... from L.A.
hello, master! Are your patches available?I will probably get an mk2 with E! very soon. And, thanks for all your nice and magic videoes.
hi, thanks! The DX7 sounds presented here are not my creations. They are factory presets or other known DX7 presets from the eighties.
You will not regret it ! I still have my DX7 ll FD With the Grey Matter E !
@@13thvamp9 You thinking of selling?
I have a few questions about the Grey matter portion:
-Can you upload the original stock settings into one of the E! banks from the original internal chip? If so how?
-How do you access Octal mode, chord memory etc
-how do you upload sysex files to different E! banks?
please download the manual and read it
@Eman Mann thank you
I have grey matter e! as well in my DX7II FD. Any tips how to get the originale E! files in the memory? Tried many things but no luck. Thank you very much!!!
No idea
@@AnalogAudio1 Thnx. Never mind. I succeeded.
Do you know guys if this works for the DX7-S version?
yes!
www.deepsonic.ch/deep/docs_manuals/yamaha_dx7ii-d-fd_grey_matter_response_e.pdf
As far as I can see none of the features demonstrate any "E!" extension features. I have an unmodified DX7 II-D and I can do all this. The assignable CS1/CS2 sliders are not an E! feature, every stock DX7 Mk.2 can do that. I was hoping for a demonstration of the sequencer, the chord memory, voice stacking or multitimbrality.
Muito bom!
Hi, do you plain to do a yamaha AN1X video + presets one day or you don't like this synth?
I, am not interested in virtual analog, so it will not happen...
AnalogAudio1 ok thank you for all your work. Awesome videos!
thank you :-)
I just got my E! Card installed, and while I love the real time control features I've been having trouble with the octal mode I can't seem to get it to work, I've set each induvidual polyphony to 2 as instructed in the manual but I'm not getting that complex 8 layer sound and also the arpeggiator only works in the lower octave range of the keyboard, have I missed something before using these features?
Did you ever get clarification on these issues?
@@bricago2302
Yeah I figured out the 8 layer sound, you gotta assign sounds to the “Track Channels” there are 16 of them and I just turn off the other 8. It’s very tedious but it works. As for the arpeggiator I think that’s just the way it is.
@@CRITTERBUSTERS Cool! Thanks for the reply.
Why, why, why did I sell the one I had!? I want another one!!!
0:59 1:16 2:17 6:05 6:56
Hey Analog Audio, what you doin' with that digital synthesizer eh? (just kidding)
I like the sounds, especially added with the grey matter E, my old roommate got that. I just have the plain old rack version of this Synth you're playing;Tx802. I created and still create plenty sounds. FM can be cool, but it's hard to make an actual effective white noise or any noise sound. I come close but it still sounds not as random, which is what I'm looking for. The fixed ratio sometimes does it, but not really.
I should upload a video again, I get all antsy when I see someone post up a video of the synthesizers that I have or utilizing the FM synthesis well.
well, I also like digital synths! :-) My first real FM synth was the Yamaha TG77, which I know very well, I made many sounds on it. After that, I got the DX7, later the DX7IIFD. I also have V50, YS200 and TQ5, which are also great
AnalogAudio1 ys200 eh, it's interesting with the sequencer and how they set up the voice creation system. I haven't messed with the v50 or tq5, but I know what they are.
of course 6 OP can sound more complex than 4 OP. But the latest 4 OP synths (V50, DX11,...) have 8 different waveforms, not just sine waves like DX7. So these can achieve different sounds... I wouldn't take a FM synth for analog-like sounds.
AnalogAudio1 the tx81z also had the 8 waveform for each operator, both carrier and modulator. It definitely causes some creative expressiveness. Sine waves and manipulation, FM style engineering or just plain whacky fun.
Eman Mann that's cool, additive style is the best for that analog feel. That's normally utilized with the upper algorithms that uses all the carriers; no modulators. I still deal with FM, fun stuff, and analog audio showcases some cool styles with his and the e matter capabilities. Plenty more strange characters on UA-cam that go the distance with FM too. I'll check out your SoundCloud
Does grey matter glitch things up in any way or change the original sound of the synth ?
you have more useful features like arpeggiator, sequencer, multi-mode... the sound stays the same
Nice what’s the better DX the mk1 or 2 ? I’ve had Mk1 before but never a 2
@@buckdownscanada9946 I like the MK1 more, it sounds better to my ears.
1:15 +retrosound
this is a factory preset, it's not created by Retrosound ;-)
AnalogAudio1 It sounds like his intro! :D
So easy to do great sounds with this preset :)
What’s the preset name?? I really wanna program that sound on my reface dx
These patches are awesome! Please syxes.
What card are they from?
from various sources, I don't know exactly, I collected them through the years
amazing sounds now add a sequencer or/and arpeggiator and see what happens
the sounds will be sequenced :-)
I still didn't understand what this expansion board does... can anybody explain in detail please? lol What's 8x multitimbrality?
It increases RAM, has sequencer, arpeggiator, splits to 8 channels, and gives it 16 MIDI tracks.
I need more rom carts for mine but on ebay they go for $50 or better. And you don't know if they are the same as the one you have. I got mine at Guitar Center for $425.
My grey mattter chip
Just corrupted on me😱😱. I had my tech restore it to a regular dx7 but regardless the best keyboard ever with or with out the mod!!
patches ?
these are from various sources
Most of them are here: bobbyblues.recup.ch/yamaha_dx7/patches/DX7_AllTheWeb.zip
WHY DID YOU USE A PINK BACKROUND
pink+teal the colors of fm synthesis
I am supporting the Pink Panther