Synth Stuff Ep. 43 - Yamaha DX100
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- When two DX7's love each other very much, they may decide to have the stork deliver a baby DX100. This was released a couple years after the DX7 as a budget model but quickly gained a sort of cult following, especially in the dance and Detroit house genres. If you thought the DX7's DAC was noisy, just listen to this. I actually like the fuzzy, gritty sound of the cheap converter and wish the Reface DX gave you the option to emulate this. These don't show up as often as they used to, but check it out if you want some gritty FM goodness in your studio. The DX27 is allegedly identical but in a larger package. Also, lots of video game music in this episode!
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Ooh I love a little dire dire docks on a Monday morning.
It's about damn time somebody put out a good video on the DX100, you rock man.
Yeah, the playing on this brings out what the unit does quite well.
Here's another good demo, even if there is a ton of delay/reverb to bring out the sound the producer wanted: ua-cam.com/video/EDrZfmZuebs/v-deo.html
Mario 64
I'm hearing tons of video game songs here, love it
Been wanting one of these for years (huge Detroit techno fan) this basically sold me. I love the grit, too!
Nice! This on bass, 909 for drums, maybe something like an Alpha Juno? all you need!
God I saw this in a shop window and I realised I should’ve looked into getting it 😂 it seems a cool little synth including key elements of its predecessor the Yamaha DX7, maybe even the Yamaha DX7 II. I do love the orchestra patch, since it’s such a great sound and reminds me of the SYN-ORCH patch on the DX7 used by Queen for ‘Who Wants To Live Forever’ for Highlander. That being a great film included with fantastic music!
In the 198?/1987/1988 Walt Disney Home Video theme, the Yamaha DX100 patch "High Tines" was heard.
The Yamaha DX100 patch "Pianobells" was heard in some theme of the The Rockets episode "Conservation" (1987).
excellent melody choices for the demo
This warms my heart
The Yamaha DX100 patch "High Tines" was heard in the 1985 Kidsongs version of the song "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
I think Michael Lloyd the musical director of Kidsongs actually used a Yamaha DX7.
This is excellent! The Depeche Mode: Pimpf part immediately made me think of Splatterhouse 3
I love this! Used to have a DX100 myself, but sold it after buying a DX7 with the idea of "upgrading". I love the DX7, and it can produce some truly strange and otherworldly sounds, but I find myself missing the gritty crunch of the 100. I might spring at one again someday.
1:30 apparently that wood piano sound is what derrick may used as a bass in the 80s and got sampled in plenty of tracks in the early 90s, such as the prodigy "everybody in the place".
Nice. Thanks. I used to play one many years ago when I was a young boy.
My first synth was a Yamaha dx. Have a eurorack a deepmind and several other analog synths. I love them but I find usually find it easier to get the tones I want with FM. Everyone else FM is hard to program. Not so much when you grew up playing with it.
no alegedly about it!! dx27 is indeed the full size version, the internals are identical as are the functions and obviously for that reason far nicer to play but also obviously not as portable (weighs they same as dx7 as all metal chassis and key bed of the dx7 is used) the dx27 is really the one to buy as they are better built,nicer to play and usually can be found in better condition through the fact that they arn't as portable, plus the really important one is that they are usually cheaper which makes them a true under the radar bargain :)
1:34 too much of heaven - eiffel 65 what a real one
The DX100 is my go-to synth for making lofi ambient music!!
lofi ? sounds pretty clean to me
ua-cam.com/video/528DtHGIbgw/v-deo.html&ab_channel=LeonardLORM
Collection de vintages analogiques d'un Francais passionné de synthés et boites a rythmes.COMPLETE SERIE: SH101-MC202-TB303-TR505-TR606-TR626-TR707-TR727-TR808-TR909-JUNO106-ARP2600-POLYSIX-MS20-SQ10-TEISCO 110F-RE201-PRO ONE-PROPHET 600-ODYSSEY-YAMAHA CS01+CS01mk2+DX7+DX9+DX100
1:10 Super Mario 64
my first syntheiszer! and I still love it, the memory became emty after an sun-storm but I porgram all my sounds
replace the internal battery and perform a factory reset and everything is restored :)
@@gimble8638 Gimble my friend, how easy is it to replace the internal battery, I’m just about to purchase my second dx100, after nearly 30 years of not owning one and may need to replace the battery.
@@kentaccordionist Hey Stephen, long time no speak, hope you're well. its not too bad atall, its only 2 soldered joints, i would advise changing to a battery holder instead of just soldering in a battery like they did in factory so that in future the battery is even simpler to swap, im sure theres some youtube vids on how to do it buddy its really not as daunting as it sounds and batteries are easy to get off ebay, Good to see ya bud :)
@@gimble8638 Thanks my friend. Hope you are well .I’ve waited decades to get my hands on another dx100. I should never have sold my old one. I love my xfm, but there’s something magical about the 100. Even if it does look completely stupid when used as a keytar.
@@kentaccordionist lol yeah, ive only owned the dx27 personally, and always wish id had a talk box :)
Ah, the talkboxer’s standard synth. Its great sounds are easily overlooked by most talkboxers
The piano sound on 03:36 Electric Grand? Sounds so much different than mine. Great video. Super synth. Will NEVER sell mine!
The mighty Sample & Hold at the beginning. I own a DX27 S. Plenty of ROM sounds. And the S model has onboard chorus. Not bad.
You could make some deep house stuff like Larry heard w this
I’m sure Lazza used one
With no filters in the architecture, how was the sample & hold patch at the beginning of this awesome video created?
Running the LFO into the “modulator” operator output level works something like a filter sweep. A low modulator output level sounds like a low pass filter cutting out the harmonics - the fundamental tone of the carrier operator dominates - and a high modulator output level brings out more harmonics.
Thank yo, @@Roboprogs. That must be how filter sweeps are emulated in other contexts.
Too much of heaven
lovely zelda's tune! 2:48
Hi, can you octave transpose on a DX100? 🙏🙏🙏
Does anyone here know if you can save presets over the factory bank slots? Are you limited to editing only certain # of custom presets?
One thing you cant get out of these is the swoosh of an analog filter sweep unless of course you run it through an analog filter.
who cares. go buy an synth with an analog filter if you want analog filter sweeps
I hope you still have this synth. I bought it new back in 1980s, and I wish I never sold it. If I remember right, I thought this was a small version of the DX21? I record a lot of commercially licensed music and some music for retail sale at times. I play a lot of instruments and I do have a Yamaha Reface DX but it's not same as the DX100 (the algorithms look a bit different). The DX100 you can make some great instrumental music with that synth all by itself, multi track.
2:48 Kakariko village theme, right?
Hey can you give a list of what Factory presets you used on this? I just got an FB-01 and I'm still trying to wade through the 4 op collections for good starting points.
Whoops. It's on the display :)
shares many patches with the IBM Music Feature Card.
Amazing video ! I want to get into sound designing , can you help me identify some sounds to see if they can be made with this synth ?
4:27 E1M1 (except the original doesn't do the octave thing in the left hand.)
I use the Dexed DX7 vst on Studio One. Does anyone know where I can find DX100 factory patch sysex data that would work for a DX7 or Dexed?
DX100 patches aren't compatible with Dexed or a DX7, both of those are 6 operator. The DX100 is only 4. It would be cool if someone figured out a way to convert them...
@@tritonrecordings couldn't those patches be recreated by using specific algorithms and turning off 2 operators? I would try to do it but I don't have data on the dx100 patches and also very little FM experience.
Gin Rickey it is a factory preset which you should be able to find on Google
There actually is a java based utlilty that converts 4op DX patches to 6op, i forgot it's name though
1:12 is this the song from super Mario 64, in that water level?
I can’t believe I recognized it immediately, after so many years. I must have played that game a hundred thousand hours
Yes lol
I love that song!
Pick up one of these or a yamaha fb-01 to fill my FM synthesis Void??? (other recommendations are welcomed!)
I personally like having keys on board so I don't have to grab midi cables and involve other gear just to play, so I vote DX100. Don't knock the Reface DX though - check my demo of that!
Get two TX81Zs--stupid cheap. I've seen functioning ones going in the 200 buck range. A little more value there than an FB-01, I think.
Isher why would you need two?
roger troutman used these with his talk box in Zapp and roger
Along with a DX7 at one time and a Mini Moog.
A friend loaned me his DX100 in the late 90's to fiddle with. Messed around with it until I figured out how to program patches on it (a big adjustment when you're used to subtractive analogue synthesis!), then wrote a short article on it for an electronic music 'zine he was making at the time.
If memory serves (it's been over 20 years!) this had 4 operators, whereas the DX7 had 6?
Yes, it was a 4OP. If memory serves, the DX100 was very similar to the DX11/TX81Z. May be wrong about that. The big difference between different Yamaha FM synths, whether 4OP or 6OP is the output DAC. The DX7IIFD had a better output DAC than the original DX7, another example.
My memory's a bit hazy, but didn't Yamaha at one point in the late 90's come out with an 8-operator synth that could make formants? I recall reading about something like that in Electronic Musician. Woulda been a real nightmare to program patches for I bet!
@@CSGraves I'm not sure about 8 operators, but there was the SY77 in 1989 which was a 6op but also had some ROMpler capability as well.
I had to do some digging... turns out it was a module and not a keyboard... the FS1R. The wikipedia page makes it sound even more complicated than I remember back in the day! (2000+ programming parameters?!)
@@CSGraves The FS1R was marvellous but such a nightmare to program I had to sell mine a few years back.
Fun Fact: Hatsune Miku is Designed after the Yamaha DX7 AND DX100!
Is the noise you described, part of the sound? Because I don't hear any noise in the background.
i need a yahama 100 dx for talkbox
Nicee 🎹 Eiffel 65
I miss my dx100. Wish I would have sampled more of it before selling it.
Speaking of sampling, I'm itching to get my hands on an Emax...
tritonrecordings Emulator 4 is greater, and cheaper. 😄
That one is rack only, if I remember right. I'm just not into modules. Honestly, I'll probably go with the Emax II. Should be the easiest to maintain and I don't care what anyone says...it's sexy. And huge, hopefully it fits on one of my keyboard racks.
No, i have it in Keyboard Version. Best keybed of any synth that i have played.
And it have a powerful modulation Matrix, 128 MB sampleram and a 24 db curtis filter replicated of the Moog D type. It excells at sampling analogue synths.
The DX7s doing the lovin must have been brother and sister for two six op parents to have a 4 operator crack baby with deformed keys and strap buttons. Casio CTK-530+Volca FM+Duct Tape=DX7
First synth ever bought by Apex Twin's Richard James, 299 GBP when new.
Is that the Resident Evil save screen music at 2:30 ?? Omg
Yep! I've played that in a few of these episodes haha
2:36 resident evil, nice
Doom, Depeche, and ... Terminator? In the beginning?
I just improvised that but Terminator would be a good fit!
Anyone know if the refaces are the same size as the DX100?
ᅚᅚQix Reface is slightly less bulky. Keys on the Reface are a million times better as well.
Refaces all have 3 octave keybeds. The '100 has a 4 octave. Only have a (broken) '100, never got to place it along side a Reface :-(
2:45 - what the song?
Даниил Балыбердин Kakariki Village theme from Zelda
O, thank you! This music seemed familiar to me. You have great synthesizers. Creative success and good luck.
(Sorry bad english, I used google translator)
What keyboard stand are you using for the dx 100, I’m having problems finding one small enough.
This is an On-Stage A-frame 3-tier stand. I have three of them. You can place the arms however you like.
@@tritonrecordings Thanks a lot. Have a good day.
@@kentaccordionist you too! Hope you can find a solution. The keyboard stand market is woefully underserved.
Where does the melody come from at 1:10?
Super Mario 64 - Dire Dire Docks
Show how to program this sound
Maybe its been mentioned but, the TX81Z is the rack mount version of the DX100. In case some one might need to conserve on even more space ;)
It is not. It is the rackmount version of the DX11... Completely different breed of 4OP FM, more waveforms than sine to work with.
@polyneux74 TX81Z is DX11 - Read on DX11 and find that is 4OP but contains more waveforms than sine to work with, unlike the DX21/DX27/DX100 which all are the same generation of 4OP FM synthesis and only use sine waves; the closest thing to a rackmount DX100 is the Yamaha FB01.
Sonic 3 bass 3:41
what do you play 1.10?
You don’t have data charts for any of these, do you?
Melvin Hawkins I don’t. These are all factory presets.
Melvin Hawkins
I have chartz 2 all original patchez, BUTT it will cost ya!
Hahahahahahahahahahaha HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DOOM!!
What is the first song?
Just random playing.
@@tritonrecordings Ahhh that´s great. I really like the, how to call it? "Riff"? Mind me asking what preset is that?
I wish I could use that as a basis for my song...
@@valeriestanglova3855 The preset is called "S/H Synth"
tritonrecordings thank you very much!!!
Yours is as noisy as mine 😊
Pimpf
these need a damper pedal when playing them
You hit the 8 notes polyphony pretty quickly :-(
Bruhhh the RE1 save room theme