08-22-2019, 05:54 AM
(08-22-2019, 12:14 AM)Paul Battersby Wrote: The sounds remind me of some of the custom DX7II patches I have. Maybe not a co-incidence since they're both from Yamaha.
Yup, Yamaha stuff usually has a distinctive character even between synths as different as the DX7 and the CS1x. It's hard to put your finger on exactly what it is though.
(08-22-2019, 12:14 AM)Paul Battersby Wrote: Lately I've been sampling some of the custom sounds and making sfz instruments for the day when my DX7II finally dies and the sounds would otherwise be lost to me forever. Some of my sounds seem to need velocity layers, some don't even respond to key velocity at all (easy to sample those), some need careful looping and a few need chromatic sampling, but it's still far easier than dealing with orchestral instruments!
That's a good precaution, but I think you'd stand a pretty good chance of getting it repaired if worst comes to worst. DX7's exist in abundance and remain popular to this day, so finding parts for one shouldn't be impossible.
