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Yamaha DX7 (w/ 5 ROM Cartridges!) Digital FM Synthesizer 1983 + Sustain Pedal
Estimated price for orientation: 850 $
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Description Brand: Yamaha
No internal problems with this DX7. The power cable was snagged but fully repaired with electrical tape. Comes with shielded gig bag.The key reason I am charging so much is because of the ROMs included. They cost me good money over the years. People charge $50-$150 for ROM cartridges on eBay. Comes with 5 ROM Cartridges and a sustain pedal. In total, cartridges can hold 288 patches. Comes with cartridge 3, which allows you to factory reset the DX7. Also I will send you my DX7 sysex library which includes patches I've found and made. Cartridges Included• Yamaha 3, 64 Patches• Yamaha 4, 64 Patches• Yamaha DX7 Data Cartridge, 32 Patches• Bo Tomlyn's Best of the USA, 64 Patches• Bo Tomlyn's Top Forty, 64 PatchesFrom Vintagesynth.com:"One of the most popular digital synths ever was the DX7 from Yamaha, released in 1983. It featured a whole new type of synthesis called FM (Frequency Modulation). It certainly is not analog and it is difficult to program but can result in some excellent sounds! It is difficult because it is non-analog and thus, a whole new set of parameters are available for tweaking, many of which seemed counter-intuitive and unfamiliar. And programming had to be accomplished via membrane buttons, one data slider and a small LCD screen.Still the sounds it shipped with and that many users did manage to create were more complex and unique than anything before it. Percussive and metallic but thick as analog at times, the DX7 was known for generating unique sounds still popular to this day. The DX7 was also a truly affordable programmable synth when it was first released. Almost every keyboardist bought one at the time making the DX7 one of the best selling synths of all time! It also came with MIDI which was brand new at the time - Sequential had already released the first MIDI synth, the . Roland had just released the with very basic MIDI implementation, and wouldn't get around to adding full MIDI for another year with the , and it would be three years before Roland can counter the popularity of the DX7 with a digital synth of their own, the ."
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| Brand: | Yamaha |
No internal problems with this DX7. The power cable was snagged but fully repaired with electrical tape. Comes with shielded gig bag.The key reason I am charging so much is because of the ROMs included. They cost me good money over the years. People charge $50-$150 for ROM cartridges on eBay. Comes with 5 ROM Cartridges and a sustain pedal. In total, cartridges can hold 288 patches. Comes with cartridge 3, which allows you to factory reset the DX7. Also I will send you my DX7 sysex library which includes patches I've found and made. Cartridges Included• Yamaha 3, 64 Patches• Yamaha 4, 64 Patches• Yamaha DX7 Data Cartridge, 32 Patches• Bo Tomlyn's Best of the USA, 64 Patches• Bo Tomlyn's Top Forty, 64 PatchesFrom Vintagesynth.com:"One of the most popular digital synths ever was the DX7 from Yamaha, released in 1983. It featured a whole new type of synthesis called FM (Frequency Modulation). It certainly is not analog and it is difficult to program but can result in some excellent sounds! It is difficult because it is non-analog and thus, a whole new set of parameters are available for tweaking, many of which seemed counter-intuitive and unfamiliar. And programming had to be accomplished via membrane buttons, one data slider and a small LCD screen.Still the sounds it shipped with and that many users did manage to create were more complex and unique than anything before it. Percussive and metallic but thick as analog at times, the DX7 was known for generating unique sounds still popular to this day. The DX7 was also a truly affordable programmable synth when it was first released. Almost every keyboardist bought one at the time making the DX7 one of the best selling synths of all time! It also came with MIDI which was brand new at the time - Sequential had already released the first MIDI synth, the . Roland had just released the with very basic MIDI implementation, and wouldn't get around to adding full MIDI for another year with the , and it would be three years before Roland can counter the popularity of the DX7 with a digital synth of their own, the ."