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Here are my brief thoughts on each, mainly speaking toward the DX7 side of things:ĭexed - the most straightforward emulation.
Dexed vs fm8 free#
I spent most of the weekend taking a closer look at all the DX7 emulations I own (FM8, DX7V, PX7) and the free Dexed, and came to the conclusion that even if they don't match the DX7 100% exactly, that they all sound close enough, and definitely share the character of the DX7 to not warrant a real hardware DX7 purchase. The original DX7 had a mono output DX7II and up are stereo instruments.Īnd Hurricane yes, I know about the CZ synths - I've made a CZ-101 video here btw lol PX7 have added features as well such as stereo panning of the operators and Reason's tempo sync standard.
Dexed vs fm8 software#
Yes, this is true for the FM8 and the rest of the synths, compabilty goes only one direction so to speak, most machines and software equivalents can import the DX7 data but not export sounds back to the DX7. Today the Montage and MODX6, MODX7 & MODX8 are new synths building on these concepts - not a complete overview as FS1R came in between - as well as the Motif range, but many years of "new FM hardware synths please" requests has led us to the current situation which of course also includes Korg Volca FM and Yamaha Reface FM) It's more hifi than the og (old generation) DX7 but it's not directly sysex compatible although there are import solutions, I actually think I read somewhere that Dexed can talk directly to the SY, will have to check it up. The only features that the CZ-1 lacked in comparison to some other models was the basic sequencer or drum machine sometimes furnished. The CZ-1 also featured a backlit display which is lacking on the rest of the series.
Dexed vs fm8 manual#
of the CZ-1 operation manual explains the tone output channel settings. With external effects the lack of negative velocity volume control can be circumvented and velocity crossfades between tones can be achieved using the separate output channels.
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In the 2 tone modes the chorus setting controls which tone goes to which of the left and right output channels. It features three modes 'normal' (1 tone 16 voice), 'tone mix' and 'key split' (2 tones with 8 voices each). It doubled the memory, was multitimbral, also stored splits and layers as "Operation Memories", added velocity and aftertouch sensitivity to the keyboard, along with programming parameters to control how velocity and aftertouch pressure would affect the sound.
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The CZ-1 synthesizer is most advanced in the CZ series. Built like tanks – as opposed to Casio's built like Honda Civics approachĪctually, the Casio CZ-1 weighs a ton and is very well put together! And like the DX7, it has velocity and aftertouch so it's really expressive. I am watching demos for Aparillo, it looks interesting.I can relate, the DX7 is a most beautiful construction and so are the other ones in the series. making it difficult to appreciate other approaches - not unlike the shift from subtractive to FM I guess? And so on.įM is cool, for some of us the Yamaha approach is ingrained. DXED sounds great, but I did not get along with the UI. If all I want is a period accurate(ish) preset I usually use the Arturia emulation. While Alchemy was supported for Windows I did spend some time using it for FM, and Zebra2 has some serious FM chops. I never owned a DX7 (which makes me somewhat unique, or downright odd), I did have a TX-802 for a while, it was cool.Īnd yet these days I use FM8 more than the hardware (laziness?), and I've tried the FM capabilities in some of the other soft-synths, but none of them have really grabbed me. I still have a TX7 (which gets very little use) and a pair of TX-81zs. Still, it is a different way of thinking about sound. I started out on an ARP 2600, which allowed for a bit of frequency modulation, certainly not FM synthesis, but still gets the basic idea across.
Dexed vs fm8 Patch#
Programming any FM patch requires a small adjustment to my way of thinking. I've grown to appreciate, if not love, FM8.