FAQ
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| Q | What is DX7? | ||
| A | A synthesizer manufactured by the Yamaha Corporation from 1983 to 1986. | ||
| Wikipedia: DX7 | |||
| Vintage Synth Explorler: YAMAHA DX7 | |||
| Q | What is DX7 Librarian? | ||
| A | An editor/librarian application for DX7 which runs on Macintosh. | ||
| Q | My DX7 seems not having communication with DX7 Librarian. Why? | ||
| A | DX7 turns it’s settings for the communication off every time it powers up. So you need to have do following instruction on your DX7: — – Press “SPACE”. – Press “8″ a few times until you see “SYS INFO UNAVAIL” on LCD. – Press “+1″. LCD turns to show “SYS INFO AVAIL”. – Press “MEMORY PROTECT INTERNAL”. LCD shows “INTERNAL ON”. – Press “-1″. LCD turns to show “INTERNAL OFF”. – Press “MEMORY SELECT INTERNAL”. — Then your DX7 is ready to communicate with DX7 Librarian. If your DX7 does not respond, check MIDI receive channel on DX7. |
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| Q | How can I make a file with 32 voices? | ||
| A | Follow these steps: — – Open voice windows as many as you want. – Choose “Assemble Window” from File menu. Opened voices in previous step are shown in left list in the window. – Click one of the voice in left list. Then double-click on somewhere in right list. (shift-click, cmd-click also works) – Repeat the step above until right list are filled up with your choice. – Click on “Assemble” button. Then new window filled with the 32 voices will be opened. – Save the window. — Choosing “Current Data” in Transmit menu while 32-voices window is front-most, the 32 voices are sent to your DX7. |
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| Q | How can I backup 32 voices on DX7? | ||
| A | Follow these steps: — On your DX7: – Press “SPACE”. – Press “8″ a few times until you see “SYS INFO UNAVAIL” on LCD. – Press “+1″. LCD turns to show “SYS INFO AVAIL”. – Press “8″. LCD turns to show “MIDI TRANSMIT ?”. – Press “+1″. Then DX7 Librarian receives data from your DX7 and opens a new 32-voice window. On DX7 Librarian: |
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