You can use the old MDF - MIDI Data Filer, for example MDF2 or MDF3. It’s very useful small machine, good for storing and sending SysEx banks. Besides it can play MIDI files which is good for connection with some GM/GS/XG module.
But it uses floppy disks, that can be problem for somebody. FDD can be replaced with some kind of floppy emulator with SD cards or USB memory stick.
I doubt Yamaha will offer some innovation or new FM - in fact they tried this in Montage and Reface DX.
The best years are gone.
Daniel Forro
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Yes, I see the point, Daniel.? Communication is why we are here.
If I had a cartridge slot on my TX7, I'd definitely be interested in one of each - a RAM cartridge and a ROM cartridge.? Maybe the next project will be a cartridge carousel, so they can both be left in the slot and switched between :)
Agreed; this might actually be a better time to offer one than last year.? Yamaha have successfully piqued interest in FM again, while failing to provide a product for people to buy that really does what a lot of us want.
Okay, I'm sure the Reface DX has its points, but I'd want something that's functionally better than my TX7 or TX81Z, not something that's kind of cut down, with a few new quirks added, before I parted with a few hundred for a new one.
Maybe they have something else in the pipeline?? I hope they do, but I won't hold my breath.? The FM synths they made in the 80s, are still the ones to get.? So, yes, more accessories to improve those are what we need.
Andy
