I was a MIDI Solutions dealer for many years, and learned to deal
with this problem all the time.? The good news is that older MIDI
gear is more likely to work than newer gear -- at least, from a
hardware perspective.? The original (1982) MIDI spec shows suggested
In, Out, and Thru circuits, and they all run off 5V.? Over time,
electronics has moved to 3.3V and lower, making it harder to provide
enough voltage to provide "MIDI power" -- which does NOT actually
have a standard!
I would bet that the DX7 provides 5V power; my TX802 does.? If it
does not, then the other culprit is that the shell on the Out jack
must be tied to power ground.? Again, the 1982 spec shows Out and
Thru cables tied to ground, but In cables left floating.? 95-99% of
devices follow this convention, but I've seen a few that don't.?
Fortunately, it's an easy fix:? just solder a wire from Pin 3 (the
middle pin on the DIN jack) to the shell pins, or to PCB ground.
Regards,
-BW
Bruce Wahler
Ashby Solutions.com?
bw@...
978.597.7008
On 5/27/2020 12:06 AM, Jeremy Bernstein
via groups.io wrote:
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Hi,
I have this adapter, too. It's powered by MIDI,
and not every device provides this power (and if so, at the
required voltage). Dave Smith's Evolver and Mopho don't, for
instance. Does the adapter's LED start blinking when it's
plugged in, and your DX is turned on? If not, you're probably
SOL.?
Here's some random info about other products
using the same "feature".?
Jeremy?
Thanks
to everyone for the assistance.? The midi adapter actually
has markings on it reading on one, IN and the other OUT. ??
I will continue to try your suggestions.? And yes, there is
a Yamaha app?
that you can download onto the Ipad which gives some great
sounding piano sounds. ? That is what I'm trying to
accomplish.? Again, thanks for the help.?
Kind regards,?
David
Covino?
-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Borrell via
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To: YamahaDX <
[email protected]>
Sent: Tue, May 26, 2020 3:06 pm
Subject: Re: [YamahaDX] Hi All... On a different
topic..... assistance needed.....
The setup video on the yamaha site
doesn't really indicate which plug goes in which
socket - hopefully that is evident from the way the
loop of wire is between them,unless they are marked.
I doubt you should need an app to connect bluetooth
- that's in SETTINGS on the ipad,and Yamaha are
referring to something called PIANO DIARY which I
presume is a music app,and to select the comms
device within its settings.
To edit the sound parameters on the DX7 would
need some sort of SYSx dumping software on the
IPad and the instructions Grant just provided.
Lee
On Tuesday, 26 May 2020, 17:50:20 GMT+1,
david covino via
<ldcovino=
[email protected]>
wrote:
Looking for some insight and
assistance here.? I picked up a Yamaha
wireless bluetooth MD-BT01 Bluetooth
Wireless MIDI Interface to use with my
DX7.? My understanding is that the
device can/could be used with an
instrument that has midi in and out
sockets.? It connects very easily of
course, the IN to the midi IN and the
OUT to the midi out on the keyboard.?
The purpose of this was to see if I
could modify some of the DX7 sounds with
my Ipad.? I was able to download an app
which allows the Ipad to recognize the
Bluetooth device, but from there I'm
lost.? Is there a particular midi
channel on the keyboard that I need to
use?? Or is this an exercise in futility
in that the DX7 is just too old to be
able to use this technology.....?
Thanks to all for your assistance
Regards, ?
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From: Florian Heer <
yamahadx@...>
To:
[email protected];
the_crimson_thunder@...
Sent: Tue, May 26, 2020 10:34 am
Subject: Re: [YamahaDX] Chorus chip on
DX27s / PCB of DX100/DX27?
Hi Michael,
On 26/05/2020 15:54, Michael
Whocares wrote:
> Does this help?
thanks a lot, that is great.
But from a first check, the DX21
firmware and that of the DX100 are
completely different. In the DX100
the rom starts with code and ends
with the voices, in the DX21 it's
the other way round. Also the DX100
uses only 43 bytes per voice, so no
simple direct comparison between
those two. And that although they
use the same MPU (HD63B03XP in DX21
and HD6303XP in DX27S),only
difference is the speed of the
processors.
Okay, now I have a reason to
desolder the rom from my DX27s and
read
that out... Unless someone has the
firmware of the DX27s?
Cheers, Florian