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From: Martin Tarenskeen <m.tarenskeen@...>

Date: 15/06/2021 23:09 (GMT+00:00)

To: [email protected], memtechlist@...

Subject: Re: [YamahaDX] The 4OP to DX7 Conversion Project

for synthaction keybed V50 has one of the best i've played. and i've tried many synths

to my knowledge V50 and B500 is the only 4op FM with 16 voices, quite unique! TQ5 ? no i think that was 8 voice right?

Den tisdag 15 juni 2021 21:05:39 CEST, John Ames <commodorejohn@...> skrev:

Yeah, that would've been killer, especially since the V50 keybed is
nothing to write home about. Ah well...

On 6/15/21, Nicole Massey <nyyki@...> wrote:
> I wish there was a V50 rack unit, but that was during the Rise of the
> Workstations, so module versions were less common.
>
> Sent from my HAL 9000 in transit to Jupiter
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Ames
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 1:33 PM
> To: [email protected]; vision1@...
> Subject: Re: [YamahaDX] The 4OP to DX7 Conversion Project
>
> For those who're interested, the V50 is essentially two TX81Zs in a
> keyboard, plus a cheap drum machine and some basic effects. They're still
> going for fairly bargain prices, too.
>
> And yeah, the TX81Z is underappreciated; not quite as classic as the DX7,
> but much more featureful than a lot of the 4-ops, and the additional
> waveforms and flexible layering open up a lot of sonic territory that the
> big DXen can't easily replicate.
>
> On 6/15/21, LarryS <vision1@...> wrote:
>> Certainly true.
>>
>> I am one of those fair-weather-FM users that had a TX81z and it never
>> went anywhere.? The presets were middling and nowhere could I find
>> super sounds at the time, so I ditched the thing because my exciting
>> life just didn’t have time to stare at a 2 line display.
>>
>> As I recall, I had gotten it because the TX-7 wasn’t rack mount and
>> the TX816… well, who could afford THAT?? Nothing in between.
>>
>> While I’m not up on every piece of hardware any longer, I’m still
>> quite the fanboy of FM and would very much love to see someone take it
>> to the next level.? Multi wave forms.? 8 (or more) operators.
>> Adaptable, even dynamically assignable algorithms.? Real time
>> parameter changes.? Not especially tough in software with today’s
>> hardware, but I doubt we’ll ever see a Grand Old Keyboard made from it.
>>
>>
>>
>> L.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> but I could make an argument that if the FM community as a whole had
>> spent as much time programming the TX801z as the DX7, there might have
>> been a lot more surprises to enjoy.? I performed for over three years
>> with *nothing* but four -- yes, four -- TX81z modules in my rack.,
>> connected to a Roland
>> MKB-300
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -BW
>>
>> Bruce Wahler
>> Halfmoon-Switch.com?
>> bw@...
>>
>> 978.597.7008
>>
>>
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