Hi,
DX7 wasn't really a synth of choice in the Balkan ethno-music. DX21, DX11 and V50, Casio CZ101 and later the SY77 were the most used ones. I have Balkan patches for DX21, DX11 and V50 lying around, but I couldn't test them, so I can't judge the quality. I should also have a bank or two of DX7/DX7II Balkan patches. I've bought recently a TX81z, and I could theoretically test these patches and do some selection, but I am in the middle of renovating my apartment, and all my equipment is packed in the basement at the moment.
There is also a Romanian web-forum, offering some DX and V50 patches, but you need to buy premium membership to download files. They have a loooot of sampled voices for newer sample-based keyboards (Genos, Tyros, PSR-S..., PSR-A...)
regards
Boban
Am 15.02.2025 um 13:55 schrieb Daniel Forró via groups.io:
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I collect DX7 patches since 1986, but never found any Near East, Arabian, Turkish, Iranian, Greek, Balkan… patch.
The only ethnic patches I know are African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Jamaican, and some European (accordions, recorder, bag-pipes, fiddle, hurdy-gurdy, some percussions).
It wouldn’t be easy to program those Oriental patches on DX7.
But I know some Balkan musicians used DX11, and Casio CZ successfully for imitation of some folk instruments.
If you need them, find some sampler or sample based synthesizer or arranger keyboard specialized on this type of sounds (and even styles), like Yamaha PSR1000, Korg PA80 with Turkish card or so.
Daniel Forró
On Feb 15, 2025, at 16:37, tsoukoulis via groups.io <tsoukoulis@...> wrote:
Thanks for that Nick,
I have played around with these in the past with limited success.
Also finding it difficult to switch quickly from one patch to another within a suitable time frame - whereas performance patches can be changed relatively quickly.
If possible I am looking for patches akin to Yamaha PSRa 5000 "Istanbul Strings, OUD - etc World Instruments" Suitable for the DX7 - ???
I am open to further suggestions
PS I'm not very tech savvy ... I know just enough to get by LOL......
Cheers
