All user reviews of 4/5 for the Yamaha DX7 IID

Synthesizer 16-voice polyphony. 6 FM operators sinusoidal and a feedback loop. 16 bit processing.
Envelope generator and velocity response different for each oscillator, one LFO per channel.
No effect. Stereo output.
The basic features are ok but could have been expected from Yamaha they include chorus and reverb. Also, have proposed other oscillators waveforms would have improved the potential of the instrument.

UTILIZATION

The keyboard is very nice. The instrument is made of metal, very solid but not overly heavy.
2x40 backlit screen is a big improvement over the original DX-7, and the buttons are of good quality.
Editing is "easy" so far as can be an FM synth ...
There are 32 buttons so it is easy to change the in-game!
I much prefer the pitch bend lever Roland / Korg to Yamaha wheels / Kurzweil but it is a matter of taste I guess.

SOUNDS

I had this synth for 4 years I used it every day. It always sounds FM but with a little programming (it takes a lot of experience) one draws things sublime sounds very much alive. There really are endless possibilities with this synth. It's true that can be sublime Rhodes, Clavinet, but it can do so much more!
Still sorely lacks impact. Chorus and reverb make it the most good.
Today for € 400 or less, only the SY-77 which is greater as FM synth.
I sold mine and I miss the ROMpleurs really picks up the next.

OVERALL OPINION

N / A

Jsynthlib I use for editing and is much more exciting.

with cubase you can step sequencer and arpeggiator also (local mode on

off)


UTILIZATION

-The general configuration is simple?

having the usual yes

-The editing sounds and effects is easy?

editing sounds is hard on the screen, however, once understood it

feasible ..



SOUNDS

By exercising a little one discovers the real machine

using only two operators and the unison mode I got to him

bring out my faith very low fat ..

add to that the stacking of the patch in tune ..! OMG!

not a keyboard designed for sound research but it can be if

one spends the time he has considerable potential ..

I tried a lot of banks from the internet and suddenly they

interest me much more .. once you caught the disease there is FM hooked!

to compare I loaded a few patches on my FM7 and on the same dx

the FM7 makes such a verdict but it lacks, however, realistic and dynamic.

I still have my DX7 mk1 and I could make the comparison with

mk2 apart from the stereo and a slight clarification of his I've found

no audible difference.



OVERALL OPINION

Three months that I use, its capacity to surprise me every day and I think

I will never part with it.

I believe It is one of the first synths with midi, so there is room for improvement, the user interface could be made better (like having sliders / knobs etc.). there is no filter (accordig to my knowledge because i still haven't found one .

Price paid

Traded it for a cheap behringer mixer (mx802-a)

UTILIZATION

I don't have the manual because i traded it with my music teacher for a mixer, but i sure have problems with programming this thing, but i guess it all can be learned.

SOUNDS

I like the sound it can make, nice basses, bells, rhodes painos etc., it is usable for lots of styles i guess altough i use it mostly for bass in my "trance"songs, but the downside is the lack of reverb, phaser etc.

OVERALL OPINION

It is made with a solid metal case, it's like 15 years old now and all the original things are still on it's place and everythinh still works, not even a scratch on it

I sure like it, altough it should be easier to program.

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown ( 4-, 2002)