Yamaha DX7 - the 32 classic factory patches

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  • The 32 classic factory patches of the Yamaha DX7.
    0:00 Opening Titles
    0:10 01) BRASS 1
    0:37 02) BRASS 2
    0:59 03) BRASS 3
    1:28 04) STRINGS 1
    1:59 05) STRINGS 2
    2:31 06) STRINGS 3
    3:06 07) ORCHESTRA
    3:34 08) PIANO 1
    4:19 09) PIANO 2
    4:47 10) PIANO 3
    5:11 11) E. PIANO 1
    6:15 12) GUITAR 1
    7:02 13) GUITAR 2
    7:31 14) SYN-LEAD 1
    7:59 15) BASS 1
    8:41 16) BASS 2
    9:04 17) E. ORGAN 1
    9:35 18) PIPES 1
    10:04 19) HARPSICH 1
    10:23 20) CLAV 1
    10:48 21) VIBE 1
    11:16 22) MARIMBA
    11:46 23) KOTO
    12:05 24) FLUTE 1
    12:39 25) ORCH-CHIME
    13:03 26) TUB BELLS
    13:28 27) STEEL DRUM
    13:53 28) TIMPANI
    14:12 29) REFS WHISL
    14:26 30) VOICE 1
    15:06 31) TRAIN
    15:42 32) TAKE OFF
    Reverb: Roland M-10DX
    There's a video editing error at the end of this video that it comes from this other track of mine: Techno with three Roland W-30: • Techno with three Rola...
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  • @bandwidth64
    @bandwidth64 Před 4 lety +1170

    "E. PIANO 1" Preset is one of the most important inventions of the 20th century.

    • @marcelprimes
      @marcelprimes Před 3 lety +46

      Right! It’s timeless bro.

    • @seth4766
      @seth4766 Před 3 lety +18

      literallyyy

    • @liammm7036
      @liammm7036 Před 3 lety +72

      I'd argue it sounds so iconic because it's a very accurate digital copy of the Rhodes keyboard sound. They all sound great no matter what you play on them :)

    • @Ampher03
      @Ampher03 Před 3 lety +19

      And I feel like I’m the only one that hates it. Idk why. I love 80s music, but I fucking hate that preset

    • @Tulizukka
      @Tulizukka Před 3 lety +11

      Its an absolute unit in the low register!

  • @RobertIDK
    @RobertIDK Před 3 lety +160

    I could listen to this forever

    • @PilaCiu
      @PilaCiu Před 3 lety +7

      You are absolutely right! Old FM synthesizers have really cool sounds.

    • @jsplinc2000
      @jsplinc2000 Před 2 lety +2

      Same

    • @ellavad1790
      @ellavad1790 Před 2 lety +2

      Same

    • @EvilSean62
      @EvilSean62 Před rokem +1

      this happens a lot ..
      we had a dx7 and we swapped it out for a roland d50 and a digital piano and an M1
      i had a rick 4001s and swapped it out for a 5 string active
      we both regret our decision but it was economics
      and now i have 20 basses and no rick and he is in IT

  • @HowlingMoonCinemas
    @HowlingMoonCinemas Před 3 lety +253

    Too many people get caught up thinking that the immitation sounds of real intruments should sound just like real instruments and when they don't, they call them "cheesy." But they aren't cheesy in the least. They don't have to sound exactly like real instruments, they sound fantastic as sounds of their own and are unique in themselves. Real musicians know that sound shouldn't be limited to natural real instruments, but be limitless to express anything.

    • @gamerzlog6963
      @gamerzlog6963 Před 3 lety +12

      Exactly.

    • @iklimhunianrumahbordil9375
      @iklimhunianrumahbordil9375 Před 3 lety +21

      thats why synth is needed

    • @HowlingMoonCinemas
      @HowlingMoonCinemas Před 3 lety +7

      @@iklimhunianrumahbordil9375
      And is why it is also a great musical instrument.

    • @iklimhunianrumahbordil9375
      @iklimhunianrumahbordil9375 Před 3 lety +4

      @@HowlingMoonCinemas music is not real,

    • @HowlingMoonCinemas
      @HowlingMoonCinemas Před 3 lety +1

      @@iklimhunianrumahbordil9375
      !!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @getalongva
    @getalongva Před 4 lety +439

    5:30 serious moment in an 80s sitcom.

  • @carlyletom301
    @carlyletom301 Před 10 lety +156

    Yes indeed the E.Piano was everything.

    • @1nav
      @1nav Před 9 lety +8

      i could listen to that preset forever

    • @carlyletom301
      @carlyletom301 Před 9 lety +1

      True the tone generators have improved so much from since back then. Even the $200. Yamaha keyboards today, have tones that rivals or surpasses the DX7's.

    • @Zemael
      @Zemael Před 7 lety

      Yes, but to me, the organ sound, pipe, harpichord, even clavinet are very usabe. Maybe with a pedal or two they can sound even more alive than good sample based systems. Well, on the creative side, not on the emulation side of the thing.

    • @GayReiseblog
      @GayReiseblog Před 6 lety +2

      So this is where all the hits of my childhood where coming from

    • @dpalaoro
      @dpalaoro Před 2 měsíci

      ​@carlyletom301 New Fm synths under $200 😂 False, they can't stand up to a dx7. Sorry man, believe me I've searched. Not even Yamahas Reface, or the Opsix and those are $400-$1000, and they don't compare, even with the original system patches from the dx7.

  • @gjc82071
    @gjc82071 Před 11 lety +196

    My god, how I wanted a DX-7 when I was a young teen back in the early/mid 80's! Sadly my family couldn't afford one. Even the DX9, 21, 27 & DX-100 was out of our budget. For X-mas my dear grandparents bought my a Yamaha Porta-Sound VSS 100. It was a "consumer" keyboard, much like a standard PSS, but it had a built in mic/sampler. It was a lot of fun. Finally in 1984 my mom surprised me with a "real" synth, a Korg Poly-800! (wow!) I loved it! (& STILL have it) but oh how I longed for a DX7.

    • @WildernessMusic_GentleSerene
      @WildernessMusic_GentleSerene Před 4 lety +5

      I really like my Yamaha Reface DX, my first FM synth (after 30 years of subtractive). Fully programmable FM. Cost = almost free, at $300.00.

    • @gjc82071
      @gjc82071 Před 4 lety +4

      @@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene I've heard demos of the Reface DX. It sounds really nice. I even thought about buying Reface DX but my Korg Kronos is pretty good at FM synthesis. (& it can even load DX-7 patches) When I wrote the comment 7 years ago, I was just reflecting back on my childhood. When I was a young teen I remember a friend of mine had a brother who was in wedding band, played piano at upscale restaurants, etc. He had a DX-7. I remember my friend showed it to me. I was like: 😮 (but I wasn't allowed to touch/play it) When he opened the case....it reminds me of that case in Pulp Fiction which belonged to Marsellus Wallace. Anytime anyone would look inside the case, they'd be like 😮. That's how I felt when my friend opened his brother's DX-7 case. 😂

    • @edwardjamyangmacarchick1847
      @edwardjamyangmacarchick1847 Před 3 lety +1

      I wanted a DX7 as well, but a friend gave me his electric guitar in 1989 so I played that until I realise I would rather play bass, so I got into basses and never learned much on keyboards until about 10-15 years ago.

    • @gjc82071
      @gjc82071 Před 3 lety

      @@edwardjamyangmacarchick1847 That's cool. I have always wanted to learn how to play the guitar, but just never had the patience or manual dexterity. I just can't get my hands/fingers around the neck or hold down the strings properly. I get annoyed, then try to play it on my lap like a keyboard, then I just give up. I have a cheap acoustic/electric Squire (strung left handed) that I bought about 15 years ago. I wish I could just play some basic chords. But again, I lack the patience & just can't grip the guitar properly. Plus I am getting older (pushing 50) & beginning to experience Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, so that doesn't make things easier. I've always been into keyboards/synths, and Ample Guitar Lite is really cool, so I just use that for guitar stuff.

    • @marcospintor1333
      @marcospintor1333 Před 3 lety +2

      @@gjc82071 get a dx7. They’re cheap now. I got mines for like $300, good shape and everything. Live yo dream. I’m only 21 so I wasn’t even close to being alive back then 😂 but trust they’re still relevant today. Kids like me love the dx7. The reface is cool but it’s like the same price as a real dx7 so just get the real deal, you won’t regret it. And get dxed to make your own patches cuz yeah it’s impossible to make patches directly onto the dx7

  • @MrBrightWave
    @MrBrightWave Před 9 lety +338

    Simply amazing. The E. Piano puts everything in perspective.

    • @nukliozz
      @nukliozz Před 5 lety +23

      The E. Piano is instant a e s t h e t i c

  • @Discern4
    @Discern4 Před 10 lety +75

    Apparently BASS 2 was the lead sound in Take My Breath Away, with some reverb added. It's amazing how many 80s songs have the fingerprints of the DX7 in them.

    • @tacomadc
      @tacomadc Před 10 lety +6

      That was "celebrate" he was playing with the 2nd sound too.

    • @mazdaluce.9501
      @mazdaluce.9501 Před 10 měsíci +1

      ironically bass 1 is used in danger zone (both are top gun songs)

  • @garyabbot4659
    @garyabbot4659 Před 6 lety +23

    Whoever made these sounds did a brilliant job.

    • @jimbotron70
      @jimbotron70 Před rokem +9

      "In late 1982, Briton Dave Bristow and American Gary Leuenberger, experts on the Yamaha CS-80, flew to Japan to develop the DX7's voices. They had less than four days to create the DX7's 128 preset patches." (wiki)

  • @AlexBallMusic
    @AlexBallMusic Před 7 lety +191

    Just bought one of these from eBay. Came with three cartridges with quite a lot of presets.
    Really enjoying using it and laughing at the patches I recognise from songs.

    • @Grayham4
      @Grayham4 Před 5 lety +12

      Alex Ball A L E X B A L L

    • @notapseudonym678
      @notapseudonym678 Před 4 lety +7

      HE COMETH

    • @michaelcaplin8969
      @michaelcaplin8969 Před 4 lety +5

      Hehe, I did the same when I bought one some years ago! Also bought a D50 while I was at it. This one had been used on the road by Roxette, so it had quite a few presets I recognized from the hits. Fun!

    • @dpincay5375
      @dpincay5375 Před 4 lety +1

      How much does it normally cost

    • @fossiltortoise
      @fossiltortoise Před 3 lety

      @@notapseudonym678 peri perihelion

  • @ottokalmusic1484
    @ottokalmusic1484 Před 6 lety +40

    I've seen a lot of people play the piano, keyboard. The grace that's coming from this man's fingers when he lays his beautiful hands on that God damn keyboard is just amazing. Also the way that he's demoing each sound is just intuitive.

    • @SynthManiaDotCom
      @SynthManiaDotCom  Před 6 lety +8

      Hey, Ottokal, thank you for the compliment, way too kind!

  • @BizzarreProductions
    @BizzarreProductions Před 6 lety +72

    In middle school I was obsessed with 80s music. My mom pulled out this keyboard from the back of the closet... Blew my 12 year old mind.

    • @bg357wg
      @bg357wg Před 2 lety +4

      Do you still play?

    • @fuki98
      @fuki98 Před 2 lety +2

      Wow, she’s rich.

    • @SGTCloudrunner
      @SGTCloudrunner Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@fuki98 These things go for like $500-700 on the used market...so no

    • @user-uo6kp6vk4p
      @user-uo6kp6vk4p Před měsícem

      Born 1968, Gen X... for me, in middle and high school the music playing as current on the radio WAS 80s music!

    • @javiceres
      @javiceres Před měsícem

      Wow

  • @SynthManiaDotCom
    @SynthManiaDotCom  Před 11 lety +20

    The DX7 has In, Out, and Thru. It was one of the first synths (in 1983) to feature the then-new MIDI interface stock from the factory.

  • @erebousde
    @erebousde Před 7 lety +118

    4:47 That solo is beautiful

  • @RichTancredi
    @RichTancredi Před 4 lety +19

    One of the great things about eh DX series synths was the fact that they were digital they were extremely accurate in triggering,gate times and velocity. You could take a sound and cut the gate time down in your sequencer to say 5 clocks in duration. (480 per quarter note) and the part would trigger perfectly. Setting the velocity up past 100 would create some cool effects. I used the DX a lot on my records for Taylor Dayne and Celine Dion back in the day.

    • @SynthManiaDotCom
      @SynthManiaDotCom  Před 4 lety +3

      And we all love the work you did, Rich!! Thank you so much for the insight!

    • @RichTancredi
      @RichTancredi Před 4 lety +3

      Wow.... I wish my wife was as nice to me as you! Haha!

  • @awesomly47
    @awesomly47 Před 9 lety +55

    Man, this is like owning a musical time machine.

  • @JimLeonard
    @JimLeonard Před 10 lety +231

    The composition you're playing to illustrate 11) E. Piano 1 is really quite wonderful. If it's your original composition, fantastic job.

    • @SynthManiaDotCom
      @SynthManiaDotCom  Před 10 lety +126

      Thanks - it's my improvisation.

    • @Dirtyvinnie
      @Dirtyvinnie Před 10 lety +8

      SynthMania Nice Improv first chords are used also on Ivan Lins - Acaso do you know it?

    • @jakewelch.design
      @jakewelch.design Před 6 lety +10

      Reminds me of something you'd hear from mac DeMarco

    • @m.j.8226
      @m.j.8226 Před 4 lety +1

      Dario Federici what does that mean?

    • @dollyzoom1890
      @dollyzoom1890 Před 4 lety +5

      I think he is trying to say Mac is an idiot? No idea why anyone would dislike Mac. His music may not be for you, but he seems like such a legend and has a good heart

  • @cvaztianmusic
    @cvaztianmusic Před 4 lety +45

    I have my DX7...and is SOOOO SPECIAL, bcoz the old owner was EDDY GRANT, and he sold it to me when he came to Uruguay

    • @edwardjamyangmacarchick1847
      @edwardjamyangmacarchick1847 Před 3 lety +3

      Wow!

    • @jameskerr9509
      @jameskerr9509 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Lucky you but he did give me a hard case for my classical guitar when I was his tenant in London. I still have it to this day.

    • @jameskerr9509
      @jameskerr9509 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I wonder if he remembered about the DX7 he sold you ?

    • @cvaztianmusic
      @cvaztianmusic Před 5 měsíci

      @@jameskerr9509 I am thinking if you are a fu**ing hater or only stupid. What do you think about that?

  • @JohanBrodd
    @JohanBrodd Před 10 lety +31

    As an user of FM8 This bank is virtually a must for me. I know DX7 hardly can imitate any realistic instruments, but it doesn't have to. That's why I love the DX7 sound.

  • @peterphoenix6471
    @peterphoenix6471 Před 8 lety +189

    this is how a demo should be done.

  • @SynthManiaDotCom
    @SynthManiaDotCom  Před 10 lety +25

    The Styx's song "Babe" actually had real Rhodes electric piano. Patch 11 on the DX7 was inspired by the Rhodes and is arguably the most famous synthesized emulation of that classic electro-mechanical instrument.

    • @GarryGriffy
      @GarryGriffy Před 10 měsíci +2

      In his final years with the group DeYoung would use a TX816 electric piano layer on all the songs that originally used Rhodes pianos. On most of them I think it sounds better with the DX electric piano instead of the Rhodes especially babe.

  • @powerdx7383
    @powerdx7383 Před 8 lety +96

    This is a great demo for the Yamaha DX7 classic factory patches. With right FM programming skills, you can transform the DX7 into a truly amazing ‘pure’ synthesizer of all time. It can produce amazingly rich and fat analog-like sounds as well as breathtaking opera, choir, pads, strings, brass, pianos, etc. It can rival modern hybrid synths, samplers and romplers. Long live DX7!

    • @therealniksongs
      @therealniksongs Před 5 lety +8

      Agreed. I bought a DX7 in early '84. Never had had an analog synth, so I didn't have analog programming to "unlearn." I just accepted FM programming for what it was and dived in and was able to create many amazing sounds. I always felt that the factory patches were meant as more of a "starting point" than as representations of the best that this instrument could do. Today, I have a DX5 which is like two DX7s in one box. And a Motif and a Montage.

    • @daeone1514
      @daeone1514 Před 5 lety +3

      Power DX7 I bet it can. there's nothing like the original. Jupiter 80 from roland would do the same, while m1 would still be great at producing these days cause those are the original avengers!!

    • @AshleyPomeroy
      @AshleyPomeroy Před 5 lety +3

      I always wish they'd added a B-bank, where the programmers were allowed to go wild with their own sounds. The A-bank has some gems but Yamaha must have told the programmers to imitate acoustic / electronic instruments, which feels like a waste of a clever synth engine.

    • @homeone4054
      @homeone4054 Před 4 lety +1

      Is it actually possible to emulate an acoustic piano properly on the DX7, with only the number of operators per algorithm it has? I have tried and got somewhere vaguely close in the bass notes but not in the tenor/treble.

    • @FocusCreativeAgency
      @FocusCreativeAgency Před 3 lety

      Yes - but you had to go to Harvard for 4 years to learn how to program it.

  • @8BitKeys
    @8BitKeys Před 8 lety +744

    Wow.. that bass sounds like it was probably used in "highway to the dangerzone" from top gun.

    • @8BitKeys
      @8BitKeys Před 8 lety +47

      working on it..

    • @Noh_Mercy
      @Noh_Mercy Před 8 lety +111

      thats because it is the bass sound top gun used.

    • @jaggass
      @jaggass Před 8 lety +41

      It was and many songs from the 80's

    • @powerdx7383
      @powerdx7383 Před 8 lety +32

      Back in the mid 80's a lot of songs featured DX7 bass sounds, e.g., What Is Love by Howard Jones, Take My Breath Away by Berlin and many others. I'm sure you can find many more! It's only one of a few factory patches that I like and use today.

    • @jaggass
      @jaggass Před 8 lety +2

      Power DX7 Many DX7's ditched for FM8

  • @RTDscout
    @RTDscout Před 8 lety +572

    Sounds like every computer game released during the MS-DOS era, 75% of movies from the 80s, and 50% of the songs. Intense nostalgia, to say the least.

    • @exoltik3199
      @exoltik3199 Před 8 lety +106

      That would be because Yamaha also designed FM chips with similar capabilities for numerous computers at the time, and even for the SEGA Megadrive console.

    • @jaggass
      @jaggass Před 8 lety +9

      My Compaq computer almost made the same noise at 3.18 when it started up.

    • @MasterLinkuei
      @MasterLinkuei Před 8 lety +23

      SEGA MEGA DRIVE/GENESIS have a FM Synth too

    • @edrice2621
      @edrice2621 Před 8 lety +3

      Well said.

    • @sierrawhiskey5144
      @sierrawhiskey5144 Před 8 lety +15

      I'd venture to guess, rhe DX7's operator, the YM21280 runs similar fm waves as the YM3812 found in sound blaster and adlib sound cards made until the mid 90s.

  • @PenutButtahnJelli
    @PenutButtahnJelli Před 11 lety +15

    being a person who uses mostly virtual synths I really admire the great sound that comes from hard synths...needs little to no EQ....just some effects....I love it.

  • @geoffphillips3320
    @geoffphillips3320 Před 5 lety +9

    I usually skip over any “guitar” presets on synths or digital pianos, but my god this guy makes it actually sound like an expressive actual guitar player. Now I realize the patch doesn’t suck, it’s me!!!

  • @agapefaith
    @agapefaith Před 4 lety +20

    3:34 those chord progressions on POINT! 🎹

  • @davidbaez8442
    @davidbaez8442 Před 5 lety +45

    OMG!! 5:11 incredible, a 80's sound chip still sounds amazing, beating many current professional keyboards

    • @darrenhirst9900
      @darrenhirst9900 Před 2 lety +3

      1983 it was pretty dam impressive and it was heard everywhere on songs to commercials to games etc.

  • @Aardcore
    @Aardcore Před 3 lety +11

    even in 2021 this thing still sounds like it came from the damn future, this thing is so badass

  • @SynthManiaDotCom
    @SynthManiaDotCom  Před 12 lety +54

    Yup - it's a classic. Pair it with an analog poly of the era, add a LinnDrum, and you have the sound of the '80s in a nutshell...

    • @325iaddict
      @325iaddict Před 3 lety +8

      Something like a Juno 60? I'm currently restoring the original DX7. It just needs a new battery, and when it's open I'll recap the power supply completely.

    • @timbuk1126
      @timbuk1126 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@325iaddictOberheim OB8

  • @Utubesuxmycock
    @Utubesuxmycock Před 9 lety +1005

    i think we all came here for
    5:20

    • @Utubesuxmycock
      @Utubesuxmycock Před 8 lety +44

      ***** pure sex
      pure sex

    • @heatherferreira4225
      @heatherferreira4225 Před 8 lety +12

      Right? :D

    • @michaeljagger7673
      @michaeljagger7673 Před 8 lety +82

      +RAPEE APE thats the sound that made the dx7 famous. it was suppose to imitate a rhodes piano. it doesnt but its a great sound in its own right you hear off tonnes of records in the 80's

    • @michaeljagger7673
      @michaeljagger7673 Před 8 lety +25

      ***** when you hear the e piano on an 80's record you know its from a dx7

    • @guitarplo
      @guitarplo Před 7 lety +1

      BIG BOSS uirr

  • @randywatson8347
    @randywatson8347 Před 7 lety +8

    So iconic in the 80's pop music. Lot's of uses in new wave / romantics, TV sitcom, commercals and documentary shows.
    Nr 15 is vital.

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge Před 10 lety +274

    DX7 had amazing bright synth sounds but not much realism in actual instruments except for that damned awesome elec piano!!! haha that thing is sweet. and the organ sounds.

    • @BeBoBli
      @BeBoBli Před 10 lety +9

      Hey, TruthSurge! As a subscriber, glad to see you posting here...
      I happen to really dig the DX7 and would love to own one as a luxury after I spruce up on my FM skills. This keyboard had many synthesis features to manufacture your own sounds that seemingly few professionals in the west even utilized at the time.

    • @TruthSurge
      @TruthSurge Před 10 lety +8

      just snooping after selling my M1. finally got a DX7 again. Not for the sounds, just the keyboard. working pretty well.

    • @BeBoBli
      @BeBoBli Před 10 lety +3

      TruthSurge Oh, the sounds shown here are not what I speak of. You can manipulate envelopes and operators directly with this model!
      I'm sure you've noticed it's interface is quite unique. You can model many sounds from the ground up, even some weird garbage and other stuff maybe no one has even found or really put to melodic use yet!
      There was little documentation on it and this FM synthesis as a method for manufacturing sounds was very underrated, but is recently seeing a renewed interest in the west.

    • @radagastbrown1578
      @radagastbrown1578 Před 10 lety +16

      Have to disagree about the realism. At the time it came out, it could produce much more realistic sounds than analog. Vibes, marimba, steel drum, and timpani for example. After I bought one, I discovered the secret to programming very realistic analog sounds. I tried a blind test with two friends who were analog lovers and they couldn't tell the difference between my DX-7 analog string patch and my Oberheim Matix 6. Of course sampling won in the realism battle later.

    • @TruthSurge
      @TruthSurge Před 10 lety +4

      radagast brown Yes, those you list are in the mallet/key family. One basic tone that hits and decays. The DX7 had nothing on the M1, however (and they came out roughly at the same time) because the M1 used SAMPLES (real recordings) whereas the DX7 used FM modulation. For reaslim, the M1 was in another universe because it used samples.

  • @Krg8485
    @Krg8485 Před 6 lety +15

    5:39, the definition of the 80s and early 90s

  • @morrisman64
    @morrisman64 Před 8 lety +69

    We thank u for this great demo video of this classic board

  • @nintenboxvideos865
    @nintenboxvideos865 Před 8 lety +38

    This made the 80s perfect!!

  • @tremayne3
    @tremayne3 Před 4 lety +7

    One of the most wonderful musical instruments ever made.

  • @tangofizz77
    @tangofizz77 Před 10 lety +4

    Brilliant demo! Couldn't have asked for better chord progressions on a legendary unit.

  • @dragonsfire07
    @dragonsfire07 Před 7 měsíci

    My DX7 arrived yesterday and I'm honestly super excited to finally use it! It has some of my favorite factory presets of any synth, and your demonstration is even better

  • @InkfinityOkamix3
    @InkfinityOkamix3 Před 7 lety +132

    The sound of this synthesizer really reminds me of soundtracks to old Sega Genesis games. I just love the sound of these retro synths

    • @dangerszewski9816
      @dangerszewski9816 Před 6 lety +25

      Yamaha made an FM synth chip that was used heavily by electronics manufacturers, including Sega and Soundblaster. Some of the cheaper 90s Yamaha keyboards literally use the same FM chips as Soundblaster cards for PC.

    • @fuki98
      @fuki98 Před 2 lety +3

      Because Sega Genesis use a Yahama soundchip

    • @InkfinityOkamix3
      @InkfinityOkamix3 Před 2 lety

      @@fuki98 bruh you replied to a 4 year old comment I made. I know this now

    • @zachsteiner
      @zachsteiner Před 2 lety +1

      @@InkfinityOkamix3 lmfao

    • @onetwo234
      @onetwo234 Před rokem

      @@InkfinityOkamix3 that’s good to know that you saw the reply, especially after commenting at first so many years ago.

  • @enigmaticengineer
    @enigmaticengineer Před 11 lety +6

    You picked excellent riffs to show off the capabilites of the DX7 in basic trim. Kudos.

  • @MrDoublebassdave
    @MrDoublebassdave Před rokem +6

    Hats off for playing each style on point for the preset 👏👏👏

  • @fukkjulien
    @fukkjulien Před 8 lety +182

    U MAGICIAN BRO ? 11:27

  • @flamethrower82
    @flamethrower82 Před 6 lety

    Dude, those sounds take me back to the days of good music!!! I could listen that jazz playing all day.

  • @BBT609
    @BBT609 Před 10 lety +12

    DX7 Electric Piano 1 is the best on that keyboard. Very smooth tune you played there man. AMAZING

  • @adamharris9560
    @adamharris9560 Před 7 lety +4

    In the song "Say You, Say Me", the Yamaha DX7 ROM-4B patch "Bell-Flute (Bell and Flute/Bells and Flute/Bells-Flute/Bells and Flute)", Sound Sources "ROM 128" patch "Bellfry", ROM-4A patches "Tub Bells", "Orchestral Strings in 5ths" and "Synth Brass (Brass 2)" were heard.

  • @machiwoomiapoo
    @machiwoomiapoo Před 7 lety

    I love the DX7 sounds. :) Thanks for the upload! Sam.

  • @AndySalinger33
    @AndySalinger33 Před 4 lety

    Cool video! Gotta love the DX7. Superb little machine!

  • @adamharris7775
    @adamharris7775 Před 5 lety +5

    In the song “You Give Good Love” (1985), the Yamaha DX7 internal patch “Electric Piano 1” was heard.

  • @jochanxwretch
    @jochanxwretch Před 4 lety +26

    "This week, on a very special episode of 'Some 80's Sitcom', someone learns that something socially acceptable for responsible adults isn't acceptable for children/teens. Will they (insert situationally appropriate pun)? Find out Friday, at 7:30."

  • @rolandogomez6874
    @rolandogomez6874 Před 2 lety +2

    Me encantó ver su magistral video con esos sonidos siniguales de Yamaha DX...

  • @the-synth-artist
    @the-synth-artist Před 2 lety

    This video alone made me get into fm synths, and now I happily own three! Thank you for this demo :D!

  • @scottcupp8129
    @scottcupp8129 Před 3 lety +11

    And this synth is so much more than just presets. I just bought one of these on Ebay. #12 is a great jazz guitar. I actually know how to program FM synthesis. It really is fun. Complex but fun

    • @TheTruthIsFiction
      @TheTruthIsFiction Před 2 lety +1

      I recognise more than half of these sounds in this video from pop music in the 1980s as well as TV shows. All of this was just the presets. I wish I could just go through 32 presets and find half of them to be useful. However, this synth was very expensive. It cost $2000 in 1983 dollars.

    • @scottcupp8129
      @scottcupp8129 Před rokem

      @@TheTruthIsFiction Yes indeed. That was the equivalent of about $5000 today. These days I have a DX7, a DX7S, a Novation Mini Nova, Yamaha EX5, Behringer Deep Mind 12, Ensoniq SQ1+ and Behringer Neutron. All kinds of fun synths :)

  • @Usouce
    @Usouce Před 5 lety +3

    Just bought a Dx7 from a thrift store. Prestine condition for dirt cheap. Love the classic sounds they produce.

  • @WaytogoEinstein
    @WaytogoEinstein Před 5 měsíci

    My old friend Chuck turned me onto this and the Roland D-50 back in the day. These sounds remind me of the good times we had jamming back then. Rest peacefully Chuckster. Sure do miss you man.

  • @darrenhirst9900
    @darrenhirst9900 Před rokem

    My respect SynthMania.
    I love all the content you've made.

  • @aaa-cz9zu
    @aaa-cz9zu Před 6 lety +3

    I played these sounds with Dexed while watching the video and it's amazing how close this program gets to the real thing...

  • @SonicTheJackrabbit
    @SonicTheJackrabbit Před 9 lety +59

    Man some of these sounds were quite realistic for an FM synth in 1983.

  • @alexanderhoke672
    @alexanderhoke672 Před 6 lety

    This video hits all the feels, great demo :)

  • @leonkennedy9099
    @leonkennedy9099 Před 7 lety +2

    Incredible! ✌
    That's where we realized how much the synthesizers have evolved!!
    Congratulations for you video and channel! ✌

  • @darksidehero
    @darksidehero Před 7 lety +31

    To finally find out what made all of my fav music from the 80s and 90s lol

  • @8527573
    @8527573 Před 8 lety +43

    E.piano 1 reminds me of the 90's. Ive been looking for that piano sound for a long time

    • @macalby
      @macalby Před 8 lety +4

      +Spanky Bruh More like the 70s...

    • @8527573
      @8527573 Před 8 lety

      +ReviewMovieWorld i hear that piano in a lot of 90's music, thats why i said that.

    • @hemz96
      @hemz96 Před 8 lety +12

      +Finely definitely 90s

    • @8527573
      @8527573 Před 8 lety +1

      +hemz96 thank youuu!

    • @Noh_Mercy
      @Noh_Mercy Před 8 lety +8

      the korg m1 is 200% 90s.

  • @douglaswilliams8336
    @douglaswilliams8336 Před 6 lety

    you are just plain talented, well seasoned and have the best most well taken care of toys. Subbed!!!

  • @2beJT
    @2beJT Před 3 lety +2

    Always have loved that e piano patch.

  • @PREEM513
    @PREEM513 Před 5 lety +9

    1:00 just made my day.

  • @LordMarkieMark
    @LordMarkieMark Před 3 lety +12

    13:04 Very festive. I don't think I've heard a synth that has a better sounding Tubular Bells patch than the DX7.

    • @sampound9236
      @sampound9236 Před 6 měsíci

      FM synth is basically built for metallic sounds, very beautiful and i agree

  • @marklechman2225
    @marklechman2225 Před 2 lety

    These sounds take me back. I so wanted a Dx-7 when I was a kid.

  • @gcmproductions3499
    @gcmproductions3499 Před 8 lety

    thanks for the demo this board still is a beast today , its in my top 5 along with the roland d50 and korg m1

  • @manuelalejandroorqueravald6511

    Una joyita de los '80.

  • @adamharris7775
    @adamharris7775 Před 6 lety +2

    In some October 2017 Cartoon Network promo, the Yamaha DX7 internal patch “Electric Piano 1” was heard and the Yamaha DX7 ROM-2B patch “Electric Piano 1-Brass BC” (without the brass part) was heard and the Yamaha DX7 ROM-4B patch “Electric Piano 1-Brass BC” (without the brass part) was heard.

  • @uhoh007
    @uhoh007 Před 4 lety +1

    Best I ever heard a DX7 sound. Thank You. Now I get it.

  • @colinbergh3923
    @colinbergh3923 Před 7 lety +2

    Excellent playing

  •  Před 9 lety +7

    I have just fallen in love with this synth. It really has the old school videogames sound.

  • @joezuru3753
    @joezuru3753 Před 3 lety +6

    13:19 ooh that's where the Ring sound from sonic comes from

  • @DivKid
    @DivKid Před 10 lety

    Nicely demonstrated, great video!

  • @stevelitt
    @stevelitt Před 6 lety

    thanks for this video, great demo and great playing!

  • @Director84
    @Director84 Před 10 lety +19

    That's no coincidence: Actually the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive featured a Yamaha FM synthesizer chip, which was closely related to the DX7 synthi.

    • @one_step_sideways
      @one_step_sideways Před 2 lety

      It really started from the arcade games. Listen to After Burner 2 soundtrack on the Sega X arcade board. The music is fantastic

  • @dangitbruh
    @dangitbruh Před 7 lety +105

    I wish I could improvise like this.

  • @payne0410
    @payne0410 Před 6 lety +2

    Not sure how anyone could dislike this. Those pianos! About to buy one of these. My Minilogue just can’t compete.

  • @goearthboy2723
    @goearthboy2723 Před 6 lety

    Oh man! Those pianos are all i've been looking for!!

  • @mahjonglover3614
    @mahjonglover3614 Před 10 lety +8

    Best e piano sound which i ever heard

    • @FIXTREME
      @FIXTREME Před 5 lety +1

      Go listen to a Korg m1

  • @adamharris7775
    @adamharris7775 Před 5 lety +4

    In the 1986 version of song “It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas”, the Yamaha DX7 internal patches “Electric Piano 1” and “Harp 1” and ROM-1B patch “Harp 2” were heard.

  • @ElectronicazMusic
    @ElectronicazMusic Před rokem

    Beautiful playing. Wonderful nostalgic sounds.

  • @saiyanjohn9212
    @saiyanjohn9212 Před 6 lety +1

    The TUB BELLS brought me so much nostalgia... Feels like its good old 2003 again. I loved it man

  • @adrianskoneczny1038
    @adrianskoneczny1038 Před 3 lety +10

    15) BASS 1 - i can hear "What Is Love" Howard's Jones :)

    • @325iaddict
      @325iaddict Před 3 lety

      And you will hear a LOT of other 80s songs with this bass - as soon as you start to notice, there's no end to it.

  • @kevin12567
    @kevin12567 Před 11 lety +3

    I'm checking out a soft synth that just came out for Reason 6.5 called PX-7 which is based on the DX-7 It's even patch-compatible with all original DX-7 patches after being converted on Reason's website. Although it emulates the DX-7, it has knobs, and sliders for the envelopes to make it easier to program.

  • @adamharris7775
    @adamharris7775 Před 6 lety +1

    In the song “In Too Deep” (where the Roland TR-808 sounds/modified sounds and Roland Alpha Juno patch “Bell Chimes 1” were heard) and “My All” (probably 1989), the Yamaha DX7 internal patch “Electric Piano 1” was heard.

  • @kjmusic2541
    @kjmusic2541 Před 7 lety +2

    Wow, I didn't know just what a powerhouse of cool, funky sounds the DX7 was/is. I could use all those sounds.

  • @lundsweden
    @lundsweden Před 2 lety +8

    Its amazing that the sound design team made such great presets in something like two weeks back in 1983. These presets are better than the thousands of free DX7 patches available online made in the last 40 years, IMO!

    • @EliseoCaporale
      @EliseoCaporale Před 2 lety +4

      In Wikipedia it says they had to make the sounds in no more than 4 days!! Wow!

  • @adamharris7775
    @adamharris7775 Před 2 lety +8

    In the 1986 Kids Incorporated version of the song "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going", the Yamaha DX7 internal patch "Electric Piano 1" was heard.

    • @bigd3087
      @bigd3087 Před 2 lety +3

      THAT'S what made it all happen, right there... 🤣 (Seriously, Martika was my future wife...big life plans at age 11!) 👍

    • @lundsweden
      @lundsweden Před 2 lety +2

      Ah, Martika was cute!

  • @adamharris7775
    @adamharris7775 Před 6 lety +2

    In the song "Dumble", the Yamaha DX7 internal patches "Bass 1" and "Tub Erupt" mixed with the Korg M1 patch "Piano" were heard.

  • @akhyder
    @akhyder Před 6 lety

    Great demo, man!

  • @DadoSimicStudiostriver
    @DadoSimicStudiostriver Před 8 lety +125

    Nostalgia is killing me.

  • @esqinanda
    @esqinanda Před 4 lety +5

    5:20 | Electric Piano 1 is what i’m waiting for

  • @aranahan
    @aranahan Před 6 lety

    i'm really impressed by this demo

  • @thegimpsometimes5937
    @thegimpsometimes5937 Před 5 lety

    Wonderful playing I didn't think I liked the dx7 till I heard you play on it

  • @flexor212000
    @flexor212000 Před 8 lety +39

    8:42 "Take my brreeath awaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy.. duhn duhn..."

    • @powerdx7383
      @powerdx7383 Před 8 lety +4

      Yes, there is a lot theories around that famous bass sound in Take My Breath Away by Berlin. It probably went through heavy post-processing to make that sound. I tried to edit it, but couldn't get it right, so instead, I create my own bass patch that is pretty good. you can check my CZcams channel by clicking on the Power DX7 Icon next to this comment. You will find a DX7 demo video of the famous song. Cheers, Power DX7.

  • @CRITTERBUSTERS
    @CRITTERBUSTERS Před 10 lety +6

    Oh love those chimey sounds, especially on the Tubular bells :)

  • @honestinsky
    @honestinsky Před 3 lety

    Excellent video, thanks for posting, much appreciated. A+

  • @nicolesproducerpack
    @nicolesproducerpack Před 7 lety +19

    E Organ 1, Bass 1 , E.Piano 1, Clav 1, and Marimba are my favourites out the lot.

    • @silentghost82
      @silentghost82 Před 7 lety

      Music Resources, Gaming/Nicole Marie T all other sounds are useless train. refery wistle.takeoff.etc

    • @torybrasileiro3026
      @torybrasileiro3026 Před 6 lety

      Dx7 E Organ 1 is similar than Organ 2 M1

    • @samthesmartfella
      @samthesmartfella Před 5 lety

      the M1 used samples in their presets so they probably sampled the E. Organ 1 @@torybrasileiro3026

    • @adamharris7775
      @adamharris7775 Před 4 lety +1

      Music Resources, Gaming, Nicole Marie T The Yamaha DX7 internal patch “Electric Piano 1” which was heard in episode 2 of season 2 of Mr. Robot was heard in “Take Me Home” which is featured in the 2nd episode of season 2 of Mr. Robot.

    • @adamharris7775
      @adamharris7775 Před 4 lety +1

      Music Resources, Gaming, Nicole Marie T In the Pole Position theme (1984), the Yamaha DX7 internal patch “Take Off” is heard.