Free FM Synthesizer Dexed (VST Windows and Mac)

[ZeePok]

hmm.. sorry ras.s my bad. and thank you chris-s for posting the link.

I guess I better get my behind in gear and do some serious work on that guide.( still trying to get around github so if i screw up..apologies in advance).

 
Any chance of doing a PDF version?

Have no idea what to do with an .odt file. (No Open Office, or any Office for that matter.)
 

[Dandruff]

Feedback:
When i use the cutoff it always emits a small pop at around 80% right (knob position) regardless of the patch.

Confirmed (0.9.1). Moving the knob fast gives weird clicks.


REAPER 5 project attached to reproduce (filter modulated by REAPER LFO).



Another issue I think:

Many patches ("BANKS, T." as good example) have pretty high content at 25 Hz. I don't think that this should be there. Maybe there should be a Highpass filter on the output?

[Chris-S]

Any chance of doing a PDF version?
Have no idea what to do with an .odt file. (No Open Office, or any Office for that matter.)  

Hi,
google for "online doc format converter".

[jobinho]

Can someone help me with the best way to save individual presets with Dexed?

thanks

[EvilDragon]

I would just use your DAW to save presets to FXP.

[sebber]

Another idea though: it would be nice if the current version would be displayed somewhere in Dexed. I've got several versions of Dexed now on my computer and I sometimes don't know which one I loaded

It's already there. If you start dexed, the first thing it shows in the text box is the version running. In the 0.9.1 version, if you click on the dexed logo, you will have the about window that shows the current version.

Yes, indeed! Thanks!

And I think it has been mentioned earlier: it would be nice if one could turn on/off single oscillators without having to silence them with the volume control, because when comparing sounds I always have to write down the original volume so I don't forget it. That's a real drag, actually.
In the sysex, this info is not stored, it simply puts the op level to 0 when it if off. Guess I'll add that in the next version. I just need to find where I could put the switch on the UI. Maybe on the numbers that turns darker when it is off... I don't know.

Sounds good to me.

With some patches, only Modern (24-bit) sounds like the DX7 with Mark I and OPL doing basically something completely different. Has this always been like this? I'm on Dexed 0.9.1. and Mac 10.10.4.
To me, Mark I is the closest. Check the "Say Again" and "SloSwl //Y" with a real DX7, the feedback level on the Modern one is definitely not the same. If you see a difference, I would like to know which one sounds more on par with the "Modern" engine.

Damn, I can't find the sound that sounded totally different anymore. However, I tested a few sounds and here are some where Dexed sounds noticeably different from the original (regardless of engine):

1: On DX7 sound goes completely away when Mod Wheel is at 0, on Dexed it's just quieter

3: Dexed reaches Sustain phase faster than DX7

4: Operators 3/4: Beating is slower in lower register

5: Different timbre

6: Different overtones and movements between Dexed and DX7
(play staccato in high register)

7: The DX7 displays a buzziness which Dexed, regardless of chosen sound engine, doesn't have. This unclean buzziness is quite sexy, though.
(play long bass note)

8: envelope times are different

9: Operators 4/6: Dexed has more overtones than the more mellow sounding DX7, making it sound more "digital" (yes, I know...)

10: this sound doesn't work at all in Dexed

11: differences when using Mark I or Modern sound engine

12: same sound as above: Modern sounds closer to original

You can find the SysEx here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/383 ... 0.9.1..syx

Example 2 is missing because I can't find that sound anymore (see above!)

Are these known differences?

Thanks again for all the good work!

[electro]

I would just use your DAW to save presets to FXP.

Don't you think DEXED should be capable of saving DX7 .syx files?

[EvilDragon]

That wouldn't be a bad idea.

[pathworker]

hmm.. sorry ras.s my bad. and thank you chris-s for posting the link.

I guess I better get my behind in gear and do some serious work on that guide.( still trying to get around github so if i screw up..apologies in advance).

 
Any chance of doing a PDF version?

Have no idea what to do with an .odt file. (No Open Office, or any Office for that matter.)
 

At the moment the guide is in very early stages and would be confusing for beginners so its not quite pdf ready, however I will put up an early draft in pdf once i get some conflicts resolved and out of the way.( probably set something up incorrectly knowing my luck or my logic is faulty ).

i actually use LibreOffice for all my edits simply because it is open source and I don't feel like shelling out to Microsoft for the privilege

UPDATE, I am finding git hub a pain so am changing tactic.
work will be done locally and a pdf will be posted as a public share on Dropbox(that was my original plan and I should have stuck to it haha)

[pathworker]

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Any chance of doing a PDF version?

Have no idea what to do with an .odt file. (No Open Office, or any Office for that matter.)
 

PDF is now a public share on drop box(note that is a very early draft and needs a LOT of tlc)

as ever suggestions, additions, corrections very welcome.

so without further ado, here is the public share...

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/250 ... manual.pdf

[sebber]

It has probably been posted here before, but maybe it makes sense writing it again in connection with the manual: there are (at least) for books which deal with the DX7:

- a manual by Yamaha with a blue front cover. This seems to be one of the first ones and I found it a bit confusing

- another manual by Yamaha with the title "Authorized Product Manual". It's in black and white and has "1999" on the last page. I found this much better to read and it gives many more examples.

- "Basic FM Synthesis on the Yamaha DX7" by Mark Phillips, which won't work unless you also have the example patches

- "The complete DX7" by Howard Massey, which is for absolute beginners and which explains (and talks) a lot

[pathworker]

I have looked at all manuals mentioned. the blue book is a very basic introduction,( if memory serves me right) you get enough to find your way around the DX7 and that is about it, as far as programming the beast goes, your on your own.
the "authorized" one, is a bit better in that there is, I think a little more detail.( the second Yamaha book came out as a result of user requests I believe since the first manual only gave a cursory treatment of a method of synthesis which was, at the time very different from the predominant analog methodology

As to the other books. the complete DX7 is perhaps the most comprehensive.
the explanation of how to use the envelope generators for example is quite involved and takes a couple of readings before it sinks in.The profusion of diagrams helps to clarify sometimes quite complex concepts,

Basic Fm on the Yamaha DX7 by mark Philips is also useful, the example patches are probably lying around somewhere ( or they could be recreated and made available as an archive to go along with the book.)

[MachFront]

A few things:

#1 To BlackWinny - Your bank. I've around about 37 gazillion banks from across the web for Dexed by way of old DX7 sysex (or whatever they are...). Is your collection an extension of this, original, an extension of these...or...something else? I just have to wonder if I'll be repeating a thousand and one presets if I also include your bank.

#2 To, well, EvilDragon and other Reaper users: I haven't been able to repeat it yet but earlier I loaded Dexed in a new Reaper project, flipped through a few of the included presets, then (because I'd forgotten the 'cart' thing) I attempted to navigate to presets by way of Reaper's "load fxb" etc.. That's when I recalled Dexed's 'cart'...errumm....thing. So, yeah. Clicked on that and began to lose myself (as one has no choice but to do) within the sea of DX7, DX11, TX....192872844...aannnddd other Yamaha stuffs...etc., etc., blah, blah, blah. At some short but into this, all the presets had a 'dirty, noisy grit' to them. After a few presets sharing this I knew something was very wrong. When I closed everything up, then reloaded Reaper again and then loaded up Dexed and went straight away into the 'cart' and back to the same bank I was flipping through, everything was clear and clean as it should be. As I stated before I've not yet been able to replicate it, so I was wondering if anyone else has come across this?

#3 To everyone: How in the world can you ever stop looking through presets for this awesome synth?!? Having all those Yamaha sysex and so on... and as someone who is essentially a 'preset user/whore/tweaker'...it's an entire universe of patches. And I thought I was spoiled for choice with Synth1 presets. HA!....and...Yay!...and....uuuggghhh.....gaahh....
Ya know? I mean...jeeze.

[Yeager]

Bugs ?
Osc in fixed mode the finetune of 50 gave me 6hz Now it's 3.16228 Hz : 99-> was 10.9Hz Now 9.77237

This BUG is still there, and furthermore the presets from the CART -> DX7-OC and -> Original Yamaha/DX1 : give me complete gibberish in version 0.9.1,
this was/is still OK in version 0.9.0.

[synergy543]

It would be really useful if I could control the cutoff knob from my mod wheel (CC1).

Is there a way to do this?