You have to import those files individually because DX7 V doesn't read SYX files directly (it has to convert them, which is what Piet did). The advantage is that you can convert each bank, listen to the 32 presets, and judge immediately which ones you want to preserve. I did that right after I got DX7 V, and kept ONLY those that interested me.Tappistry wrote: Tue Jan 01, 2019 5:41 am However, the smaller BlackWinny collection does import automatically in the presets/dx7v/user folder. Each of the .syx files has to be imported individually.
And happy 2019, everybody!
Beware that some of these presets are meant to be used LAYERED TOGETHER. That's what happens, for example with the presets of TX816, DX1 or DX7II. You can load them individually, but to get the real intended sound, you have to load ALL of them in different instances of DX7 V and play them together.
For example, TX816 has eight banks. Each was meant to be loaded in one of the eight cards of the TX816. When you would go play the TX816 through MIDI (which was the only way to play it) you had two options - play each card in its own channel (you would end with a multi-timbral synth) or play ALL cards on the same MIDI channel, in which case you would end with a monster eight-layer synth.
If you look at the eight Banks, you will see, for example, STRGS 2.1 in TX816 1, STRGS 2.2 in TX816 2, STRG.H.2.3 in TX816 3... up to bank TX816 8. All these presets are in position 02, which would meant that, when we sent Program Change 02, each card would play its own corresponding preset. As I said, try load eight instances of DX7 V and load each bank in its own instance, and then play these presets TOGETHER. Then you will have an idea of what a TX816 sounded like, and why it was revered.
The same applies (with just two layers) to DX1, DX5 and DX7II presets.
