Video: Yamaha DX7: The Official Sound of the 1980s

ON a Friday in the UK they show old episodes of Top of the Pops (UK bastion of mainstream music for over 30 years)- and I've become obsessed with DX7 spotting, mid to late 80's I've seen as many as 3 on an episode :)

Spent a lot of time with that machine in the 80s. Still do not miss programming it though.

I love this synth. There’s something so magical about the sound. Yes it’s brassy and sharp but there’s just something that this can do that other synths can’t. I have the KORG Volca FM and I won’t ever sell it.

I love some of the old Yamaha equipment. I finally got a VL-70 wind synth module I’ve wanted forever. So many cool sounds.

I love Dexed although I never bothered to do my own sounds. The Lost FM Cartridge is great, so thank you for that. I used to have a DX7 and a few cartridges gifted to me by my dad. It disappeared when I was sharing a space with a bunch of other people. It's a little sad to loose a gift from my dad who passed away a few years ago, but ... spilt milk and a small appartment already stuffed with many other hobby materials :)

Oh, whoa. I've been playing around with Dexed for a while now. Don't think I made the connection that it was essentially a DX7 plugin. Very cool!

I will have to look at Dexed again now that I am running the Grey Matter mod...on the stock original DX7 it does not do live patches. I am using the Hypersynth Hcard-701, that can hold about 12000 presets...and I have stored everything I could find (including the Brian Eno stuff you showed.) BTW @madFame on YT did DX7 patch videos...showing how to create different patches using the small lcd and membrane buttons...

I picked on up a few years ago for $100, all it needed was the battery replaced...it is just a lovely playing and sounding instrument...but almost impossible to program.