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Originally Posted by Stevil  that poor seller. that listing sounds like the kryptonite of catch phrases.
i understand they are hell to learn to program. i had one in college midilab many years ago & never really took the time to get under the hood of it.
for reasons i dont recall, i was kinda partial to the v50 back in the day.
i dunno if yer familair with Xymox. but their keyboard player Pieter Nooten did an amazing, mellow, mostly instrumental album that has a ton of DX7 pads on it programmed by Eno. 4AD - Pieter Nooten And Michael Brook - Sleeps With The Fishes |
I used to make it a habit to check every couple days on eBay for generic tags like that and see if there's any crappy listings for cheap gear.
I haven't actually programmed via the front interface of the DX7, but I did have a TX7 for a short time and used to program it via software. FM synthesis really isn't that hard to wrap your head around in and of itself. It's these shitty interfaces that Yamaha slapped on them that make them so tough. I've just always kind of preferred the TX81Z style FM (four operator with waveforms other than sine) because even though they don't sound quite as fat, they have a broader sonic palette. That V50 looks awesome though. I'm going to have to check that out. How bad was the front panel on that one?