79$ ugh
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-DX21-DX27-DX100-DX11-TX81Z-Data-cassette-tape-interface-cable-/131467604554?hash=item1e9c14724a
On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 4:40 PM, c j <coda27@hotmail.com> wrote:
quoted 58 lines Interesting. I had a feeling the "DX" in the title referred to the DX
> Interesting. I had a feeling the "DX" in the title referred to the DX
> series, but wasn't entirely sure how. Most of them can make such
> strange/terrible noises it wouldn't have been too far-fetched to believe
> the track was sounds from a DX9 itself. I have a few Yamaha FM
> rackmounts...some 4 op, some 6 op...might have to try this out; I have a
> MIDI/Sysex controller hooked up to mine because they're already a bitch to
> edit, so some pre-made AFX patches would be sweet, even just to reverse
> engineer them.
>
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> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:09:16 -0500
> Subject: afx - dx9 20 afx voices
> From: clinta@gmail.com
> To: idm@hyperreal.org
>
>
> heh someone decoded what this 'random noise' sounding track is:
>
> So, for anyone wondering why AFX uploaded a noise this painful to
> Soundcloud... the answer may intrigue you.
>
> This track was not meant for human consumption. "Maybe you would like it
> if you had robot ears." -- JP - Grandma's Boy
>
> JP was correct in his assertion. At least, in this case. The track
> "dx9-20-afx-voices" is actually a memory dump of Presets from the Yamaha
> DX-9 Synthesizer.
>
> Old Synthesizers [and some modern ones... like the Korg Monotribe] Use
> Analogue recordings to store Firmware information, Setup information, and
> even presets.
>
> Old Synths usually use a Radio Shack TRS-80 Style Computer Controlled
> Cassette Player.
>
> In the case of the Monotribe... you downloaded a .wav file from Korg, you
> hook an audio cable from your laptop/phone playing the .wav file... to the
> Sync port on your synth... you put it into mode where it will accept a data
> transfer... and then you hit play... and the synth interprets the audio it
> is hearing like a file is being sent to it over a dial-up modem [it even
> sounds like a dial-up modem.. because essentially... it is].
>
> Then the synth reboots... and now there's new information in it... In the
> case of DX-9 Voices... if you have a Yamaha DX-9... this would allow you to
> get your hands on the Presets that Richard D. James most likely used on
> some of his tracks that make use of the Yamaha DX-9.
>
> So... if you know anyone with a Yamaha DX-9.... or even a TX-9... and you
> want some Instruments Presets from the Ginger Wizard himself... this is one
> way to get them.
>
>
> https://soundcloud.com/user18081971/dx9-20-afx-voices
>
>
> Clint Anderson
> Systems Engineer
>