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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

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. 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 BoyJP 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