FREE : put a DX7 in your Fantom X!
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FREE : put a DX7 in your Fantom X!
Hi!
I have just created a Fantom X bank of genuine Yamaha DX7 patches. Before I sold my old, trusty 1983 DX7 Mark 1 a few years back, I sampled my favourite sounds (mine and slightly modified presets) into my Akai S5000. I have just got those samples out of the Akai and into the Fantom and I thought I would share the bank with you. The patches are based on multisamples made from 135 samples. The sounds were sampled at every F# key. My VeloTines patch is a very expressive velocity-switched sound made from 4 multisamples at 4 different velocity levels (20 samples); the velocity thresholds were adjusted to my playing on a Fantom X8 so you may have to re-adjust them to your liking. You will need more than the standard 32Mb sample RAM to load all the sounds.
Patches:
Airy Pad, Airy Pad Stereo, Anarezo, Bass 01, Bass 02, Block, Env Koto, Glide Pad, Glide Pad Stereo, Airy Glide, Long Harp, Short Harp, Jupiter Strings, Karimba, Kenjo-Ji, Kenjo-Ji Stereo, Koto, PrSynBass, Pseudo Guitar, Pseudo Guitar Stereo, Sitar, Sitar Stereo, Synclavier, Synclavier Stereo, Full Tines, Full Tines Stereo, Tubular Bells, Wire Strung, Woody Wurly, Chorus Wurly, Wurlitzer, Wurlitzer Stereo, Velo Tines.
The stereo versions are doubled, detuned and hard-panned versions of the mono patches. Such stereo sounds could obviously not be achieved on a single DX7, as those machines had a single mono output. I have added a little reverb, delay and/or chorus to some patches.
Known issues:
- 'Env Koto' didn't sample well in the upper registers,
- Some samples are a little noisy ('Full Tines' in particular) but this is only apparent when sustaining many notes simultaneously,
- Some loop points aren't great but they're not really noticeable,
- There is a noticeable click in the Pseudo Guitar F#2 sample. I will check the original sample and post it here if necessary.
This is the link to the zipped file: http://www.gillescoudert.com/sounds/DX7.zip
Merry Christmas!
I have just created a Fantom X bank of genuine Yamaha DX7 patches. Before I sold my old, trusty 1983 DX7 Mark 1 a few years back, I sampled my favourite sounds (mine and slightly modified presets) into my Akai S5000. I have just got those samples out of the Akai and into the Fantom and I thought I would share the bank with you. The patches are based on multisamples made from 135 samples. The sounds were sampled at every F# key. My VeloTines patch is a very expressive velocity-switched sound made from 4 multisamples at 4 different velocity levels (20 samples); the velocity thresholds were adjusted to my playing on a Fantom X8 so you may have to re-adjust them to your liking. You will need more than the standard 32Mb sample RAM to load all the sounds.
Patches:
Airy Pad, Airy Pad Stereo, Anarezo, Bass 01, Bass 02, Block, Env Koto, Glide Pad, Glide Pad Stereo, Airy Glide, Long Harp, Short Harp, Jupiter Strings, Karimba, Kenjo-Ji, Kenjo-Ji Stereo, Koto, PrSynBass, Pseudo Guitar, Pseudo Guitar Stereo, Sitar, Sitar Stereo, Synclavier, Synclavier Stereo, Full Tines, Full Tines Stereo, Tubular Bells, Wire Strung, Woody Wurly, Chorus Wurly, Wurlitzer, Wurlitzer Stereo, Velo Tines.
The stereo versions are doubled, detuned and hard-panned versions of the mono patches. Such stereo sounds could obviously not be achieved on a single DX7, as those machines had a single mono output. I have added a little reverb, delay and/or chorus to some patches.
Known issues:
- 'Env Koto' didn't sample well in the upper registers,
- Some samples are a little noisy ('Full Tines' in particular) but this is only apparent when sustaining many notes simultaneously,
- Some loop points aren't great but they're not really noticeable,
- There is a noticeable click in the Pseudo Guitar F#2 sample. I will check the original sample and post it here if necessary.
This is the link to the zipped file: http://www.gillescoudert.com/sounds/DX7.zip
Merry Christmas!
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Re: FREE : put a DX7 in your Fantom X!
Hi gcoudert67,
Nice work, thanks for you graceful offer.
Merry Christmas.
Julio
Nice work, thanks for you graceful offer.
Merry Christmas.
Julio
Re: FREE : put a DX7 in your Fantom X!
Old thread, but am grateful and curious.
A) thanks for sharing this!
B) I encountered some of the patches to be sampled or assigned 1 octave up. E.g. the full tines-patches, but there are more of those. Am I correct, and has this been done deliberately?
A) thanks for sharing this!
B) I encountered some of the patches to be sampled or assigned 1 octave up. E.g. the full tines-patches, but there are more of those. Am I correct, and has this been done deliberately?
Re: FREE : put a DX7 in your Fantom X!
Thanks for the WAV samples!
Cheers!
Cheers!
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Re: FREE : put a DX7 in your Fantom X!
To be honest, I really can't remember. A lot of water has gone under the bridge since I sampled that DX7. Glad you like the samples. I still use them to this day.Gertje wrote:Old thread, but am grateful and curious.
A) thanks for sharing this!
B) I encountered some of the patches to be sampled or assigned 1 octave up. E.g. the full tines-patches, but there are more of those. Am I correct, and has this been done deliberately?
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Re: FREE : put a DX7 in your Fantom X!
Hi,
Is it possible to please share those patches with me too? The link you posted up no longer works.
Thank you,
Is it possible to please share those patches with me too? The link you posted up no longer works.
Thank you,
Re: FREE : put a DX7 in your Fantom X!
404 - File or directory not found.
Where can I download this DX patch, they are not there anymore! (http://www.gillescoudert.com/sounds/DX7.zip)
Greetings,
Rob
Where can I download this DX patch, they are not there anymore! (http://www.gillescoudert.com/sounds/DX7.zip)
Greetings,
Rob
Re: FREE : put a DX7 in your Fantom X!
gcoudert67,
Can you open the download again for us?
I really will have your DX7 to Fantom X sounds....or
Have someone else these sounds for me?
please......
rob
Happy 2022!!!!!
Can you open the download again for us?
I really will have your DX7 to Fantom X sounds....or
Have someone else these sounds for me?
please......
rob
Happy 2022!!!!!
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Re: FREE : put a DX7 in your Fantom X!
Hello Everyone!
I used the amazing Wayback Machine to locate the only archived copy of this zip file.
There are far to many of these vintage files that need to be saved from obliteration of time.
I want to start a website just for this type of things, and I am looking into it.
Until that happens here is a direct link to the file courtesy of the WayBack Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20160305112 ... ds/DX7.zip
Best,
--BC
I used the amazing Wayback Machine to locate the only archived copy of this zip file.
There are far to many of these vintage files that need to be saved from obliteration of time.
I want to start a website just for this type of things, and I am looking into it.
Until that happens here is a direct link to the file courtesy of the WayBack Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20160305112 ... ds/DX7.zip
Best,
--BC
Re: FREE : put a DX7 in your Fantom X!
Battlecate,
GREAT! THANKS!!
And a GREAT idea to make a site with these files, sounds!!!!!
Will you let me know when it is "open" and what the adres is?
Greetings and again THANKS!!!!
Rob
GREAT! THANKS!!
And a GREAT idea to make a site with these files, sounds!!!!!
Will you let me know when it is "open" and what the adres is?
Greetings and again THANKS!!!!
Rob
Re: FREE : put a DX7 in your Fantom X!
Great find, well done!
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Re: FREE : put a DX7 in your Fantom X!
I have just tested this using a $3 buck 4gig CF card from eBay.
Everything worked correctly.
Bonus!
Everything worked correctly.
Bonus!
Re: FREE : put a DX7 in your Fantom X!
Battlecate,
But HOW you load it?
When I load it ill get "no more memory"!
Plese tell me how you have done it...
Greetings,
Rob
But HOW you load it?
When I load it ill get "no more memory"!
Plese tell me how you have done it...
Greetings,
Rob
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Re: FREE : put a DX7 in your Fantom X!
Hello:
The process to put the package files onto a CF card is going to always be the same for everyone.
First, let me note that my X8 has a 512mb of ram. I do not know if this is a factor for your Fantom robbie50. My X8 is also on version 2.10. Once more, I am not sure if this has any effect on the abilities of your Fantom.
Here are the steps that I use to load the DX7 patches onto a CF card and activate the patches on my X8.
Formatting the CF Card
Please report your results back to us so that we can continue to improve the post.
--BC
The process to put the package files onto a CF card is going to always be the same for everyone.
First, let me note that my X8 has a 512mb of ram. I do not know if this is a factor for your Fantom robbie50. My X8 is also on version 2.10. Once more, I am not sure if this has any effect on the abilities of your Fantom.
Here are the steps that I use to load the DX7 patches onto a CF card and activate the patches on my X8.
Formatting the CF Card
- Physically load the CF card into the Fantom's rear card slot using a CF card adapter.
- Open the Menu in the Fantom and select the "File Utility" option.
- Select the option to format the CF card. Execute this option to format the card. Note that the card will be formatted to the Roland CF card specification. Thus, anything on this card will be ERASED. Back anything up from the CF card if you need to before doing this step.
- Once the format is complete, turn the Fantom off, and remove the CF card adapter.
- Remove the CF card from the CF card adapter.
- Insert the newly formatted CF card into a PC's USB CF card adapter. (I bought mine at a thrift store for $1.25. Yep, I am cheap, and I like recycling.)
As an aside, you may remove the CF adapter from the Fantom with it powered off or powered on with little to no risk to the CF card data. The Fantom only accesses the CF card in two situations. The first is when the Fantom is initially powered on. The second is when you choose to use the menu to manually load a file. Otherwise, the Fantom seems to ignore the card.
- Unzip the DX7.zip file to your computer. This will create a folder called DX7. Inside that folder are two more folders. We are only after the folders inside the DX7 folder. They are named in all uppercase, ROLAND and TMP.
- Copy the ROLAND and TMP folder from the DX7 folder on your computer to the CF card. You will be doing a simple copy and paste of the two folders, replacing what is already on the CF card from the format we did a few steps ago. We are in effect replacing everything on the CF card with our two new ROLAND and TMP folders.
- Turn the Fantom OFF.
- Take your CF card and put it back into the CF card adapter.
- Insert the CF card adapter firmly into the Fantom's rear CF card slot.
- Power the Fantom back ON. At this point, depending on the amount of RAM you have in the Fantom depends on how long the Fantom takes to boot up fully.
- If all loads correctly, you can view the new Patches in 2 locations. To view the raw instrument samples, you can select Patch Mode and scroll down until you come to the CARD area. This will show you all the various instruments that are loaded from the CF card. Because it was a properly created SVD patch collection, you will also find the same instruments spread out in the correct categories listings.
Please report your results back to us so that we can continue to improve the post.
--BC
Re: FREE : put a DX7 in your Fantom X!
battlecate,
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!
I'll wil do this later but THANKS for the info......
I think it's all writen in the Fantom X manuel, but I can could find it.
THANKS again....
Greetings,
rob
(Fantom X6, Windows 10)
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!
I'll wil do this later but THANKS for the info......
I think it's all writen in the Fantom X manuel, but I can could find it.
THANKS again....
Greetings,
rob
(Fantom X6, Windows 10)