Yamaha DX7 Factory Bank

The original factory presets, exported from my own Yamaha DX7.

$10.00

SysEx bank
Sounds right in the free Dexed synth

The original stock patches exported from my Yamaha DX7. Some of these sounds are so incredible and so classic at this point — almost archetypal — that there really aren’t true equivalents or analogous patches elsewhere on any other Software or Hardware synth.

For example, I was chasing down the phat, well-defined low-end and authentic DX7 bass sound from Orbital’s “Halcyon On & On.” for a long time. I learned it was from a stock DX7 patch “Solid Bass.”

Nothing online was a proper recreation of the patch. I recall testing some DX-100 version, but it sounded different. They all lacked the transient clarity, and that phat, clear bottom end.

Eventually I acquired a Yamaha DX7, and exported all the original patches as SysEx — and tried loading them into various FM synthesizers.

Only the Free FM VST synth Dexed — when level-matched to my hardware DX7 — sounded perfect to me! Indistinguishable. I was so impressed that I sold the DX7. Since I only got it for that single patch 😅

Then I used the proceeds to start beekeeping. True story ☺️

Patch List

YORKSHIRE
LOW HIGH — A bell sound. The low notes make sick basslines, and the high notes sound nice too — add some reverb and woah!
BRASS BELL
MOOG ROGUE — Very nice sounding Moog-ish bass
SUNRISE — Gated ethereal sound
Ceremonyws
Brass FULL — Massive mid-range, phat low-end, 80s pad sound
ORCH.SPACE — An absolute gem to play staccato / quickly
GrandWURLo
Bras&Draws
DX7 RHODES — Nice in the high registers
PRODYDODGY
PED STEEL3
PROPHET 1 — Nice pad
BRASSHINE — Reeks of 80s PBS documentaries
DIGI TOOL
CLICKROADS
GANIJA BASS
S.A.W 87
7th WAVE — I’m a sucker for harmonics, love this one 🙂
SOURBLADES
*PPG*Vol.4 — If this is as good a replication of the PPG as the Moog Rogue patch, then PPGs sound like crap 🙂
WHEEL BASS
STEAM ORGN
7TH HEAVEN
MOOG STRINGS
BIGBADBASS — Awesome bass. Reminds me of the 90s, breakbeat, techno, and modern dubstep.
*Ensemble3
Grinder 6Y — Love this patch in the bass registers, also some famous techno patch I think
BAROQUE
SOLID BASS — Love this bass patch in the mid / bass registers, also a famous techno patch from Orbital

Using with Dexed

With Dexed, you can switch between 3 different implementations of the DX7 FM synthesis engines.

The default engine sounds like a real hardware DX7 with all its 12-bit hiss, artifacts, and transient punch.

Then there’s a cleaner modern FM engine implementation, presumably higher than 12-bit, with no audio glitches or hiss.

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