I have changed battery in my Dx7 (with E-card) and have lost ALL my sounds. Can anybody help me, PLEASE? Hov do I get new sounds into the synth, can I use my PC for this, etc.....

Are Lind

I'm assuming that the new battery is full.
The battery in a DX7 is responsable to keep the settings still. When you remove it, All the settings of the sounds are cleared.
There's no way to get the sounds back.. I hope the sounds were not your own works..

If you pluged the battery properly, and it's working, there's no problem until it gets empty..

The loading/saving of sounds (The literal name is "bank") is the simpliest thing.
All you need is a MIDI port, MIDI cable and a SYSEX handler program. (Cubase, Cakewalk, WinSYX, ..)

With DX7 you send/recive all 32 sounds (a bak) and one sound (a voice).

To send something, you need to set the "SYS INFO" to "AVAIL" mode.. (how ? ok. "FUNCTION" + "8" and "8" again)

when receiving something you need to set the "memory protect" to "OFF", in order to keep the voice/bank in your keyboard.

If you need more detailed informasiton (especially on battery problems), it will be sefull to have a look at DAVE BENSON's DX7 page.

DX7 Not a keyboard, it's a dream under your fingers...

Thanks for Your reply, but I need more help!
Where can I get 'banks' and how do I use Cacewalk (6.0) to transfer them into my DX7?
Where can I find Dave Benson's DX7 page?

Are Lind

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Hello Are,

If you go to SynthZone's front page and click on Yamaha, you'll be taken to the Yamaha Zone...scroll down a ways and it'll be there. Don't know how or if Cakewalk handles plain sysex. I'd get hold of a sysex editor too. PS I enjoyed the video clips on your home page.mn

Cakewalk will handle sysex files though from memory I think it likes them to have a .syx file extension. If you download any raw sysex files that don't have that extension (eg. .mdx ) you can simply rename them. There are 1,000 of sounds available if you look under DX-7 on the Yamaha listing here like Mike suggested.


[This message has been edited by Nigel (edited 12-05-1999).]

Hi, I have loads of sounds for the DX7, not sure if I have the originals though. However I do have the original cartridges from the DX5 if that's any help. All my DX sounds are on atari disk for £ 35. As I said I have hundreds. e-mail me.

Hope I have been of help

Duncan White
Patch UK
E-mail:- dwmusic@enta.net