This is a highly accurate emulation of the Yamaha DX7 Mark I FM synthesizer designed for GNU/Linux. The ultimate goal is a "bit-accurate" emulation, at least insofar as specifications available ...

Explore the interactive !JavaScript implementation of a nearly bit-accurate model of the DX7 envelope. Also see plots of the scaling tables for both output level and rate, from the 0..99 values in DX7 ...

Musicians in the 1980s had a love-hate relationship with Yamaha’s DX7 synthesizer. Its digital sound engine was unlike the analog synths that came before it, and created a unique timbre, but the thing ...

Almost every well-known manufacturer has MIDI keyboards for controlling a digital audio workstation (DAW) and software synthesizers in its range. To stand out from the crowd, M-VAVE recently launched ...

For better or worse, this synthesizer was king in the 1980s music scene. Sure, there had been synthesizers before, but none acheived the sudden popularity of Yamaha’s DX7. “Take on Me?” “Highway to ...

If you’re all familiar with any music from the 1980s, you might have wondered why so many of the keyboard sounds sound the same. That’s because so many acts used the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer. It came ...

The Yamaha DX7 didn’t just join the sound of the '80s, it became it. Its metallic, glassy tones were everywhere, from chart-topping pop to moody ballads and genre-defining soundtracks. As one of the ...

As the 1970s turned into the 1980s, a significant change was taking hold in the music world in the form of the adoption of electronic instruments, namely synthesizers. Progressive rock bands like ...