Something else I’m working on…
SuperMAX+ LCD welcome greeting
The new circuit boards just arrived and the testing so far is good. The boards are a slight improvement over the original: I’ve increased the size to allow for a screw to hold the board down and I’ve added a battery holder (not installed) for folks that might want to make a better setup for the CR2032 RAM backup battery.
New User Guide here:
http://www.musictechnologiesgroup.com/files/SuperMAX+_UserGuide.pdf
While playing with the DX7 I also started toying around with the idea of burning ROMs for user ROM cartridges or perhaps for allowing people to customize the patches in the EPROMs supplied with SuperMAX or E!.
So far I’ve captured the ROM binary data for:
– the 256 presets in the Grey Matter E!
– the 64 presets in the SuperMAX
– the 64 presets in the Yamaha Factory DX7 ROM3 cartridge
The patch (voice list) appears below. I really hate that there are so many terms for “patch”, “preset”, “voice”.
The presets in the Grey Matter E!:
01. REAL THING
214. Power Funk
02. GOOD PIANO
03. 1985 PIANO
04. ELEC GRAND
05. PIANO-CP
06. THE PIANO
07. STEINWAY 7
08. CHINAPIANO
09. FSTERHODES
10. DEBBIE RDS
11. RHODES A1
12. DynoEPiano
13. JANICE RHD
14. O.D.RHODES
15. WURLITZ A
16. WURLITZER
17. Modd Piano
18. FM PIANO A
19. FUZZ PIANO
20. W.PNO 11.4
21. SYNPIANO
22. E.PIANO 4
23. E.PIANO 2
24. CLAV 9
25. CLAV 10
26. CLAV B
27. CLAV 7
28. CLAV 1.4
29. REVINETTE
30. DAVE CLAV
31. MEDL XPRS3
32. MIAMI VICE
33. 0RGEL JH
34. CLIC-ORG
35. E.ORGAN 10
36. 60-S ORGAN
37. B-3 FULL
38. E.ORGAN 5
39. E.ORGAN 2A
40. E.ORGAN 3
41. HAMMOND 4
42. B3 VAR2 LL
43. E.ORGAN 7
44. E.ORGAN A
45. HMND ORGAN
46. ORGAN
47. E.ORG 13.3
48. Rock Organ
49. ORGAN 1
50. ClassicOrg
51. HAMMOND 1
52. HAMN CHEEZ
53. ORGAN 10A
54. N-ORGAN006
55. B3——-
56. E.ORGAN 9
57. HAMMOND 4
58. CHORSORG1
59. HAMMOND-DR
60. PIPES B
61. PIPES A
62. SMALL1PIPE
63. GlasPipes1
64. PIPES 3
65. Nylon Pick
66. SPANISHGTR
67. AC GUITAR1
68. AC GUITAR3
69. GuitarDbl\
70. HAWAII JH
71. J Guitar 5
72. DYNOGUITAR
73. 12 STRG 1
74. KalimGitar
75. GUITAR 7
76. Guitars-Jw
77. E.GUITAR B
78. JIMI H.
79. MARSHALL-1
80. E.GUITAR 1
81. Guitar Swp
82. FRETLESS 2
83. ABES BASS
84. E.BASS A
85. 360S-BASS3
86. TECH-BASS2
87. TECHNOBASS
88. E.BASS 19
89. BASS-PRES
90. SITAR
91. SOFTSITAR
92. ZITAR
93. LUTE
94. AUTOHARP6b
95. PEDALSTEEL
96. PED. STEEL
97. FLUTE JL
98. SFLUTE 1
99. DIRTYFLUTE
100. PennyFlute
101. PICCOLO 2
102. RECORDER 1
103. Clp Brs *
104. CLARINET
105. OBOE 1
106. WIND ENS.2
107. BASSOON 2
108. WARM BRASS
109. WIND ENS.1
110. FRENCHHORN
111. SYNBRASS 2
112. TROMBONE 2
113. TROMBONE 3
114. JAZZ-TRUMP
115. BRASS 1
116. TRUMPET 1
117. SAXOPHONE4
118. SAX-1
119. SAXOPHONE1
120. TenrReed1\
121. SPLAT BRS5
122. E.BRASS 2
123. SAMPLE BRS
124. VIENNA
125. ACCORDION
126. ACCORDION1
127. HARMONICA1
128. HRMNCA2BBC
129. PAUL STRGS
130. GRUNGE BOW
131. STRINGS 3
132. STRINGS 1
133. VIOLINS B
134. VIOLIN 3
135. JEAN LUC
136. CELLOS1 M1
137. CELLOS A
138. JX3P STRGS
139. OB8 STRING
140. E H STRING
141. OberheimBS
142. FAIRLIGHT
143. Marlboro
144. ANALOG
145. MODULAR!
146. ANTHR SYN2
147. St Pad 3v
148. ANOTH STRG
149. BRASS-STRG
150. Digi Pad
151. ORCHESTRA
152. ORCHESTRA2
153. *Orchester
154. Orchestra^
155. Cosmique
156. SYN-ORCH
157. METHENY 1
158. HUMN VC 1
159. HUMN VC 8
160. SOLO VOICE
161. A.MALLET A
162. Kamimba
163. KARIMBA A
164. karimba
165. DBL.HARP B
166. DBL.HARP A
167. FM HARP
168. PianoMrmba
169. BLCK-FLUTE
170. Fuller 919
171. REAL STEEL
172. STEELY DAN
173. CELESTE
174. HARPSICH 2
175. SYN.GLOC.3
176. KOTO-CHORD
177. PERCSYN M
178. GRUSIN SND
179. TACKVIBE1*
180. TORIM PLUK
181. EXPRESSION
182. SLVR DBLF3
183. XYLO-JL-1
184. ENV-KOTO
185. TUBERISE B
186. BELLS 13
187. BELLS 11
188. BELL 2
189. THBL 16.7
190. BELLS 14
191. Vel.Tubul
192. SCORE 1–
193. GAMBA E
194. SYNCLAVIER
195. JUPITER 8
196. Os Prc/Trp
197. FATSYNTH C
198. SURVIVOR
199. FATSYNTH B
200. PPG 9
201. CARLOS 1
202. PROPHET5.2
203. SILK
204. JACO 1
205. SPECTRUM 2
206. TOTOISH
207. POLY BLIND
208. ESSO TAV
209. SYN. VOX 3
210. RED VETTE
211. PERC SAW 1
212. *Fat Funk*
213.
215. BOUNCE 4
216. MINI MOOG1
217. SYN-LD-ECO
218. SYNTHING 1
219. Chariots..
220. ANALOG BRT
221. CLOSER
222. KEETARO
223. AMBIENCE..
224. Attaca Ens
225. PIANO-CHIM
226. SLAP1-SAW5
227. Pad*TBar 2
228. Jers Dream
229. ORCHESTRAL
230. Textures 7
231. DARKSHADOW
232. Clar+Brass
233. Layer #4
234. ORCH-CHIME
235. B/DrtyAna\
236. SmoothSq2\
237. PedSweep1\
238. RodeBell \
239. HIBEL 16.8
240. StrngGtr3\
241. LORBER- 1
242. PLAN.ICE A
243. BELL-FLUTE
244. BPOP-SITAR
245. ATLANTA.65
246. DX9.13
247. ICY STRAD
248. CHAGALL
249. CHRISTMAS
250. HARP-0LUTE
251. E.PN/BRS B
252. [FBS/GTR ]
253. [FBS3/FLT]
254. [FBS2/ORG]
255. STRG-MARIM
256. LAS PEQUE
The presets in the SuperMAX+:
01. RoundaboutEcho
02. BottleBell
03. 5th Synth.
04. JazRokArpg
05. T. Riley
06. P. Glass
07. Murder
08. *maracas
09. JP8-PWM
10. Fripp
11. K.Crimson
12. Drummy
13. Debussy
14. G.Mahler
15. Beethoven
16. StarTrek–
17. Wah-Choir
18. DancinFlut
19. SnareDrum
20. SpookChord
21. Zol.Kodaly
22. Dark Age
23. Mohamed
24.
25. PercuRotat
26. SpaceyEcho
27. Bel.Bartok
28. Rimsky-Kor
29. Hindemith
30. B. Martinu
31. New York
32. Chromosome
33. Caligula
34. Prokofiev
35. StackSynth
36. BrassFatty
37. Univers 0
38. H. Berlioz
39. Mussorgsky
40. T.Rundgren
41. Orchid
42. Beverley
43. Balian
44. 12StrGuit.
45. 12 Stg Gtr
46. GothicBell
47. Gregorian-
48. RadioChoir
49. AfriTumbaW
50. Runny-Pno
51. Arpg Piano
52. ErikSatie
53. PianoChord
54. Chorus-Pno
55. HiStackPno
56. RuneChopNo
57. Falk
58. Peking
59. Berlin
60. B52s Organ
61. Buxtehude
62. Necromance
63. Tub. Space
64. Burning…
1 question:
when i send patches from Dexed to my Dx7, i have to edit every single patch in every single bank to have the original patch sound…
it s like every single patch have natively with supermax upgrade the stack voices function active and so the delay…
it is normal behavior?
there s a trick to avoid this tedious editing process for every bank
thankssss
Hi,
It is normal behavior if you do certain things (incorrectly?). As mentioned in the manual, the active special SuperMAX+ effects will get copied to all memories when loading new patches. So, to prevent that, simply have a vanilla voice active at the time of load. Usually I just select the New York patch, but any stock patch free of SuperMAX+ effects will do. Probably INIT VOICE would too.
The presets in the Yamaha DX7 ROM3 cartridge:
01. PIANO 2
02. E.GRAND 1
03. E.GRAND 2
04. HONKY TONK
05. E.PIANO 2
06. E.PIANO 3
07. E.PIANO 4
08. CELESTE
09. FUNK CLAV
10. CLAV ENS 2
11. PERC CLAV
12. HARPSICH 2
13. E.ORGAN 2
14. E.ORGAN 3
15. 60-S ORGAN
16. PIPES 2
17. PIPES 3
18. CALIOPE
19. ACCORDION
20. TOY PIANO
21. SITAR
22. KOTO
23. JAZZ GUIT2
24. SPANISHGTR
25. FOLK GUIT
26. LUTE
27. BANJO
28. CLAS.GUIT
29. HARP 2
30. E.BASS 2
31. FRETLESS 2
32. PLUCK BASS
33. FLUTE 1
34. HARPSICH 1
35. STRG ENS 1
36. BRIGHT BOW
37. BRASSHORNS
38. BR TRUMPET
39. MARIMBA
40. E.PIANO 1
41. PIANO 1
42. PIPES 1
43. E.ORGAN 1
44. E.BASS 1
45. CLAV 1
46. HARMONICA1
47. JAZZ GUIT1
48. PRC SYNTH1
49. SAX BC
50. FRETLESS 1
51. HARP 1
52. TIMPANI
53. HEAVYMETAL
54. STEEL DRUM
55. SYN-LEAD 1
56. VOICES BC
57. CLAV ENS
58. LASERSWEEP
59. TUB ERUPT
60. GRAND PRIX
61. REFS WHISL
62. TRAIN
63. BRASS S H
64. TAKE OFF
Note that this is taken literally from the EPROM in the cartridge. I believe that in the EPROM the B bank appears before the A bank.
Any way to expand the TX7’s memory?
I have never heard of one myself. Maybe there are some solder-on RAM expansions though. I think the problem is lack of space in the TX7 and that other than the EPROM, everything is soldered in. There are some good Yamaha Groups on Yahoo that may be able to answer this more definitively.
Hi, I just pulled the most recent listing off a day or do ago. I’m off to the CES 2016 show and will relist it when I get back. So around 2016-01-10 probably.
Is it available for DX7II?
TIA,
G
I have just installed a Supermax(A) in a DX-7. When I perform the version check (FUNCTION + 16 + 32), the display reads “CHANGE ROM !” Can you tell me what is going on, is something wrong?
Hey Karl, as it turns out that is just a message from the old SuperMAX code telling you, that if you want to run the self-test program, you will need to install the factory EPROM (and probably remove the original SuperMAX).
This message is not part of the SuperMAX+. Sounds like an original SuperMAX or a clone perhaps.
Hi I have a dx7 11fd with grey matter E the battery had failed shortly after I got the synth so I lost everything including all presets for the grey matter E. I was hoping if you could send me the patches or files so I could load them on. When I press edit 16 and 32 together it does nothing for the synth, it does no reset it. Next. I am having a problem loading on bank 33 – 64 ; when I send it thru midi it only just erase the 1 – 32 patches and loads it there instead even though I selected load patches 33 – 64 in midi edit 32. So I’m really baffled with everything . Help please
Hi,
It’s been a long time since I touched a Yamaha dx7 11fd or the E! for it. I recommend asking on one of the Yamaha forums or on one of the Yamaha DX7 groups on Yahoo. Good luck.