I now have a Yamaha DX7, and a Yamaha DX7IIFD with Grey Matter E! Card, and a Yamaha TX816 Midirack and an assortment of cartridges. I am working to learn how to create new patches for the DX7. My notes on Yamaha equipment, including the DX7.

• Yamaha TX816 with 8 TF1 DX7 blades
  • currently needs batteries replaced in some blades - 2023/10/17 replaced several
  • TF1 is equivalent of DX7 first generation. With 8 cards could have 128 note polyphony.
  • came out in 1984
  • comparing with TX802 https://youtu.be/TutoLkJ_bks?si=aoO161tF9FGV74hs
    • shows changing cards, resetting, and loading new sounds
    • shows Yamaha DMP7 mixer - http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/rediscovering-the-yamaha-dmp7/9574
  • doing layering with TX816, especially layered piano sounds - https://youtu.be/kjXnIRhq53o?si=lmF_WIvsEmE7AwSx
  • yamaha demo video of tx816 uses: https://youtu.be/OWO6PiGzgXc?si=rKUq6S8sZbk62wj1