Free Editor For Yamaha DX7 Synthesizer

HerrMueller’s DX7 is a free Java-based editor for Yamaha’s popular DX7 synth and compatible software synths. 

Features:

  • Convenient Voice Set Manager
  • Voice Editor
  • Waveform Preview
  • Instant Data Exchange / Live Edit Mode
  • Sysex Import
  • Platform Independent

The free patch editor is available at vstforx.

If you give it a try, let us know what you think of it!

via rekkerd

12 thoughts on “Free Editor For Yamaha DX7 Synthesizer

  1. The flip down menues dont seem to work on mac (tested 10.6.8 and newest). It’s a bitch cuz i can’t choose my midi interface.

  2. All I can say is FINALLY! I have a dx7IID that has been pretty much replaced by fm8, but its not the same as the real deal with a bad signal to noise ratio going into a quadraverb for some washy pads. I know how to program the DX7 with some decent results but the time commitment to making a patch it just too much most of the time, when fm8 takes minutes to do the same thing. I dont have an ipad for the touch osc template and I couldn’t find any other working dx7 editors.

  3. You can always use Sounddiver (old but works) or MIDIQuest (a bit newer) to edit almost any hardware synth, including the DX7.

  4. I kinda like this editor. it is a tad wonkey on saving patches but otherwise it works pretty well. the layout is pretty easy to use.
    dialed up some pretty neat patches fairly quickly.
    i like it. maybe a few updated and it will be golden. Microtuning support please?
    by the way. I’ve used every DX7 editor i can find and FM alive is by far the best. not free but its only like $30.

    1. it’s $20– I think it was $15 when I bought it, only thing that bugs me is you don’t seem to be able to move envelope points around using arrow keys, an dragging w mouse is pretty inaccurate… will have to check out this new one (at least I don’t have to use parallels anymore!)

    1. Hey Ruben,

      why don’t you just program a MacVersion yourself? Or buy a Windows OS. That’s the OS where you can get all the software you maybe dream off, and it’s cheaper, and that’s what a computer is actually built for – running software programs, the bigger the variety, the better the chance, to find what you need, the better the investment in hardware.
      A Mac is a fine computer, but it’s an expensive standard computer with mostly standard software.
      And your ‘shame complaint’ is already a standard MacUser complaint!
      And after all: THIS TOOL IS PLATTFORM INDEPENDENT!!!!

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