<![CDATA[10 out of 10 old-ass musicians named me who used to play keys agree that the Yamaha DX-7 is the most "I coveted this so much as a teen!" synth in existence 🤩 which is of course why I had already found the - free!]]>10 out of 10 old-ass musicians named me who used to play keys agree that the Yamaha DX-7 is the most "I coveted this so much as a teen!" synth in existence 🤩 which is of course why I had already found the - free! - Dexed plugin before seeing this video, but I had no idea it was this accurate to the source 🥰

Also, David Hilowitz is just delightful & so are his Decent Sampler instruments 😍

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2dCii_hicM

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/abc02057-55e0-4c9a-9175-33b2ceadbcd5/10-out-of-10-old-ass-musicians-named-me-who-used-to-play-keys-agree-that-the-yamaha-dx-7-is-the-most-i-coveted-this-so-much-as-a-teen-synth-in-existence-which-is-of-course-why-i-had-already-found-the-freeRSS for NodeSat, 02 May 2026 11:06:33 GMTSat, 02 May 2026 07:32:05 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 10 out of 10 old-ass musicians named me who used to play keys agree that the Yamaha DX-7 is the most "I coveted this so much as a teen!" synth in existence 🤩 which is of course why I had already found the - free! on Sat, 02 May 2026 08:25:23 GMT]]>@gcvsa I had a Roland JX-3P - I wanted a JX-8P in place of the un-affordable DX-7 but I couldn't afford that one either 😂 I honestly don't remember specifically how it sounded; I had started looking for a hardware controller for it but I switched to mainly playing guitar before I found one... one wonders what might have been 😁

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/116504023777000825https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/116504023777000825Sat, 02 May 2026 08:25:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 10 out of 10 old-ass musicians named me who used to play keys agree that the Yamaha DX-7 is the most "I coveted this so much as a teen!" synth in existence 🤩 which is of course why I had already found the - free! on Sat, 02 May 2026 08:07:58 GMT]]>@jwcph I didn't have a DX7 myself, but there was one in the Electronic Music studio when I went to university. I had a Casio CZ-1, another 1980s marvel. Yamaha's FM synthesis was able to produce some unique sounds. It was especially good for bell-like tones, because of the way FM synthesis works. Casio used what they called "Phase Distortion" synthesis.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/gcvsa/statuses/116503955291045173https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/gcvsa/statuses/116503955291045173Sat, 02 May 2026 08:07:58 GMT