I bought a DX200 instead of a DX7, well i'm not disapointed at all : it's the same !!!! realy, and the DX200 features a multimode resonant filter, effets, drum track, and step sequencer : it's a good choise for who wants a FM synth or some wicked dance sounds, DX200 programmers has taken some LSD i guess .... a great machine : not just a toy lise lots of other groovebox.
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Thursday-Jun-12-033 at 08:42
let's get jumpin'
from 2001 odyssey
writes:
"The DX7II was bi-timbral - why have they ditched this on the new 200??."
because it's mostly a toy aimed at ecstasy- popping dance music "sequencer start button" -pushing freaks.
posted Sunday-May-18-033 at 03:35
3rd Harmonic
from England
writes:
I'm still trying to debate whether I should flog this and get a DX7 proper. You can get the most wonderful sounds out of this box - with chorus and reverb some of the ethereal leads nearly brought tears to my eyes. However, the bundled software, XGWORKS, is a total and utter pain in the arse. Patch management is a nightmare - if the librarian can open SYSEX files then I must have missed something. In other words, you need more software than XGWORKS if you want to download and try out patches in .SYX format. The build quality is a little light and the case is plasticky. Also, you can only play one patch at a time on this machine. The DX7II was bi-timbral - why have they ditched this on the new 200??.
Rating: 4 out of 5
posted Saturday-May-17-033 at 20:04
writes:
Whiners probably paid full price, so just STFU.
I'll let you figure that one out. Perfectly viable machine, does more than really any other $200 synth/grooveplop does, and it's got FM and it's real time tweakable. Those who diss only are admitting to their own failings..
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Thursday-May-01-033 at 13:03
Dan
a hobbyist user
from USA
writes:
I've loaded (and tweaked) a lot of DX7 patches into the DX200's user bank and now I have a synth with a soundset that I wouldn't want to be without. Keep in mind that about 99% of the 10,000+ DX7 patches on the internet are garbage but if you patiently audition them and then tweak the decent ones you'll end up with a lot of good sounds. I recommend the freeware program "DX Manager 1.0" (or the newer v1.1) available at www.fm-alive.com
There are also Yamaha PLG150DX patches (.mid) included in the data folder on the included CD ROM.
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Wednesday-Apr-30-033 at 17:40
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