C O M M E R C I A L S O U N D B A N K S
Here is a repertory including actual and discontinued commercial soundbanks that I collected since over 30 years from ROM cartridges, floppy disks or books.
For each of them you'll find comments about company or sounddesigner and a detailed patchlist. Several of them also include image(s) from the original support.
This collection is not complete, if you have material that is not listed here, I would be largely interested in!
This page is organized in three sections:
1°/ ROM cartridges, extensions & floppy disks collection
2°/ Books collection
3°/ Missing soundbanks (I mean the material that I'm still searching for...)
ROM CARTRIDGES, EXTENSIONS & FLOPPY DISKS COLLECTION
Companies/distributers (alphabetical order):
NOTE: cells with peach background color indicate societies which are still selling DX7 soundbanks via the web (most of them as sysex files)
Sounddesigners/programmers (alphabetical order):
NOTE: cells with peach background color indicate sounddesigners who are still selling DX7 soundbanks via the web (most of them as sysex files)
Downloadable
soundbanks are available in standard Sysex (*.syx - 4'104 bytes), SMF
(*.mid) and Midi Quest© (*.vbk) file formats
KEEP IN MIND THAT SENDING THESE SOUNDBANKS TO YOUR SYNTH WILL ERASE ALL DATAS STORED IN YOUR DX7/TX7 INTERNAL MEMORY
Click here if you need some help or indications on how to transfer these soundbanks to your DX7/TX7
KEEP IN MIND THAT SENDING THESE SOUNDBANKS TO YOUR SYNTH WILL ERASE ALL DATAS STORED IN YOUR DX7/TX7 INTERNAL MEMORY
Click here if you need some help or indications on how to transfer these soundbanks to your DX7/TX7
YAMAHA
The japanese
company produced and distributed two different series for its own synth:
a) a lot of four original cartridges named ROM#1-4 (2x32 patches - banks A/B). Volume 1 was generally delivered with the synth.
b) twelve cartridges delivered as the VRC-Series (2x32 patches - banks A/B) which included selections from different sounddesigners.
Yamaha also produced in 1986 a Percussion MIDI Controller named PMC1 (normally used with electronic drum pads). They distributed for it a 2x32 patches ROM cartridge dedicated to percussion and drum sounds which is fully compatible with the DX7. I added it here (many thanks to Daniel Forró and Eddy X for their contributions).
SOUND SOURCE UNLIMITED
SSU is an american society (Westlake Village, California) which developed complete sounds/samples libraries for a large collection of diverse synthesizers/samplers models.
It gathers a large team of programmers and sounddesigners (see their respective profiles here).
Their products were distributed by Greytsounds™ (Northridge, California - owner: Bob Grey) via their website since the mid 90's.
Sound Source Unlimited (SSU) was then renamed "Sound Source Interactive" (SSI).
Now it has moved to the "Great Sounds" website (Simi Valley, California - owner: Bob Grey) and soundbanks are only available as sysex files (no more ROM/RAM cards - Yamaha DX7II products only).
It seems that there were at least a total of 5 double ROM cartridges (banks A/B) for the DX7 mkI.
I only succeeded in collecting volumes 3, 4 & 5 through the years.
I also know that SSU distributed a mega ROM cartridge including 8 soundbanks (certainly volumes 1-4).
Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of the missing soundbanks would be largely appreciated!
PA-DECODER
PA-Decoder is a german company (Bielefeld) which produced 2 different DX7 mega ROM cartridges:
- "MONST-ROM" (16x32 - 512 patches). This cartridge was organized as a 4x4 categorized banks (A1-D4) that you could select with switches combinations.
- "HYPRA-ROM" (32x32 - 1'024 patches/very rare!). This cartridge was organized as a 8x4 banks (alpha/beta A1-D4) that you could select with switches combinations. It gathered all patches from MONST-ROM plus 16 new additional soundbanks.
BO TOMLYN
Bo Tomlyn is an american musician who worked with famous artists during the 80's-90's (Prince, Lionel Richie, Pat Benatar, Bruce Springsteen, Cher, Chicago,...) as keyboardist or synth programmer.
After the successful introduction of the DX series, Bo Tomlyn - along with Mike Malizola (Yamaha product manager) and Chuck Monte (owner of Dyno-My-Piano) - founded Key Clique company (Studio City, California) which distributed the nine DX7 soundbanks listed above (almost all of them programmed by Bo).
It seems that Symphony company finally sold these cartridges under Key Clique license.
I also read in a mid 80's commercial publication that Bo Tomlyn programmed the following soundbanks: "Orchestral", "Studio", "Stereo", "Hard Rock", "Electro Techno", "New Wave", "Latin", "India", "Easy Listening", "Church" and "Country Western".
I never heard from it since and don't know if they were distributed by Key Clique, Symphony or another company.
Any additional informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it are welcome!
LEISTER PRODUCTIONS
Leister Productions is an american company (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - owner: Frank Leister) which edited soundbanks for several 80's synths models.
They produced a nine DX7 soundbanks set distributed on a 3.5" floppy disk available for all supports of this time (Mac, Atari ST, Commodore 64/128 and PC). It was also available on data sheets and audio cassettes.
I don't know if their DX7 soundbanks have specific names other than "Volumes A-I" as mentioned here.
Any additional informations about it are welcome!
AViC SOFT
AViC Soft (which belonged to Rittor Music) is a japanese society (Tokyo) which produced six DX7 ROM cartridges (banks A/B) programmed by famous japanese or american musicians/sounddesigners.
DIGITAL MUSIC CORP.
Digital Music Corp. is an american society (Agoura Hills, California) which produced three DX7 ROM cartridges.
They also distributed RAM cartridges (many thanks to Daniel Forró).
KID NEPRO PRODUCTIONS
Kid Nepro Productions is an american company (Brooklyn, New York - owner: Steve Proto) which is developing products since 1984.
They distributed a mega 32 soundbanks (1'024 patches) collection for DX7 models sold on a 3.5" floppy disk.
ISHIBASHI
Ishibashi is a japanese company which seems to be at first a retail chain in Japan (around 15 stores - please, correct me if I'm wrong).
They produced at least three DX7 (banks A/B) ROM cards.
"Volume 1" ROM card has been distributed in Europe as the BIAS ROM card.
MUSICDATA
MusicData is an american society (Beverly Hills, California) which produced four DX7 ROM cards (many thanks to Paul Deco and Daniel Forró for their contributions).
EASY SOUNDS
Easy Sounds is a german society (Hamburg - owner: Peter Krischker) that changed owner in 2020 (Hans-Peter Henkel - Braunschweig).
They originally distributed two special DX7 soundbanks collections:
- "Best DX-Collection" (10 soundbanks): a sort of "Best Of" compilation essentially extracted from Yamaha VRC-Series ROM cards
- "Super DX-Collection" (9 soundbanks): a second compilation collection (8 soundbanks) with an additional original soundbank named "Tekksyn".
Both collections are now sold together as the "Complete DX Collection".
SYMPHONY
Symphony is an american society (Salt Lake City, Utah) which essentially distributed Bo Tomlyn's products under Key Clique license.
They also produced a 4x32 patches (banks A-D) DX7 ROM cartridge named "Symphony 128 - ROM I" programmed by Cosmo Watts.
They proposed too 128 patches RAM cartridges.
LIVEWIRE AUDIO
Livewire Audio is an american society (Oceanport, New Jersey) which produced a 2x32 patches (banks A/B) DX7 cartridge named "Super ROM".
ELSON TRINIDAD
Elson is an american keyboardist who sells his own DX7 programmations as independant a few years ago via the Web.
E-mail him at elsongs@gmail.com if you want to get this soundbank for a $16.00 price.
MEDIACRAFT
Mediacraft is an english society (Cheltenham) which distributed a sixteen DX7 soundbanks set.
Several of these soundbanks were also included with an Atari editor named "DX Heaven" and distributed by Dr. T's (Bob Melvin/Emil Tobenfeld society).
GEERDES
Geerdes is a german company (Berlin) which is distributing now MIDIFiles songs.
They began in 1985 with synth soundbanks and editors for Atari or Commodore 64.
They produced a DX7 sixteen soundbanks megacard named "DX-ROM 512" in the late 80's.
SYNTECH
Syntech is an american company which distributed several DX7 products:
- a 10 soundbanks set which seems to have been extracted from the same file (I don't know if it was originally a ROM cartridge, a floppy disk, a software,...)
- a 64 patches ROM cartridge (2x32/banks A&B) programmed and signed by Marshall Otwell
- blank RAM cartridges
METRA SOUND
Metra Sound is a german company (Köln) which produced a mega 32 soundbanks (1'032 patches) DX7 ROM cartridge named "Mega ROM".
They began with XRC-128 RAM cartridges (4 x 32 patches). Customers could ask for loading this cartridge with one of the 8 sets included on their Mega ROM. They also proposed a ninth set named "Dance Forever" with 64 DX7 patches and 64 RX-11 drum patterns ideal for Dance Music. Any informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it are welcome! (many thanks to Daniel Forró for his contribution).
Their products are now delivered by Sound Art website (Dahlenburg, Germany - owner: Roger Person).
SOUND VERTRIEB
Sound Vertrieb (which seems to be the same firm as Metra Sound) is a german society which distributed several DX7 ROM cartridges.
They also gathered their total production on a mega 16 soundbanks ROM cartridge named "MX 1". I own one of these, but it seems that soundbanks 6-9 are defectuous. Any additional informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it are welcome!
SOUNDENGINE
SoundEngine is an american society (Seattle, Washington - owner: Scott Peer) which is apparently selling now - among others - products developed in the past by Technosis company.
They are proposing two DX7 soundbanks sets: "Flywheel" (2x 32 patches) and "Crankshaft" (2x32 patches - developed in 2023). Both soundbanks from "Flywheel" set have been for a long time originally sold separately as the "Analog Feel" and "Ouch That Hurts!" soundbanks (programmed by Scott Peer).
K.S.R.E. MUSIC
K.S.R.E. Music is a german company which distributed ROM/RAM cards for diverse synths.
They produced a mega 16 soundbanks DX7 cartridge named "Super ROM".
MSX
MSX is a german society which seems to be at first a recording studio in Wittmund (owner: Georg Albrecht).
They produced seven DX7 cartridges (certainly programmed by Michael Marshall).
Most of their sounds are in fact the same ones as those contained in the PA-Decoder and Sound & Electronic Design mega cartridges.
Certainly this society did sell their copyrights to PA-Decoder. Any additional informations about it are welcome!
SYNTHWARE
Synthware is an american company (Reading, Pennsylvania) which commercialized four DX7 ROM cards as the "Sound Pack" (or "Voice Pack") Series.
All have been programmed by Scott Verret, a sounddesigner who worked during the 80's with Madonna, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Genesis,...
They have been distributed for a while these last years as sysex files via the Waterfall 440 Studio Music website.
REC'UP
This swiss website is still developing products for old vintage synths. They are proposing now ten DX7 original soundbanks as the "R" Series.
PATCHMAN MUSIC
Patchman Music is an american company (Brecksville, Ohio - owner: Matt Traum) which is distributing three DX7 soundbanks via their website.
Volume three is integrally programmed for a breath or wind controller use.
RITTOR MUSIC
Rittor Music is a japanese company (Tokyo) which distributed ROM cards and also edited interesting books about synthesis.
They sold the AViC DX7 cartridges.
They also produced a cartridge named "Shinzui" (Sound Data Series Vol.1) and labelized "KB Special Data Cartridge/VD64-7CRTI ".
SOUND CONNECTION
Sound Connection is an american society (Palo Alto, California) which distributed a 4 soundbanks DX7 ROM cartridge .
SOUND SOURCES
Sound Sources - not to confuse with Sound Source Unlimited - is an american company (Tualatin, Oregon) which distributed several types of DX7 cartridges:
- 2 types of RAM (32 or 128 patches)
- 1 type of ROM (128 patches)
- combined RAM (64 patches)/ROM (64 patches)
As you can see on the patchlist joined with the 128 ROM cartridge ("Image" file), it has been commercialized with patches 2-5 from bank A corrupted (many thanks to the internaute who sent to me the original patchlist and helped me to resolve this mistery...)
BITEC
Bitec is a japanese society which produced three DX7 ROM cards as the Sound DataX 64 Series.
FID MIDISOFTWARE
FID Midisoftware is a german society (owner: Friedrich Müller) which developed a DX7 software named "DX-Soundstore" for Commodore 64 computers during the 80's.
They joined with it three sets of 39 soundbanks each (total: 3'744 patches) on 5.25" floppy disks.
VERY BIG THANKS to Daniel Forró who carefully converted and repaired all of it!
DATA STORE ®
Data Store is a german society (Bremen) developed by Hubertus Maass. They produced a total of six DX7 soundbanks.
(Many thanks to Daniel Forró for his contribution).
HUBERTUS MAASS
Here are two DX7 soundbanks signed by Hubertus but which seem not to have been distributed by his society Data Store (please, correct me if I'm wrong).
SKYSLIP
Skyslip is an american society which produced a ROM cartridges system developed by Martin Russ (the DX Owners' Club's DX7 Xpert) in 1985.
It consisted of a single ROM cartridge unit that you plug into the DX7 slot.
Then, you can clip on it different chips which are in fact additional ROMs. This society developed a total of 5 ROMs (64 patches each - banks A/B).
Most of these sounds have been programmed by Martin and synthesist/programmer Ian Boddy, but there are also contributions from Mark Shreeve, David Berkeley and members of the DX Owners' Club.
BACK IN TIME RECORDS
Back In Time Records is a german society (Wiesbaden - owner: Klaus-Peter Rausch) which is distributing via the Web soundbanks for hardware or virtual synths and samples collections.
DX7 "Silver Pieces" volume 2 soundbank is still available via their website.
They edited in the past (1985) a DX7 book named "Die DX7 Fibel" (written in german by Klaus-Peter Rausch).
They are proposed it again via their website a few years ago with 2 DX7 soundbanks set (soundbanks were delivered via e-mail, book by postmail).
C-LAB SOFTWARE
C-Lab is a german company (Hamburg) which is now renamed Emagic. They developed in the past the famous Atari "Notator" program.
They edited four DX7 preloaded RAM cartridges as the "X-RAM 128" series (4 soundbanks each).
Volume 1 is named "Performance Collection" (many thanks to Daniel Forró), volume 2 "Recording Collection", volume 3 "Performance Collection II" (many thanks to MB) and volume 4 "User's Collection".
Volumes 3&4 are still missing to my collection and volume 2 is uncomplete (bank 1A is missing). Any informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it are welcome!
SOUNDALPHA
SoundAlpha is a japanese society (city? owner?) which produced at least two ROM cartridges.
Any informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it (if there are more than two volumes) are welcome!
IGS INCORPORATED
IGS Incorporated is a japanese society which produced at least one ROM cartridge as the Rom-I "Tora No Maki".
Some of these patches have been also published in the Yamaha ROM or VRC-Series cartridges.
SOUND & ELECTRONIC DESIGN
Here is a a DX7 512 patches mega ROM cartridge developed by Michael Marshall (country? city?) named "DX512 Ultimate-ROM". These soundbanks are in fact the MSX and PA-Decoder "MONST-ROM" soundbanks but organized differently.
Here is a picture with Michael's DX7 also equiped with the Ultimate RAM 128 extension and customized with some additional buttons built in (certainly to control everything). Many thanks to the internautes who contributed to it!
BARB & CO
Barb & Co is a french society (Mésanger - owner: Stéphane Garganigo) which is developing products for several synthesizers.
They recently (2016) produced an original two DX7 soundbanks set named "Neptune-X7" programmed by Yvo and available as sysex file via their website.
LFO STORE
LFO Store is a russian website which is proposing soundbanks for hardware and software synths.
They produced in 2021 two DX7 soundbanks programmed by Andrew Deviatikh.
They are also configured for Yamaha DX7mkII and TX802 synth models as the "Flasback" soundbank.
OFF THE MATRIX
Off The Matrix is an american website which is proposing diverse soundbanks for vintage synthesizers.
They developed a DX7 double soundbank in 2023 ("DX7 Patches") and a second one in 2024 ("DX7 Advanced Patches").
RM STUDIO
RM Studio is an italian website (owner: Roberto Macrì) which is proposing soundbanks for vintage synths.
They produced in 2024 three DX7 soundbanks programmed by Roberto named "Modern Keyboards Soundset Vol.1-3".
DEHLI MUSIKK
Dehli Musikk is a norwegian website (Bø - owner: Benjamin Dehli) which is proposing two DX7 new original soundbanks.
First one ("DXtraterrestrial 1") has been produced in August 2024 and second one ("DXtraterrestrial 2") in March 2025.
ATMOSPHÄRE
Atmosphäre is a YouTube channel where the american musician Tom Lievens is publishing his work. Among it, you can find several original soundbanks programmed by Tom for vintage hardware synthesizers. They are rather oriented ambient/new age sounds. He is proposing a 32 patches DX7 soundbank edited in 2022.
MUSIC-X
Music-X is an english company (London) which developed and distributed an editor program which came with a 16 patches demo soundbank (many thanks to Glyn Spaulding for his contribution).
SUPERMAX
SUPERMAX is a DX7 expansion board originally developed by french engineer Dan Armandy and commercialized by Dan and Alain Seghir.
This card included an expansion memory (512 patches - 16x32 patches), an arpeggiator, a chorus-delay section, sound creation functions,....
They also included with it two original soundbanks.
It is now sold via the web as the SuperMAX+ by the american society Music Technologies Group (California).
GREY MATTER RESPONSE
Grey Matter Response is an american company (Scotts Valley, California).
They produced and distributed an internal extension board named E! Card which enhanced DX7 mkI models.
It added extra memories (576 internal patches), patch mapping, bi-timbrality, layering, LED brightness,...
They delivered it with a seven 3.5" floppy disks set including soundbanks.
SOUNDSATIONS!
SoundSations! is an american company (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan) which is proposing a hundred and fifteen DX7 soundbanks set originally distributed on a 3.5" floppy disk available for all supports of this time (Mac, Atari ST, Commodore 64/128 and PC).
The best way to obtain it now, is to keep an eye on eBay US auctions.
MANYMIDI PRODUCTS
ManyMIDI Products is an american society (Beverly Hills, California - owner: Elmo Peeler) which developed huge sound libraries for several synth models.
Their DX7/TX7 library is constitued of two sets for a total of 6'225 patches.
All are organized in specific categories (Pianos, Brass, Strings, Organ, Bells, Marimbas,...).
UNKNOWN
Since a long time I wonder what could be the exact origin from this strange DX7 green mint reversible ROM cartridge listed on this webpage and named "L.A. Standard".
After several years, I found three DX7 cartridges with identical design (only colors change - see pictures below). And I had the surprise to see that these ROM cartridges contained commercial soundbanks distributed by AViC and Yamaha (see desription below).
So, I may think that these cartridges are in fact illegal copies from other commercial material.
Now, here is the question: from which soundbank was this "L.A. Standard" cartridge duplicated? Could it be the Volume 1 or 2 distributed by SSU?
Any precisions or additional informations about it are welcome!
BOOKS COLLECTION
Books/publications (alphabetical order):
AMSCO "100 PATCHES FOR THE DX7" (Vol.1-4)
Amsco is an american editor (New York) which distributed 4 different books with patches for the DX7.
Each one gathered 100 original sounds to program.
AMSCO "600 VOICES FOR THE DX7"
Here is the famous "600 Voices for the DX7" book distributed by Amsco (USA) for the english version and Paul Beuscher (France, Paris) for the french version.
MUSICOM DISTRIBUTION "LES MEILLEURS SONS DU DX7"
A french book edited by MusiCom Distribution (Paris) in 1986 and gathering 102 patches for the DX7. Some of them are extracted from Yamaha ROM cartridges, some other were also published in the "600 Voices for the DX7" and some are totally new.
RITTOR MUSIC "VOICE DATA 128"
A japanese book called "DX7 Series Voice Data 128 Vol.1" (Ed. Rittor - 1987) gathering replicas from patches used by famous groups or artists on their respective songs (some of them are certainly the original ones).
Y. FUKUDA "DX7"
Yasuhiko Fukuda is a japanese sounddesigner who programmed commercial DX7 sounds for AViC company.
He also published an english book named "Yamaha DX7" (Ed. Rittor-1984) about DX7 programmation and functions.
This book - a reference! - contains 16 original new sounds to program.
VALHALA
A 757 voices book by Steven C. Streebing named "DX7 Sound Patch Library" and published by american society Valhala (Ferndale, Michigan).
These sounds were also distributed during mid 80's on TX7 data cassettes tape.
A. CASSAGNAU "MAITRISEZ VOTRE DX"
A very good book about DX7 programming, considered as a "must" by french-speaking musicians or sounddesigners.
This book included 20 new original great patches (many of them programmed by the author).
Some good news today because a new online edition is available here:
http://www.maitrisez-la-fm.com/
"SOUNDS & NOTES"
An obscur origin book in german which contains 33 sounds to program with physical acoustic phenomens and FM synthesis explanations.
HAL LEONARD "EASY DX7"
A joint publication of Yamaha Music Foundation and american society Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation (1986 - Winona, Minnesota) about DX7 functions and programmation with 20 original sounds.
THE ORIGINAL DX7 PATCH FAKE BOOK (VOL.1-5)
A total of 5 different books published by american society Alexander Publishing (Sepulveda, California) and which gather each 32 new original patches to program.
They were edited as separated booklets (see images from volumes 1-3) and also as a complete book gathering volumes 1-5 (see images from volumes 4&5).
It includes notes and comments from the authors or sounddesigners.
a) a lot of four original cartridges named ROM#1-4 (2x32 patches - banks A/B). Volume 1 was generally delivered with the synth.
b) twelve cartridges delivered as the VRC-Series (2x32 patches - banks A/B) which included selections from different sounddesigners.
Yamaha also produced in 1986 a Percussion MIDI Controller named PMC1 (normally used with electronic drum pads). They distributed for it a 2x32 patches ROM cartridge dedicated to percussion and drum sounds which is fully compatible with the DX7. I added it here (many thanks to Daniel Forró and Eddy X for their contributions).
| ROM#1 (A: "Master Group" - japanese and european preloaded bank/B: "Keyboard & Plucked Group") | Patchlist | Image | |
| ROM#2 (A: "Orchestral & Percussive Group"/B: "Synth, Complex & Effects Group") | Patchlist | Image | |
| ROM#3 (A: "Master Group" - american preloaded bank/B: "Keyboard & Plucked Group") | Patchlist | Image | |
| ROM#4 (A: "Orchestral & Percussive Group"/B: "Complex & Effects Group") | Patchlist | Image | |
| VRC-101 "Keyboard, Plucked & Tuned Percussion Group" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image | |
| VRC-102 "Wind Instrument Group" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image | |
| VRC-103 "Sustain Group" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image | |
| VRC-104 "Percussion Group" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image | |
| VRC-105 "Sound Effect Group" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image | |
| VRC-106 "Synthesizer Group" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image | |
| VRC-107 Special Selection "David Bristow" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image | |
| VRC-108 Special Selection "Gary Leuenberger" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image | |
| VRC-109 "Studio 64" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image | |
| VRC-110 Special Selection "Bo Tomlyn" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image | |
| VRC-111 Special Selection "Bo Tomlyn II" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image | |
| VRC-112 Special Selection "Live 64 - Akira Inoue TRIGGER!" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image | |
| PMC1 "Percussion Voice Data" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
SOUND SOURCE UNLIMITED
SSU is an american society (Westlake Village, California) which developed complete sounds/samples libraries for a large collection of diverse synthesizers/samplers models.
It gathers a large team of programmers and sounddesigners (see their respective profiles here).
Their products were distributed by Greytsounds™ (Northridge, California - owner: Bob Grey) via their website since the mid 90's.
Sound Source Unlimited (SSU) was then renamed "Sound Source Interactive" (SSI).
Now it has moved to the "Great Sounds" website (Simi Valley, California - owner: Bob Grey) and soundbanks are only available as sysex files (no more ROM/RAM cards - Yamaha DX7II products only).
It seems that there were at least a total of 5 double ROM cartridges (banks A/B) for the DX7 mkI.
I only succeeded in collecting volumes 3, 4 & 5 through the years.
I also know that SSU distributed a mega ROM cartridge including 8 soundbanks (certainly volumes 1-4).
Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of the missing soundbanks would be largely appreciated!
| 0703R A: "Soundtrack" - B: "L/A Voices II" | Patchlist | Image |
| 0704R "Super L/A Voices" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| 0705R "Stage & Studio" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist |
PA-DECODER
PA-Decoder is a german company (Bielefeld) which produced 2 different DX7 mega ROM cartridges:
- "MONST-ROM" (16x32 - 512 patches). This cartridge was organized as a 4x4 categorized banks (A1-D4) that you could select with switches combinations.
- "HYPRA-ROM" (32x32 - 1'024 patches/very rare!). This cartridge was organized as a 8x4 banks (alpha/beta A1-D4) that you could select with switches combinations. It gathered all patches from MONST-ROM plus 16 new additional soundbanks.
| MONST-ROM (16 soundbanks) | Patchlist | |
| HYPRA-ROM (32 soundbanks) | Patchlist |
BO TOMLYN
Bo Tomlyn is an american musician who worked with famous artists during the 80's-90's (Prince, Lionel Richie, Pat Benatar, Bruce Springsteen, Cher, Chicago,...) as keyboardist or synth programmer.
After the successful introduction of the DX series, Bo Tomlyn - along with Mike Malizola (Yamaha product manager) and Chuck Monte (owner of Dyno-My-Piano) - founded Key Clique company (Studio City, California) which distributed the nine DX7 soundbanks listed above (almost all of them programmed by Bo).
It seems that Symphony company finally sold these cartridges under Key Clique license.
I also read in a mid 80's commercial publication that Bo Tomlyn programmed the following soundbanks: "Orchestral", "Studio", "Stereo", "Hard Rock", "Electro Techno", "New Wave", "Latin", "India", "Easy Listening", "Church" and "Country Western".
I never heard from it since and don't know if they were distributed by Key Clique, Symphony or another company.
Any additional informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it are welcome!
| "Top Forty" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Wedding Band" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Unique" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Sound EFX" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Analog 1" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Analog 2" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Standard Splits" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Rock Splits" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Best of the USA" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
LEISTER PRODUCTIONS
Leister Productions is an american company (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - owner: Frank Leister) which edited soundbanks for several 80's synths models.
They produced a nine DX7 soundbanks set distributed on a 3.5" floppy disk available for all supports of this time (Mac, Atari ST, Commodore 64/128 and PC). It was also available on data sheets and audio cassettes.
I don't know if their DX7 soundbanks have specific names other than "Volumes A-I" as mentioned here.
Any additional informations about it are welcome!
| Volume A | Patchlist |
| Volume B | Patchlist |
| Volume C | Patchlist |
| Volume D | Patchlist |
| Volume E | Patchlist |
| Volume F | Patchlist |
| Volume G | Patchlist |
| Volume H | Patchlist |
| Volume I | Patchlist |
AViC SOFT
AViC Soft (which belonged to Rittor Music) is a japanese society (Tokyo) which produced six DX7 ROM cartridges (banks A/B) programmed by famous japanese or american musicians/sounddesigners.
| KV-01 "Shofuku Part 1" (2 soundbanks - programmed by Y. Fukuda & N. Ubukata - also labeled "IR-01") | Patchlist | Image |
| KV-02 "Shofuku Part 2" (2 soundbanks - programmed by Y. Fukuda & N. Ubukata - also labeled "IR-02") | Patchlist | Image |
| KV-03 "Minoru Mukaiya" (2 soundbanks - programmed by Minoru Mukaiya) | Patchlist | Image |
| KV-04 "Ryuichi Sakamoto" (2 soundbanks - programmed by Ryuichi Sakamoto) | Patchlist | Image |
| KV-05 "TOTO" (2 soundbanks - programmed by David Paich & Steve Porcaro) | Patchlist | Image |
| KV-06 "Shofuku Gaiden" (2 soundbanks - programmed by Yasuhiko Fukuda & Noritaka Ubukata) | Patchlist | Image |
DIGITAL MUSIC CORP.
Digital Music Corp. is an american society (Agoura Hills, California) which produced three DX7 ROM cartridges.
They also distributed RAM cartridges (many thanks to Daniel Forró).
| "Volume 1" | Patchlist |
| "Volume 2" | Patchlist |
| "Volume 3" | Patchlist |
KID NEPRO PRODUCTIONS
Kid Nepro Productions is an american company (Brooklyn, New York - owner: Steve Proto) which is developing products since 1984.
They distributed a mega 32 soundbanks (1'024 patches) collection for DX7 models sold on a 3.5" floppy disk.
| KNP 32 soundbanks Mega Collection | Patchlist | Image |
ISHIBASHI
Ishibashi is a japanese company which seems to be at first a retail chain in Japan (around 15 stores - please, correct me if I'm wrong).
They produced at least three DX7 (banks A/B) ROM cards.
"Volume 1" ROM card has been distributed in Europe as the BIAS ROM card.
| "Sound ROM" (2 soundbanks - also known in Europe as the BIAS ROM) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Sound ROM 2" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Sound ROM 3" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
MUSICDATA
MusicData is an american society (Beverly Hills, California) which produced four DX7 ROM cards (many thanks to Paul Deco and Daniel Forró for their contributions).
| "General Library Series - Analog" | Patchlist | Image |
| "TV & Film" (programmed by Clark Spangler) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Techno Studio/Live" (programmed by David Boruff) | Patchlist | Image |
| "East Meets West" (programmed by Suzanne Ciani) | Patchlist | Image |
EASY SOUNDS
Easy Sounds is a german society (Hamburg - owner: Peter Krischker) that changed owner in 2020 (Hans-Peter Henkel - Braunschweig).
They originally distributed two special DX7 soundbanks collections:
- "Best DX-Collection" (10 soundbanks): a sort of "Best Of" compilation essentially extracted from Yamaha VRC-Series ROM cards
- "Super DX-Collection" (9 soundbanks): a second compilation collection (8 soundbanks) with an additional original soundbank named "Tekksyn".
Both collections are now sold together as the "Complete DX Collection".
| "Best DX-Collection" (10 soundbanks) | Patchlist | |
| "Super DX-Collection" (9 soundbanks) | Patchlist |
SYMPHONY
Symphony is an american society (Salt Lake City, Utah) which essentially distributed Bo Tomlyn's products under Key Clique license.
They also produced a 4x32 patches (banks A-D) DX7 ROM cartridge named "Symphony 128 - ROM I" programmed by Cosmo Watts.
They proposed too 128 patches RAM cartridges.
| "Symphony 128 - ROM I" (programmed by Cosmo Watts - 4 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
LIVEWIRE AUDIO
Livewire Audio is an american society (Oceanport, New Jersey) which produced a 2x32 patches (banks A/B) DX7 cartridge named "Super ROM".
| "Super ROM" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
ELSON TRINIDAD
Elson is an american keyboardist who sells his own DX7 programmations as independant a few years ago via the Web.
E-mail him at elsongs@gmail.com if you want to get this soundbank for a $16.00 price.
| "Elsongs DX7a" | Patchlist |
MEDIACRAFT
Mediacraft is an english society (Cheltenham) which distributed a sixteen DX7 soundbanks set.
Several of these soundbanks were also included with an Atari editor named "DX Heaven" and distributed by Dr. T's (Bob Melvin/Emil Tobenfeld society).
| Mediacraft 16 soundbanks set | Patchlist |
GEERDES
Geerdes is a german company (Berlin) which is distributing now MIDIFiles songs.
They began in 1985 with synth soundbanks and editors for Atari or Commodore 64.
They produced a DX7 sixteen soundbanks megacard named "DX-ROM 512" in the late 80's.
| "DX-ROM 512" (16 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
SYNTECH
Syntech is an american company which distributed several DX7 products:
- a 10 soundbanks set which seems to have been extracted from the same file (I don't know if it was originally a ROM cartridge, a floppy disk, a software,...)
- a 64 patches ROM cartridge (2x32/banks A&B) programmed and signed by Marshall Otwell
- blank RAM cartridges
| 10 soundbanks set | Patchlist | |
| "Marshall Otwell" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
METRA SOUND
Metra Sound is a german company (Köln) which produced a mega 32 soundbanks (1'032 patches) DX7 ROM cartridge named "Mega ROM".
They began with XRC-128 RAM cartridges (4 x 32 patches). Customers could ask for loading this cartridge with one of the 8 sets included on their Mega ROM. They also proposed a ninth set named "Dance Forever" with 64 DX7 patches and 64 RX-11 drum patterns ideal for Dance Music. Any informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it are welcome! (many thanks to Daniel Forró for his contribution).
Their products are now delivered by Sound Art website (Dahlenburg, Germany - owner: Roger Person).
| "Mega ROM" (32 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image | Order It |
SOUND VERTRIEB
Sound Vertrieb (which seems to be the same firm as Metra Sound) is a german society which distributed several DX7 ROM cartridges.
They also gathered their total production on a mega 16 soundbanks ROM cartridge named "MX 1". I own one of these, but it seems that soundbanks 6-9 are defectuous. Any additional informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it are welcome!
| "MX 1" (16 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
SOUNDENGINE
SoundEngine is an american society (Seattle, Washington - owner: Scott Peer) which is apparently selling now - among others - products developed in the past by Technosis company.
They are proposing two DX7 soundbanks sets: "Flywheel" (2x 32 patches) and "Crankshaft" (2x32 patches - developed in 2023). Both soundbanks from "Flywheel" set have been for a long time originally sold separately as the "Analog Feel" and "Ouch That Hurts!" soundbanks (programmed by Scott Peer).
| SEP-044 "Flywheel" (2 soundbanks - programmed by Scott Peer) | Patchlist | Order It |
| SEP-041 "Crankshaft" (2 soundbanks - programmed by Scott Peer) | Patchlist | Order It |
K.S.R.E. MUSIC
K.S.R.E. Music is a german company which distributed ROM/RAM cards for diverse synths.
They produced a mega 16 soundbanks DX7 cartridge named "Super ROM".
| "Super ROM" (16 soundbanks) | Patchlist |
MSX
MSX is a german society which seems to be at first a recording studio in Wittmund (owner: Georg Albrecht).
They produced seven DX7 cartridges (certainly programmed by Michael Marshall).
Most of their sounds are in fact the same ones as those contained in the PA-Decoder and Sound & Electronic Design mega cartridges.
Certainly this society did sell their copyrights to PA-Decoder. Any additional informations about it are welcome!
| Volume 1 | Patchlist | Image |
| Volume 2 | Patchlist | Image |
| Volume 3 | Patchlist | Image |
| Volume 4 | Patchlist | Image |
| Volume 5 | Patchlist | Image |
| Volume 6 | Patchlist | Image |
| Volume 7 | Patchlist | Image |
SYNTHWARE
Synthware is an american company (Reading, Pennsylvania) which commercialized four DX7 ROM cards as the "Sound Pack" (or "Voice Pack") Series.
All have been programmed by Scott Verret, a sounddesigner who worked during the 80's with Madonna, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Genesis,...
They have been distributed for a while these last years as sysex files via the Waterfall 440 Studio Music website.
| Sound Pack 1 "State-of-the-Art Digitals" (programmed by Scott Verret - 2 soundbanks) | Patchlist |
| Sound Pack 2 "Symphonic & Orchestral Group" (programmed by Scott Verret - 2 soundbanks) | Patchlist |
| Sound Pack 3 "Contemporary and Modern Songs" (programmed by Scott Verret - 2 soundbanks) | Patchlist |
| Sound Pack 4 "Hybrids, Analogs and Basses" (programmed by Scott Verret - 2 soundbanks) | Patchlist |
REC'UP
This swiss website is still developing products for old vintage synths. They are proposing now ten DX7 original soundbanks as the "R" Series.
| Rdx7_01 "Best of FM Generation - Vol.1" (programmed by Karm) | Patchlist | Order It |
| Rdx7_02 "Best of FM Generation - Vol.2" (programmed by Karm) | Patchlist | Order It |
| Rdx7_03 "Best of FM Generation - Vol.3" (programmed by Karm) | Patchlist | Order It |
| Rdx7_04 "Best of FM Generation - Vol.4" (programmed by Karm) | Patchlist | Order It |
| Rdx7_05 "Best of FM Generation - Vol.5" (programmed by Karm) | Patchlist | Order It |
| Rdx7_06 "Best of FM Generation - Vol.6" (programmed by Karm) | Patchlist | Order It |
| Rdx7_07 "Best of FM Generation - Vol.7" (programmed by Karm) | Patchlist | Order It |
| Rdx7_08 "Best of FM Generation - Vol.8" (programmed by Karm) | Patchlist | Order It |
| Rdx7_09 "Best of FM Generation - Vol.9" (programmed by Karm) | Patchlist | Order It |
| Rdx7_10 "Best of FM Generation - Vol.10" (programmed by Karm) | Patchlist | Order It |
PATCHMAN MUSIC
Patchman Music is an american company (Brecksville, Ohio - owner: Matt Traum) which is distributing three DX7 soundbanks via their website.
Volume three is integrally programmed for a breath or wind controller use.
| Volume 1 | Patchlist | Order It |
| Volume 2 | Patchlist | Order It |
| Volume 3 | Patchlist | Order It |
RITTOR MUSIC
Rittor Music is a japanese company (Tokyo) which distributed ROM cards and also edited interesting books about synthesis.
They sold the AViC DX7 cartridges.
They also produced a cartridge named "Shinzui" (Sound Data Series Vol.1) and labelized "KB Special Data Cartridge/VD64-7CRTI ".
| Sound Data Series Vol.1 "Shinzui" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
SOUND CONNECTION
Sound Connection is an american society (Palo Alto, California) which distributed a 4 soundbanks DX7 ROM cartridge .
| Sound Connection (4 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
SOUND SOURCES
Sound Sources - not to confuse with Sound Source Unlimited - is an american company (Tualatin, Oregon) which distributed several types of DX7 cartridges:
- 2 types of RAM (32 or 128 patches)
- 1 type of ROM (128 patches)
- combined RAM (64 patches)/ROM (64 patches)
As you can see on the patchlist joined with the 128 ROM cartridge ("Image" file), it has been commercialized with patches 2-5 from bank A corrupted (many thanks to the internaute who sent to me the original patchlist and helped me to resolve this mistery...)
| Sound Sources ROM 128 (4 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
BITEC
Bitec is a japanese society which produced three DX7 ROM cards as the Sound DataX 64 Series.
| Sound DataX 64 "Volume 1" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| Sound DataX 64 "Volume 2" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| Sound DataX 64 "Volume 3" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
FID MIDISOFTWARE
FID Midisoftware is a german society (owner: Friedrich Müller) which developed a DX7 software named "DX-Soundstore" for Commodore 64 computers during the 80's.
They joined with it three sets of 39 soundbanks each (total: 3'744 patches) on 5.25" floppy disks.
VERY BIG THANKS to Daniel Forró who carefully converted and repaired all of it!
| "Sounddisk #1" (39 soundbanks) | Patchlist |
| "Sounddisk #2" (39 soundbanks) | Patchlist |
| "Sounddisk #3" (39 soundbanks) | Patchlist |
DATA STORE ®
Data Store is a german society (Bremen) developed by Hubertus Maass. They produced a total of six DX7 soundbanks.
(Many thanks to Daniel Forró for his contribution).
| "Volume 1" | Patchlist |
| "Volume 2" | Patchlist |
| "Volume 3" | Patchlist |
| "Volume 4" | Patchlist |
| "Volume 5" | Patchlist |
| "Volume S" | Patchlist |
HUBERTUS MAASS
Here are two DX7 soundbanks signed by Hubertus but which seem not to have been distributed by his society Data Store (please, correct me if I'm wrong).
| "Volume 1" | Patchlist |
| "Volume 2" | Patchlist |
SKYSLIP
Skyslip is an american society which produced a ROM cartridges system developed by Martin Russ (the DX Owners' Club's DX7 Xpert) in 1985.
It consisted of a single ROM cartridge unit that you plug into the DX7 slot.
Then, you can clip on it different chips which are in fact additional ROMs. This society developed a total of 5 ROMs (64 patches each - banks A/B).
Most of these sounds have been programmed by Martin and synthesist/programmer Ian Boddy, but there are also contributions from Mark Shreeve, David Berkeley and members of the DX Owners' Club.
| ROM 1 (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| ROM 2 (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| ROM 3 (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| ROM 4 (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| ROM 5 (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
BACK IN TIME RECORDS
Back In Time Records is a german society (Wiesbaden - owner: Klaus-Peter Rausch) which is distributing via the Web soundbanks for hardware or virtual synths and samples collections.
DX7 "Silver Pieces" volume 2 soundbank is still available via their website.
They edited in the past (1985) a DX7 book named "Die DX7 Fibel" (written in german by Klaus-Peter Rausch).
They are proposed it again via their website a few years ago with 2 DX7 soundbanks set (soundbanks were delivered via e-mail, book by postmail).
| Mr. Magic "Silver Pieces" set (2 soundbanks - programmed by K.-P. Rausch) | Patchlist | Order It |
| "Fibel" set (2 soundbanks - programmed by K.-P. Rausch) | Patchlist | Order It |
C-LAB SOFTWARE
C-Lab is a german company (Hamburg) which is now renamed Emagic. They developed in the past the famous Atari "Notator" program.
They edited four DX7 preloaded RAM cartridges as the "X-RAM 128" series (4 soundbanks each).
Volume 1 is named "Performance Collection" (many thanks to Daniel Forró), volume 2 "Recording Collection", volume 3 "Performance Collection II" (many thanks to MB) and volume 4 "User's Collection".
Volumes 3&4 are still missing to my collection and volume 2 is uncomplete (bank 1A is missing). Any informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it are welcome!
| X-RAM 128 1 "Performance Collection" (4 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| X-RAM 128 2 "Recording Collection" (4 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
SOUNDALPHA
SoundAlpha is a japanese society (city? owner?) which produced at least two ROM cartridges.
Any informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it (if there are more than two volumes) are welcome!
| ROM 1 (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
| ROM 2 (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
IGS INCORPORATED
IGS Incorporated is a japanese society which produced at least one ROM cartridge as the Rom-I "Tora No Maki".
Some of these patches have been also published in the Yamaha ROM or VRC-Series cartridges.
| Rom-I "Tora No Maki" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
SOUND & ELECTRONIC DESIGN
Here is a a DX7 512 patches mega ROM cartridge developed by Michael Marshall (country? city?) named "DX512 Ultimate-ROM". These soundbanks are in fact the MSX and PA-Decoder "MONST-ROM" soundbanks but organized differently.
Here is a picture with Michael's DX7 also equiped with the Ultimate RAM 128 extension and customized with some additional buttons built in (certainly to control everything). Many thanks to the internautes who contributed to it!
| "DX512 Ultimate-ROM" (16 soundbanks - programmed by Michael Marshall) | Patchlist | Image |
BARB & CO
Barb & Co is a french society (Mésanger - owner: Stéphane Garganigo) which is developing products for several synthesizers.
They recently (2016) produced an original two DX7 soundbanks set named "Neptune-X7" programmed by Yvo and available as sysex file via their website.
| "Neptune-X7" (2 soundbanks - programmed by Yvo) | Patchlist | Order It |
LFO STORE
LFO Store is a russian website which is proposing soundbanks for hardware and software synths.
They produced in 2021 two DX7 soundbanks programmed by Andrew Deviatikh.
They are also configured for Yamaha DX7mkII and TX802 synth models as the "Flasback" soundbank.
| "Pads Seq's Basses" (programmed by Andrew Deviatikh) | Patchlist | Order It |
| "Synths, Atmos and Effects" (programmed by Andrew Deviatikh) | Patchlist | Order It |
OFF THE MATRIX
Off The Matrix is an american website which is proposing diverse soundbanks for vintage synthesizers.
They developed a DX7 double soundbank in 2023 ("DX7 Patches") and a second one in 2024 ("DX7 Advanced Patches").
| "DX7 Patches" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Order It |
| "DX7 Advanced Patches" (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Order It |
RM STUDIO
RM Studio is an italian website (owner: Roberto Macrì) which is proposing soundbanks for vintage synths.
They produced in 2024 three DX7 soundbanks programmed by Roberto named "Modern Keyboards Soundset Vol.1-3".
| "Modern Keyboards Soundset Vol.1" (programmed by Roberto Macrì) | Patchlist | Order It |
| "Modern Keyboards Soundset Vol.2" (programmed by Roberto Macrì) | Patchlist | Order It |
| "Modern Keyboards Soundset Vol.3" (programmed by Roberto Macrì) | Patchlist | Order It |
DEHLI MUSIKK
Dehli Musikk is a norwegian website (Bø - owner: Benjamin Dehli) which is proposing two DX7 new original soundbanks.
First one ("DXtraterrestrial 1") has been produced in August 2024 and second one ("DXtraterrestrial 2") in March 2025.
| "DXtraterrestrial 1" (programmed by B. Dehli) | Patchlist | Order It |
| "DXtraterrestrial 2" (programmed by B. Dehli) | Patchlist | Order It |
ATMOSPHÄRE
Atmosphäre is a YouTube channel where the american musician Tom Lievens is publishing his work. Among it, you can find several original soundbanks programmed by Tom for vintage hardware synthesizers. They are rather oriented ambient/new age sounds. He is proposing a 32 patches DX7 soundbank edited in 2022.
| "Ambient Sounds" (programmed by T. Lievens) | Patchlist | Order It |
MUSIC-X
Music-X is an english company (London) which developed and distributed an editor program which came with a 16 patches demo soundbank (many thanks to Glyn Spaulding for his contribution).
| "Demo Patch 1" | Patchlist | Image |
SUPERMAX
SUPERMAX is a DX7 expansion board originally developed by french engineer Dan Armandy and commercialized by Dan and Alain Seghir.
This card included an expansion memory (512 patches - 16x32 patches), an arpeggiator, a chorus-delay section, sound creation functions,....
They also included with it two original soundbanks.
It is now sold via the web as the SuperMAX+ by the american society Music Technologies Group (California).
| SUPERMAX (2 soundbanks) | Patchlist | Image |
GREY MATTER RESPONSE
Grey Matter Response is an american company (Scotts Valley, California).
They produced and distributed an internal extension board named E! Card which enhanced DX7 mkI models.
It added extra memories (576 internal patches), patch mapping, bi-timbrality, layering, LED brightness,...
They delivered it with a seven 3.5" floppy disks set including soundbanks.
| E! Card disk#1 | Patchlist | Image |
| E! Card disk#2 | Patchlist | Image |
| E! Card disk#3 | Patchlist | Image |
| E! Card disk#4 | Patchlist | Image |
| E! Card disk#5 | Patchlist | Image |
| E! Card disk#6 | Patchlist | Image |
| E! Card disk#7 | Patchlist | Image |
SOUNDSATIONS!
SoundSations! is an american company (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan) which is proposing a hundred and fifteen DX7 soundbanks set originally distributed on a 3.5" floppy disk available for all supports of this time (Mac, Atari ST, Commodore 64/128 and PC).
The best way to obtain it now, is to keep an eye on eBay US auctions.
| SoundSations! 115 soundbanks set | Patchlist |
MANYMIDI PRODUCTS
ManyMIDI Products is an american society (Beverly Hills, California - owner: Elmo Peeler) which developed huge sound libraries for several synth models.
Their DX7/TX7 library is constitued of two sets for a total of 6'225 patches.
All are organized in specific categories (Pianos, Brass, Strings, Organ, Bells, Marimbas,...).
| ManyMIDI DX7/TX7 Set#1 - General (All except Perc/FX) -- (140 soundbanks - 4'009 patches) | Patchlist | Order It |
| ManyMIDI DX7/TX7 Set#2 - Percussion/FX (80 soundbanks - 2'216 patches) | Patchlist | Order It |
UNKNOWN
Since a long time I wonder what could be the exact origin from this strange DX7 green mint reversible ROM cartridge listed on this webpage and named "L.A. Standard".
After several years, I found three DX7 cartridges with identical design (only colors change - see pictures below). And I had the surprise to see that these ROM cartridges contained commercial soundbanks distributed by AViC and Yamaha (see desription below).
So, I may think that these cartridges are in fact illegal copies from other commercial material.
Now, here is the question: from which soundbank was this "L.A. Standard" cartridge duplicated? Could it be the Volume 1 or 2 distributed by SSU?
Any precisions or additional informations about it are welcome!
| Green mint "L.A. Standard" cartridge | Patchlist | Image |
| Green apple cartridge (duplicate from Yamaha VRC-107 Special Selection "David Bristow") | Patchlist | Image |
| White & Red cartridge (duplicate from AViC KV-01 "Shofuku Part 1") | Patchlist | Image |
| White & Blue cartridge (duplicate from AViC KV-02 "Shofuku Part 2") | Patchlist | Image |
BOOKS COLLECTION
Books/publications (alphabetical order):
AMSCO "100 PATCHES FOR THE DX7" (Vol.1-4)
Amsco is an american editor (New York) which distributed 4 different books with patches for the DX7.
Each one gathered 100 original sounds to program.
| "100 Patches for the DX7" - Book One | Patchlist | Image |
| "100 Patches for the DX7" - Book Two | Patchlist | Image |
| "100 Patches for the DX7" - Book Three | Patchlist | Image |
| "100 Patches for the DX7" - Book Four | Patchlist | Image |
AMSCO "600 VOICES FOR THE DX7"
Here is the famous "600 Voices for the DX7" book distributed by Amsco (USA) for the english version and Paul Beuscher (France, Paris) for the french version.
| "600 Voices for the DX7" | Patchlist | Image |
MUSICOM DISTRIBUTION "LES MEILLEURS SONS DU DX7"
A french book edited by MusiCom Distribution (Paris) in 1986 and gathering 102 patches for the DX7. Some of them are extracted from Yamaha ROM cartridges, some other were also published in the "600 Voices for the DX7" and some are totally new.
| "Les Meilleurs Sons du DX7" | Patchlist | Image |
RITTOR MUSIC "VOICE DATA 128"
A japanese book called "DX7 Series Voice Data 128 Vol.1" (Ed. Rittor - 1987) gathering replicas from patches used by famous groups or artists on their respective songs (some of them are certainly the original ones).
| "DX7 Series Voice Data 128 Vol.1" | Patchlist |
Y. FUKUDA "DX7"
Yasuhiko Fukuda is a japanese sounddesigner who programmed commercial DX7 sounds for AViC company.
He also published an english book named "Yamaha DX7" (Ed. Rittor-1984) about DX7 programmation and functions.
This book - a reference! - contains 16 original new sounds to program.
| Yasuhiko Fukuda "DX7" | Patchlist |
VALHALA
A 757 voices book by Steven C. Streebing named "DX7 Sound Patch Library" and published by american society Valhala (Ferndale, Michigan).
These sounds were also distributed during mid 80's on TX7 data cassettes tape.
| "DX7 Sound Patch Library" | Patchlist | Image |
A. CASSAGNAU "MAITRISEZ VOTRE DX"
A very good book about DX7 programming, considered as a "must" by french-speaking musicians or sounddesigners.
This book included 20 new original great patches (many of them programmed by the author).
Some good news today because a new online edition is available here:
http://www.maitrisez-la-fm.com/
| Alain Cassagnau "Maîtrisez votre DX" (Musicom Publications-1985) | Patchlist | Image |
"SOUNDS & NOTES"
An obscur origin book in german which contains 33 sounds to program with physical acoustic phenomens and FM synthesis explanations.
| "Sounds & Notes" | Patchlist | Image |
HAL LEONARD "EASY DX7"
A joint publication of Yamaha Music Foundation and american society Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation (1986 - Winona, Minnesota) about DX7 functions and programmation with 20 original sounds.
| Hal Leonard "Easy DX7" | Patchlist | Image |
THE ORIGINAL DX7 PATCH FAKE BOOK (VOL.1-5)
A total of 5 different books published by american society Alexander Publishing (Sepulveda, California) and which gather each 32 new original patches to program.
They were edited as separated booklets (see images from volumes 1-3) and also as a complete book gathering volumes 1-5 (see images from volumes 4&5).
It includes notes and comments from the authors or sounddesigners.
| The Original DX7 Patch Fake Book "Volume One: Top 40" (Lorenz Rychner & Scott Frankfurt - also known as the "Rock DX7") | Patchlist | Image |
| The Original DX7 Patch Fake Book "Volume Two: From The Movies" (Clark Spangler) | Patchlist | Image |
| The Original DX7 Patch Fake Book "Volume Three: More From The Movies" (Larry Steelman) | Patchlist | Image |
| The Original DX7 Patch Fake Book "Volume Four: Record Date" (Jeff Fair) | Patchlist | Image |
| The Original DX7 Patch Fake Book "Volume Five: Nuclear Be-Bop" (Cosmo Watts) | Patchlist | Image |
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