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"Eight DX7-compatible FM-synthesizers in a box."
You might rememer the MiniDexed DT DX from previous posts. You'll find a few new demos above.
Details and pics via Kickstarter follow.
The MiniDexed FM synthesizer similar to 8x DX7 (TX816/TX802)
"Dtronics DT-DX Dtronics, Dutch maker of high quality synthesizer controllers such as the popular DT-RDX for the Yamaha Reface DX and other MI-related technology announces the DT-DX Kickstarter project.At the end of last year we came across a fantastic project on Github, MiniDexed.
We immediately fell in love, imagine 8 x a DX7 in mini format.
This compact powerful hardware unit is based upon the Github project MiniDexed and about to provide you with legendary FM sounds in a purpose designed instrument at an unbelievable small footprint and affordable price.
This beautiful project just needs to be made more widely accessible to everyone who is not handy enough to put it together themselves.
So we desided to contacted the developer to see if we could work together to create a ready to use Dtronics DT-DX. The response was very positive, and so the DT-DX project started in colobaration with PROBONOPD (MINIDEXED).
Eight DX7-compatible FM-synthesizers in a box
The DT-DX relies on a Raspberry Pi 2 Zero hardware which runs a version of the famed software-synthesizer Dexed which closely emulates the legendary Yamaha DX7. It makes use of MiniDexed which ports Dexed to run on a bare Raspberry Pi without the need for a Linux kernel or operating system.
When we at Dtronics came across MiniDexed, we immediately came into contact, with Probonopd who manages the MiniDexed project. The DT-DX is the result of this collaboration.
We went ahead to build a prototype and decided to create a dedicated sturdy hardware in a metal housing to be used as a professional musical instrument on stage, in the studio and at home. We also took advantage of a specifically designed printed circuit board to make optimal use of the functions being offered by MiniDexed.
Next, we added a back-lit display in tasty orange, a push-encoder to be able to access sounds and parameter directly from the unit, USB- and MIDI-connectors, an SD-card reader for sound import/export and finally a stereo output using a high quality converter with 122 dB dynamic range. In short: DT-DX is ready to be used with any DAW and MIDI-keyboard and controller.
The Raspberry Pi 2 Zero which is used in the DT-DX is capable of running eight polyphonic tone generators simultaneously which will allow for splits, layers and multi-timbral use as being found in the Yamaha TX802 and TX816. And just like like Dexed, the DT-DX is compatible to any DX7/TX7 SysEx data and therefore also with our own massive DT-7 controller.
About Digital Suburban Dexed
Dexed is a multi-platform and multi-format software-synthesizer which is closely modeled on the Yamaha DX7 to which it is fully compatible through system exclusive MIDI data. It doesn't stop here since Dexed also offers a few additions to the sound engine such as the availability of multiple waveforms as being found in the TX81Z. Dexed is licensed on the GPL v3. It runs as a plug-in on any relevant computer platform and DAW and offers a generous graphical user to edit its 144 parameters. This way, Dexed may not serve only serve as a fantastic sounding instrument but also as an editor to all compatible Yamaha FM-synthesizers. And certainly, it is also great front-end to create and fine-tune your personal sounds which can then be used on the DT-DX.
About Probonopd MiniDexed
MiniDexed ports the FM-synthesizer Dexed to a bare Raspberry Pi. On a Raspberry Pi 2 and larger, it can run eight polyphonic instances of the synthesizer allowing to also recreate the sounds of the Yamaha TX802 and the mighty TX816. Additionally, each instance can be detuned and shifted in the stereo panorama to create wide and complex sounds. On top, MiniDexed adds compressor and reverb effects."
