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Play with Dexed if you haven't already. It's free, sounds just like a DX7, is entirely compatible with a DX7, and has a much better interface than a DX7. If you still want a hardware unit to untether you from a computer, go ahead and get one and apply the knowledge you learned from it, as well as now having a good patch library manager.

Dexed is a plugin version of the DX7 synthesizer which Brian Eno uses heavily, it's rather complex, though there are many DX7 tutorials out there. It's free and if you slap a freeware reverb VST plugin on the output of it you should be able to get the same type of sounds he does.

I highly recommend buying a keyboard controller, you might already have an old casio laying around like I did. It can be used to control the software synth on your computer using a midi cable, don't get a cheap white and black Chinese one, buy an EMU cable off amazon for $12 or so.

If you don't have an old keyboard, most midi hosts let you play the keyboard with your computer keyboard keys, you can usually turn it on it options. If you're experiencing latency from when you push a key to when you hear a sound, download ASIO4ALL and use it as your audio plugin :)

All in all it'll cost you about $12 (if you buy the midi cable) and about an hour or so of setup.

Here's a VST host that supports effects: http://www.studiotoolz.net/airrack-live-vst-host-environment/

Here's Dexed, the synthesizer itself: http://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/

Here's a simple free reverb plugin: http://www.anwida.com/product.asp?pid=7&s=4

Load it in an effects slot for Dexed in the host program

Happy synthesizing! PM me if you have any questions :)

You will need MIDI i/o to the TX7 to load/save banks and to load/edit parameters in patches. Since there are thousands of banks available on the internet, you might want to try loading some banks into your TX7 first.

For the programming, you can use the free VST Dexed, or the free VST CTRLR with the TX7 panel to manually edit parameters within patches.

DX-FM is brighter and great for percussion. PD sounds closer to subtractive to me, even though it’s not subtractive at all.

If you have a desktop OS computer, try out Dexed, a DX-7 virtual instrument, as a standalone or in a DAW to see what you think of FM. On iOS, I recommend KQ Dixie for DX-7 emulation.

There are Casio CZ virtual instruments, but I’m not sure which one(s) to recommend. There are no free desktop options like Dxed, unfortunately. Have fun!

> if anyone could list some good free VSTs

i just got DEXED last night. holy shit it's amazing. i would recommend it to everyone, i know lots of people have it already but it may be under the radar a bit too. was going to make a thread about it.

similarly all the free TAL vsts represent amazing value for (no) money and sound genuinely good.

I would like to know what Linux VSTi is, there are some that make VSTis also for Linux, f.e. you can get Dexed synth - http://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/, I looked trying to find that out some time ago but I forgot what I understood, is that native VSTi (compiled for Linux) that can also be called VSTi? or is that LV2 or completely different?, maybe some of you on this sub would know, btw?

The SNES did not have an oscillator-based synth engine for synthesizing its own sound effects and music (like the NES did), it used a sample-based system. This means that the sounds and music were written and recorded externally (often using hardware synthesizers), and then smashed down to fit into the SNES's audio memory (which was like 100k, IIRC).

An FM synth is perfect for making an electric guitar sound, and the FM synth du-jour when that game came out was the infamous Yamaha DX-7. More than likely that E. guitar shredding was sampled from the DX-7, and then pitch shifted and downsampled to work.

listen to these demos:

https://youtu.be/F3rrjQtQe5A?t=421

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apNAf5rZiO4

Dexed is a free software re-creation of the DX-7 FM synth engine, and can load patches from the original synthesizer. You can start your journey there: http://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/

Godspeed

You probably already know this, but you should get Dexed, the DX7 emulating VSTi and cartridge manager. And also the awesome and comprehensive sysex collection by BlackWinny. More info on KVR.

Do yourself a favor and go download Dexed http://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/ It's DX7 plugin that also serves a cartridge/library organizer for the OG DX7. Gives you the option of having endless patches.

My favorites for pretty much everything are OBXD, Dexed, Synth1, and the built-in plugins that come with FL Studio.

the only freeware instrument I use is Dexed but that's very different from what you're looking for...

but using kvr's database and search you should be able to find exactly what you need

There's definitely no problem asking us for help! Glad you did a little research beforehand and gave a pretty decent indication of what you'd like to do. Figuring out the right synth for anybody can be a pretty laborious process (my head was spinning when I first got into synths).

For your purposes (and mainly because you don't really have access to a secondhand market), it would probably be best to use Pro Tools and some plug-ins. You'd definitely be able to emulate BSII type sounds. I personally only use hardware, so I can't really offer any recommendations on good plug-ins... However, when I started, I bought a Novation MIDI controller, which came with Ableton Live and a Bass Station plug-in (so you can definitely set yourself on the right path with something like that). There are a ton of free plug-ins out there that are great, such as Dexed and SQ8L, which are both polyphonic and can be played immediately with pre-made synth patches (specifically those that can be made on the Yamaha DX7 and Ensoniq ESQ-1/SQ80, respectively).