Just as a Fender is always played through an amp, a DX7 would never go dry into the mixing console. What we think of as the DX7 sound is almost always a combina

Just as a Fender is always played through an amp, a DX7 would never go dry into the mixing console. What we think of as the DX7 sound is almost always a combination of the Yamaha chip and a smorgasbord of effects units, usually at least reverb but likely also chorus, delay, compression, and even distortion, not to mention extensive EQ.