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In the 90s, when FM was considered inherently uncool, the DX7 was the keyboard du jour to use as a controller and subsequently smash to pieces in live sets for
by nkozyra 5y ago
In the 90s, when FM was considered inherently uncool, the DX7 was the keyboard du jour to use as a controller and subsequently smash to pieces in live sets for industrial, ebm, techno.
They were dirt cheap and as mentioned, insanely solid.
Same thing happened to to the Casio CZ line. I bought one at a time they were very undesirable for $75 and they now go for $500+
There's a financial lesson in here somewhere
- nobleach 5y agoThe only problem with using it as a controller (The original DX7) was that their MIDI implementation was incomplete. So you only got velocity values of 0-100 instead of 0-127. It still has a wonderful key-bed. I've owned a couple of 'em.
- Zenst 5y agoI had a CZ101 in the day, preferred the sound from PD synthesis as it was better at base sounds IMHO. That and the DX7 was used to death and more so - 99% just used the pre-sets and got to stage that you could name the sound they used on a sound and all got cliché.