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Fairlight is great-- DX7 though was really the sound of the 80s...
by swagempire 3y ago
Fairlight is great-- DX7 though was really the sound of the 80s...
- jhallenworld 3y agoI was trying to find which CPU was used for the DX7.. didn't find it, but did find that Ken Sherriff reverse engineered the sound chips: https://www.righto.com/2021/11/reverse-engineering-yamaha-dx7.html https://www.righto.com/2021/11/reverse-engineering-yamaha-dx... Well I found the schematics: it uses a 6805 and a 6303! http://www.midimanuals.com/manuals/yamaha/dx7/schematics/yamaha_dx7_schematics_rvgm.pdf http://www.midimanuals.com/manuals/yamaha/dx7/schematics/yam...
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y agoHa. I have a love-hate relationship with the MC6805. On the one hand, I built a lot of devices based on the 68HC05 series. On the other, having to implement a 16-bit division routine on one was what made me swear off assembly language for good.
- diydsp 3y agoit would be reductive to chalk up the sound of the 80s to any one synth. Especially when the Fairlight was responsible for a number of iconic songs: http://ghservices.com/gregh/fairligh/topsong/ http://ghservices.com/gregh/fairligh/topsong/ This is a good overview of key 80s gear, including the E-Mu, Linn Drum, DX7, Fairlight, Mirage, etc. https://www.musicradar.com/news/10-synths-that-defined-the-80s https://www.musicradar.com/news/10-synths-that-defined-the-8...
- jhallenworld 3y agoAlso used in a bunch of movie soundtracks: https://forum.vintagesynth.com/viewtopic.php?t=72349 https://forum.vintagesynth.com/viewtopic.php?t=72349 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnpYowxlwsU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnpYowxlwsU