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toddnickolas

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Why won't some DX7 banks read on PFM3?
« on: February 11, 2021, 03:32:38 AM »
Hi.  Just got my PreenFM3 a couple days ago.  Have a few DX7 banks in syx format that I really like and want to load into the PFM3.  Put them in the DX folder but the PFM3 doesn't recognize them at all.  Have some other banks I put in and they read fine.
 Advice?  Thanks!

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Re: Why won't some DX7 banks read on PFM3?
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2021, 08:39:51 AM »

Hi,

There are several different sysex dumps for the DX7.
The preenfm can only load the 4104 bytes files with 32 presets.

There are lots of them in the zip here : DX7_SYX.zip
https://github.com/Ixox/preenfm2/releases/tag/2.08

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Re: Why won't some DX7 banks read on PFM3?
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2021, 04:29:22 PM »
Thanks!  There are some specific ones I purchased that I want to use on the PFM3.  Will a syx editor allow me to convert them so I can use them?

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Re: Why won't some DX7 banks read on PFM3?
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2021, 09:15:16 PM »
Thanks!  There are some specific ones I purchased that I want to use on the PFM3.  Will a syx editor allow me to convert them so I can use them?

I now very little about the DX7 and the different sysex files.
I use a part of the Hexter open source code to decode the DX7 files.
If you can turn them into files of 32 presets with a 4104 bytes size, then it will work.