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Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

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Post by barbs »

skylanh wrote: post #19
munsters wrote: post #17

I had no idea what a DX7 cartridge was, but out of curiosity I clicked the "Click here to generate" link. It immediately downloaded a file. I'm sure you have no malicious intent here, but my immediate reaction was that it's a virus or something bad. I immediately deleted the file. The experience felt like one of those scammy popups that initiates a download. You should really put a label or something to indicate to t…

This appears specific to your setup and testing process. I tried this with several browsers, and this did not occur for me. Browsers: Firefox, Chrome, Edge Perhaps you're referring to the link on the website which says "Click here to generate Cartridge!"? Which follows the somewhat expected path for the picture context.

I had the same thing happen on Safari on iOS.

Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

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Post by ink_13 »

skylanh wrote: post #19
munsters wrote: post #17

I had no idea what a DX7 cartridge was, but out of curiosity I clicked the "Click here to generate" link. It immediately downloaded a file. I'm sure you have no malicious intent here, but my immediate reaction was that it's a virus or something bad. I immediately deleted the file. The experience felt like one of those scammy popups that initiates a download. You should really put a label or something to indicate to t…

This appears specific to your setup and testing process. I tried this with several browsers, and this did not occur for me. Browsers: Firefox, Chrome, Edge Perhaps you're referring to the link on the website which says "Click here to generate Cartridge!"? Which follows the somewhat expected path for the picture context.

I did not expect to be downloading a file, either. Like many people, I have no idea what a "DX7 cartridge" is. From context, I assumed this was a picture generator like "This face does not exist".

Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

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Post by nkozyra »

munsters wrote: post #17

I had no idea what a DX7 cartridge was, but out of curiosity I clicked the "Click here to generate" link. It immediately downloaded a file. I'm sure you have no malicious intent here, but my immediate reaction was that it's a virus or something bad. I immediately deleted the file. The experience felt like one of those scammy popups that initiates a download. You should really put a label or something to indicate to t…

I know what one is. I'm a fan of fm synthesis and dx-model synths and variants.

But if I had known it automatically downloaded a patch I wouldn't click. It did this without me clicking anything.

Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

#25

Post by anonymfus »

munsters wrote: post #17

I had no idea what a DX7 cartridge was, but out of curiosity I clicked the "Click here to generate" link. It immediately downloaded a file. I'm sure you have no malicious intent here, but my immediate reaction was that it's a virus or something bad. I immediately deleted the file. The experience felt like one of those scammy popups that initiates a download. You should really put a label or something to indicate to t…

Well that is a common social vulnerability of the Hacker News crowd: if you give a link to some binary file for any retro system people here will install an emulator it runs on and execute it, ever if you say that it's actually a viral payload. For example: http://swiftlytilting.com/downloads/PCM.demo.wgraphics.zip (that is viral)

Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

#26

Post by aasasd »

wegs wrote: post #10

Well, I have to say: (1) This looks interesting. I had no idea any of this existed. (2) For the level of awesome, this is the worst-documented ecosystem I've stepped into in a long while. I hope some random user volunteers to make really nice documentation at some point. This could go from awesome to a lot awesomer. I looked for MIDI synthesizer a while back, and never ran into dexed. I suspect I'll have a lot of fun…

Surprised that you managed to evade the DX7 fandom with all the emulators, when looking for a synth.

Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

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Post by hexaga »

anonymfus wrote: post #25
munsters wrote: post #17

I had no idea what a DX7 cartridge was, but out of curiosity I clicked the "Click here to generate" link. It immediately downloaded a file. I'm sure you have no malicious intent here, but my immediate reaction was that it's a virus or something bad. I immediately deleted the file. The experience felt like one of those scammy popups that initiates a download. You should really put a label or something to indicate to t…

Well that is a common social vulnerability of the Hacker News crowd: if you give a link to some binary file for any retro system people here will install an emulator it runs on and execute it, ever if you say that it's actually a viral payload. For example: http://swiftlytilting.com/downloads/PCM.demo.wgraphics.zip (that is viral)

It is difficult to overstate how strongly I want to download and poke through that file, even knowing it's a bad idea.

Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

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Post by n3k5 »

yowlingcat wrote: post #20

First of all, fantastic tool. Second of all, to folks that are trying to figure out how to give this a go: Open up your favorite DAW (try out Reaper[1] if you don't have one yet), download an install the fantastic open source DX7 emulator plugin Dexed VST plugin [2] and have fun. In my opinion, FM synthesis is one of the finest things in life I've ever experienced. I never understood the whole culture around an emoti…

You don't even need a DAW. When I downloaded Dexed as an audio unit for my Mac (thinking “I'll have to try this later; at the moment I don't have enough RAM free to start a DAW”), I was pleasantly surprised that it also came with a stand-alone app. The Dexed wiki says there are such apps for Windows and Linux, too.

Then I downloaded a MIDI file and used Audacity to play some of its channels into the synth. Super easy, even though I'd never used Audacity for MIDI before.

Just one thing stumped me for a minute: When you open the MIDI settings in the Dexed app, under “Active MIDI inputs” it shows a list of available buses, all with what looks like a green light next to it, as if they are indeed active. Those are actually checkboxes and they're initially off.

Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

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Post by jml7c5 »

nkozyra wrote: post #23
munsters wrote: post #17

I had no idea what a DX7 cartridge was, but out of curiosity I clicked the "Click here to generate" link. It immediately downloaded a file. I'm sure you have no malicious intent here, but my immediate reaction was that it's a virus or something bad. I immediately deleted the file. The experience felt like one of those scammy popups that initiates a download. You should really put a label or something to indicate to t…

I know what one is. I'm a fan of fm synthesis and dx-model synths and variants. But if I had known it automatically downloaded a patch I wouldn't click. It did this without me clicking anything.

What browser are you using? It requires a click for me on Firefox. From a quick glance at the source I don't see anything that would automatically initiate a download.
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