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Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

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Post by a_t48 »

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)

I tried to run it in my homegrown emulator - sadly it crashed because I haven't implemented mapper 2 (and bank swapping). If it's what I think it is though, you're right, very viral. ;)

Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

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Post by munsters »

NikolaNovak wrote: post #32
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 think people are talking about "Click" differently. - There is a click on the link on this page that leads to the webpage. Nothing is downloaded at this time. - There is a click on the target webpage "Click to generate cartridge". Those who know what DX7 is, who are presumably a target audience, would understand this will generate a file. For those who do not know what DX7 is or what's happening, well... why are yo…

"But at that point you've already clicked two times voluntarily on a strange page whose provenance or purpose you don't know"

How many times have you clicked on an HN submission that you already knew 100% about? This site is for people to showcase their projects, of course curious visitors are expected to poke around.

This app looked like a single page - it's not at all obvious it's even possible to scroll down. It resizes to the browser window so the FAQ is always hidden unless you scroll. This is quite obviously based off "this face does not exist", so its perfectly reasonable to expect it to play something in the browser.

Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

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Post by exikyut »

raphlinus wrote: post #41
detaro wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder if someone has ported dexed to WebAudio or something and the page could embed it. Unrelated: I've played with Dexed a bit, but I just can't get over twiddling knobs on screen ...

https://github.com/google/music-synthesizer-for-android/tree... has an experimental port, but I'd consider it a starting point, not a polished web app. ETA: there's also https://www.webaudiomodules.org/wamsynths/webdx7/ , but sound is pretty crackly on my setup :/

Can confirm audio is very glitchy. Chromium 80.0 on reasonableish i5 laptop.

Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

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Post by exikyut »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #44
hexaga wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Just unzip it and then cat the contents into aplay!

dQw4w9WgXcQ alert!! :)

That is cool. It's even a valid NES cartridge according to `file`. Nice. I needed `aplay -f 16` FWIW.

I shall respond with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJgNpm8cTE8

Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

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Post by jacquesm »

nobleach wrote: post #47
teilo wrote: post #45

I have KQ Dixie on this iPad Pro that I'm presently on. The sysex files generated by this website opened up directly into it, and it worked brilliantly. This is so cool. There's a lot of duds, but it also generates some very usable patches. I actually have a DX7 sitting on my desk at work, although I only use it as a MIDI keyboard because I love the keybed. Dexed or Arturia is so much easier to program, and 100% the…

I've owned multiple DX-7s (only first gen... I've always wanted to buy a DX-7IIfd). While I liked the feel of the keys, I couldn't get passed the MIDI implementation not sending the full 0-127 velocity. (Yamaha implemented a 0 to 100 range because the MIDI spec wasn't complete at the time of production). When I'm actually using it as just a keyboard to play, it doesn't seem to matter... it's only when I'm using a dif…

You can patch that if you want, the ROM image is available and there are reasonably accurate disassemblies, enough to figure out where that bit of code lives so you can scale it. You won't be able to fix it at the source (the DX7 contains two processors, the other one is mask programmable), but you can simply scale the 0...100 values to become 0...127.

Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

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Post by rcarmo »

This is so cool. I recently got myself a Reface DX to recapture the feel of the original DX7 and have Dexed on my machines (including the iPad), so will be having some fun over the next few evenings.

Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

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Post by jacquesm »

Very neat. I refurbish/repair DX7's as a hobby, and it is always surprising to me how much life there is still left in that synth. There is a whole eco-system around them and lots of people still want the actual thing to play on. They're also built like tanks which is one reason they are still so much in use today.

Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

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Post by timc3 »

Really works well. Downloaded the SysEx imported into NI's FM8 and some of the sounds are extremely usable as the basis for some sound design.

You milage may vary if you are after some traditional sounds though - I am definitely not.

Re: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

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Post by s_m »

I downloaded a .syx and loaded it into Dexed. About half the patches don't make any sound, but the ones that remain are pretty good. Various classic FM sounds in the Sonic the Hedgehog vein.
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