Old windows machines are kinda crappy too. Plus you also need to get the software and genuinely worry about viruses because so much of the software doesn't even have legitimate means of obtaining or using anymore.
OPCODE GALAXY PATCH EDITOR FOR DX7 DRIVER
With built-in MIDI ports are you safe from the depths of driver hell? Hopefully there is a reasonable priced CF drive option so you can just load it all on there and not have to worry about disk management.ĭoes Win 98 have class compliant MIDI USB drivers? I have a win95 machine I keep around, but I need to find a game port MIDI cable. There looks to be a soundiver version and quite a very different editors with support for a variety of hardware.
I seems like Atari hardware might be the most hassle free way of working with older synths, if you don't have "legacy" computers on hand already. A good site that has compiled music software released into the public domain is:, but there are others. (Opcode Galaxy Editor for random synth-patch generation) Studer A800 AMEK Mozart 40ch. Mmp wrote:There are very good Atari emulators that suppot MIDI for both PC & Mac with lots of music software. I was able to get my old Opcodes Galaxy Librarian software working, and Ive loaded up all 4 modules with my favorite DX7 patches an array of electronic. As most DX7 editors (Opcode Galaxy, MOTU Unisyn etc.) have not kept up with Apple's changing software (for Mac users), can anybody tell me if Dexed can act as a DX7 patch librarian as well as a means of exchanging single patches with a hardware DX7 I've a large DX7 patch library which I'd like to be able to sort out, if Dexed's peripheral.