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--- yamaha_tx81z [2024/08/08 22:56] – [Free] Yamaha Musicians rjt
+++ yamaha_tx81z [2024/09/06 19:29] (current) – [MIDI] more detail about what you can do with midi control rjt
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 Affordable, rack-mount version of the Yamaha [[fm_synthesis|FM synths]] from the 80s, though a bit different to the popular [[yamaha_dx7|DX7]].
+Single instruments have 8 note polyphony, and there are //performance// patches that combines up to 4 instruments
+Program Change
 =====Guides=====
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   * [[yt>2HP0U6VB2bg|Yamaha TX81Z Synthesizer - Getting Started Programming FM]]
   * [[yt>JG98BhZv5TI|Yamaha TX-81Z Performance tips / Chord memory etc]]
-  * [[https://forum.vintagesynth.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=54535|Fixing the transformer hum in the TX-81z]]
+  * [[yt>m-bB1ap9c7Y|Should you buy a Yamaha TX81Z FM synth?]] - Good info on using with a DAW.
 =====Software=====
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   * [[github>gleb812/cs81z]] - [[Csound]] emulation.
   * [[github>gesellkammer/sc-tx81z]] - [[SuperCollider]] emulation.
+=====MIDI=====
+Program Change messages select patches:
+  * 1-32 are the patches in bank I
+  * 33-64 are patches in bank A
+  * 65-96 bank B
+  * 97-128 bank C
+  * 129-160 would be bank D, but program change messages only go up to 128, so…
+You can set how these messages are routed, so you can Program Change 64 could switch to D05, via Utility > Midi Control? > Edit P.Cng Tbl?
+You can setup instruments in performance patches to respond to MIDI messages on different channels, this is the only way to access multiple sounds at once of a single unit. All the default ones seem to be set to just use channel 1 for everything.
+So ultimately you will want to create your own performance patches with sets of sounds you like, that can be easily access through a [[DAW]] or [[MIDI controller]].
+=====Mods=====
+  * TZQuad - Adds two more banks of user memory. The synth can only see one at a time, so you have to switch the new bank into the 'I' slot and reboot for it to be usable. At this point in time seems easier to just make a custom bank of what you want with software on a computer.
+  * [[https://forum.vintagesynth.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=54535|Fixing the transformer hum in the TX-81z]].
 ===== See Also =====