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--- yamaha_tx81z [2024/08/10 22:41] – Hardware mods rjt
+++ yamaha_tx81z [2025/04/10 02:30] (current) – [Software] Ableton thing 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]]
+  * [[yt>m-bB1ap9c7Y|Should you buy a Yamaha TX81Z FM synth?]] - Good info on using with a DAW.
 =====Software=====
-  * [[https://synthmata.github.io/tx81z/|free online patch editor for TX81Z / DX11 / DX100 / DX21 / DX27 ]]
+  * [[https://synthmata.github.io/tx81z/|free online patch editor for TX81Z / DX11 / DX100 / DX21 / DX27]]
     * [[github>synthmata/synthmata.github.io/tree/master/tx81z]]
   * [[https://audio.julieneres.com/product/TX81ZEdit|TX81ZEdit]] - VST and standalone editor. Not sure if it's actually finished. Site is a bit suss.
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     * [[github>mgregory22/tx81z-programmer]]
   * [[https://www.martintarenskeen.nl/dxconvert/|DX/TXconvert]] - Converts patches between DX (6-op, 1 waveform) and TX (4-op, 6 waveform) formats.
+  * [[https://maxforlive.com/library/device/6089/tx81z-editor|TX81Z Editor]] for Max for Live.
 =====Patches=====
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   * [[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=====