Davo Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 (edited) I have a Yamaha TX802, which is essentially a DX7mk2 in a rackmount chassis. I'd like to get an actual DX7mk2 one of these days, but I don't know -- the TX802 is so compact and convenient. I just now hatched the crazy idea of replicating the user interface of a DX7mk2 with Midibox hardware. Does anyone know if it's possible to communicate with a TX802 over midi to make this gizmo work? I'd appreciate any ideas and suggestions you may have. Edited February 27, 2011 by Davo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuriken Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I have a Yamaha TX802, which is essentially a DX7mk2 in a rackmount chassis. I'd like to get an actual DX7mk2 one of these days, but I don't know -- the TX802 is so compact and convenient. I just now hatched the crazy idea of replicating the user interface of a DX7mk2 with Midibox hardware. Does anyone know if it's possible to communicate with a TX802 over midi to make this gizmo work? I'd appreciate any ideas and suggestions you may have. I don't see why not. You just need to lookup the midi implementation chart. A midibox 64 would do the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I think the TX has a much better interface then the DX, number pad, bigger screen, more parameters on screen at once etc. Are you looking to do something like a Jellinghaus programmer or just an LCD with some controls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo Posted February 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I'm looking for the latter: LCD and controls. Replicating the Jellinghaus programmer would be interesting, but probably too complex for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 A Jellinghaus-style programmer would be a bigger project, but I think it would be simpler to implement as a MIDIbox than to try to replicate the behaviour of a DX7 front panel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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