FM7 is one of the best sounding digital softsynths. Good user interface and VERY nice presets.
However, the original DX7 does sound subjectively better. The original has a slightly warmer tone, a little fatter....and is ALOT more dirty (particulary the Mki's....not so much on the MKii's). Yes, programming is a bitch....but to be honest there are so many good DX patches floating around...I'd just buy it as a preset synth. Always run FM sounds through decent FX...otheriwse they sound pretty dull/boring.
Some people hate Fm sounds.....I dont know why! 80's music is basically DX7! From the mid 80's analog synths featured less. There is nothing quite like listening to a song that uses DX bass and synth guitar...Jupiter brass and P5 strings.
But, those synths defined the 80's.....VA's define the 90's, 00's.....so its all relative. Hence i wanna get the Ti and keep it in mint condition...one day my kids will play on it hehe
DS
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The SynthWizard has some advice - Back in the 1980's music was better, TV was better, films were better. Not to mention fashion.... Let me help you relive the past with some classic 80's sounds from my vintage synth collection....
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