Convert and use DX7 SYX patches?

[darquegk]

I'm a Fantom G8 user, and this November I'll be playing for Les Miserables. The sounds for Les Mis still come on a Dx7 floppy disk (actually, eight floppy discs). I have the SYX files for these, but I don't know how to read and convert them to Roland-friendly patches. Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this?

[Synthtron]

You cannot load DX-7 data into the Fantom.

[Macska]

The Korg Kronos can load the patches, but for a fraction of the price and to keep using your Fantom G in the show you could purchase a Yamaha DX7 for less than $400 and then sample the patches into your G.

OR for totally free, but maybe with a slightly different sound, you could load the files into this VSTi - http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2014/ ... nthesizer/

and then just sample them into the G or have your G control the VSTi on a laptop.

[johnxyz]

Yes, buy a DX7, probably the DX7s (or DX7 2 whatever it was called, I think one of them had a disk drive. Dont think the original did.) Use it then sell it after, and probably not lose any money. Thats the hassle free way to get the exact sounds.

[Andy Keys]

Or, if you trust computers and tablets live, there are software versions of the DX7 that can load it's SysEx.