Yamaha 4-Operator FM Synthesizer Family

Multimode Patch Editor (TX81Z and DX11 only)

This editor is designed for multimode patches from the Yamaha TX81Z and DX11. The V50 should be easy to get up and running as well, but I have nothing to test with. If you have a V50, contact me (sean@cs.gmu.edu).

There are some later 4-Op synthesizers (YS100, YS200, B200, etc.) which support a simple kind of multimode, but as a global system setting, not as a patch. At present I have elected not to support these synthesizers.

Communicating with Edisyn

Set your synth's receive and transmit channel to the same thing (perhaps Channel 1). Set the program change to be Com (Common). Make sure that Sysex is turned on.

Bank Sysex

This patch editor knows about bank sysex messages (which group together multiple patches) as well as single-patch sysex messages. If Edisyn loads or receives a bank sysex message, you will be given the option to edit a patch from it, to save the whole bank sysex, or to upload the whole bank sysex.

Gotchas



Thanks

Thanks to Matt Gregory (mgregory22@gmail.com) for his considerable help in debugging this patch editor. Thanks also to Jesse Guessford and the GMU School of Music. And thanks to Thor Zollinger (thor276@cableone.net) for his help in getting the DX11 editor working properly.

By    Sean Luke
Date    September 2017
4-Op Version: December 2019