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I just connected an old tx7 module to my vfx and all the keys are on 
the high end of the scale. How do i set my vfx to play the same 
notes as the module.

In a message dated 12/30/2003 6:20:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
bobratica1020@... writes:
I just connected an old tx7 module to my vfx and all the keys are on 
the high end of the scale. How do i set my vfx to play the same 
notes as the module.
In the performance section of the vfx
1.  press the midi button and change one of the three sounds from local to 
midi
2.  double click the midi button so that it is "active"
3. press the midi button repeatedly until you come to program
4.  change the program to get the tx sound that you want
5.  choose the vfx sound you want as part of the preset and be sure that it 
stays set to local. 

With both sounds active 

6. press the transpose button and experiment with the tx/midi sound by 
changing the octave to match the octave of the vfx sound
7.  save the settings as a preset or as a sequence. 

Hope that helps.  Frank Fortunato

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<bobratica1020@y...> wrote:
> I just connected an old tx7 module to my vfx and all the keys are 
on 
> the high end of the scale. How do i set my vfx to play the same 
> notes as the module.

I would check the Transpose feature on the module and in the 
Performance section of the VFX.

If anyone has one of these modules, let me know how to set the 
module to play same keysrhw same as the vfx, im not very familiar 
with the tx7 but everything seems to be working correctly on the vfx 
except the transpose, please help if you can. thanks

I have a tx7 and it appears that there's no global transpose; only a fine
tuning (detune). In fact DX7 transpose is 'per program' instead of
global...so...if you want to attack it on the yamaha end there are two ways.
1) Borrow a dx7, load your programs onto it and transpose each one to taste;
then dump them back to the tx. 2) Download/acquire a dx7 software editor and
swap the progs back and forth with the computer instead of a dx.
Either way the transpose function is expressed sorta backwards from most
other synths....Middle C = ?

Good luck!
Mike Nelson

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> except the transpose, please help if you can. thanks
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> > If anyone has one of these modules, let me know how to set the
> > module to play same keysrhw same as the vfx, im not very familiar
> > with the tx7 but everything seems to be working correctly on the vfx
> > except the transpose, please help if you can. thanks
> 
> I have a tx7 and it appears that there's no global transpose; only a fine
> tuning (detune). In fact DX7 transpose is 'per program' instead of
> global...so...if you want to attack it on the yamaha end there are two ways.
> 1) Borrow a dx7, load your programs onto it and transpose each one to taste;
> then dump them back to the tx. 2) Download/acquire a dx7 software editor and
> swap the progs back and forth with the computer instead of a dx.
> Either way the transpose function is expressed sorta backwards from most
> other synths....Middle C = ?

I'm sorry if I haven't been paying attention, but do we all know that
you can do this from the VFX end of things by making sure on the MIDI
CONTROL page, you set XPOS=BOTH or XPOS=SEND, then changing the
transpose setting in the performance section?

e.g. To have a preset that layers a VFX sound with a tx7 sound:

   Select the VFX sound you want to layer with.
   DoubleClick another sound to make a layer.  (flashing underline)
   Set MIDI status on the first one you selected to LOCAL.
   Set MIDI status on the second to MIDI
   Set CHAN and PROG on the second voice to what you want to send to
   the tx7.
   Change the transpose for the 2nd to what you need for the tx7 to
   match the VFX.

I do this all the time, except the module is a JV-1080 not a tx7.

[ My JV-1080 is usually set to receive on MIDI channel 1, and I have
my VFX set with the BASE channel = 15, SEND=TRACK (not BASE) -- so
when you select a vfx sound which by default gets MIDI STAT of BOTH,
it sends on channel 15, which the JV ignores.  This seemed easier at
the time than getting the JV to respond to some other channel, yet I
don't get sounds out of the JV unless I specifically want them. ]

--> Steve

In a message dated 1/7/2004 10:35:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
steve@... writes:
everything seems to be working correctly on the vfx
> > except the transpose, please help if you can. thanks
I agree with Steve.  Don't bother reprogramming the TX7 as that is more work. 
 Just have the VFX access the TX on a separate channel that you set up as 
midi, not local and not both. Then go and change the octave on the VFX where you 
have the TX sound and the TX will play the correct octave to match the VFX 
layer. Frank

Frank Fortunato
OM International Music Director
Coordinator, Heart Sounds International 
PO Box 444, Tyrone, GA 30290
tel: 770-486-8702
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