Yamaha DX7 with DX RAM & ROM 3 cartridges !

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This is a vintage Yamaha DX7 from the eighties.This unit is in very good condition.It looks and sounds great. I am the original owner.It has been in storage for over 20 years and has never left the recording studio. It comes with the hard to find DX data RAM cartridge that sells for $40 to $100 and the DX ROM 3 cartridge that sells for about $50. It is missing the data slide knob. ( I have seen these on E-bay for $10) Other than that everything works well. Yamaha DX-7 Share | One of the most popular digital synths ever was the DX7 from Yamaha, released in 1983. It featured a whole new type of synthesis called FM (Frequency Modulation). It certainly is not analog and it is difficult to program but can result in some excellent sounds! It is difficult because it is non-analog and thus, a whole new set of parameters are available for tweaking, many of which seemed counter-intuitive and unfamiliar. And programming had to be accomplished via membrane buttons, one data slider and a small LCD screen.Still the sounds it shipped with and that many users did manage to create were more complex and unique than anything before it. Percussive and metallic but thick as analog at times, the DX-7 was known for generating unique sounds still popular to this day. The DX-7 was also a truly affordable programmable synth when it was first released. Almost read more