* The sound engine [music-synthesizer-for-android](https://code.google.com/p/music-synthesizer-for-android) is closely modeled on the original DX7 characteristics
* Fully supports DX7 input and output Sysex messages; including controller change. This means that you can use this with a native DX7/TX7 as a patch editor and sysex manager
* Version 0.7.0 [vst win32/x64](http://le-son666.com/software/dexed/dexed-0.7.0-win.zip) - [vst os x](http://le-son666.com/software/dexed/dexed-0.7.0-osx.vst.zip)
* Version 0.6.1 [vst win32/x64](http://le-son666.com/software/dexed/dexed-0.6.1-win.zip) - [vst os x](http://le-son666.com/software/dexed/dexed-0.6.1-osx.vst.zip)
* Mark I : It is the music-synthesizer-for-android implementation reduced to 8-bit. It is used to be able to see the difference between the OPL series that also uses 8-bit but with sums of logs to avoid multiplications. It will be upgraded to 10-bit/12-bit later.
* OPL Series : this is an experimental implementation of the [reversed engineered OPL family chips](http://sourceforge.net/projects/peepeeplayer). 8-bit. Keep in mind that the envelopes stills needs tuning.
* Before you use this interface, your DX7 must be configured to send or receive sysex messages. Do this by hitting [FUNCTION] and [8] button
* Check the midi channel. By reading some of DX7 literature, most DX7 are supposed to support only 1 channel. Unless you are running a cluster of DX7, you should keep this to 1.
* Press [8] again and you should see: "SYS INFO AVAIL" or "SYS INFO UNAVAIL". Keep it to "SYS INFO AVAIL" to be able to receive sysex messages. This step is not required on a TX7.
* You need to remove MEMORY PROTECT on the internal or cartridge memory to be able to receive a Dexed 32 voice bulk dump. This is done by using the [MEMORY PROTECT] button and then by pushing [NO].
* If the midi out port is configured, any parameter change will be sent to your DX7.
* If the midi out port is configured, you should see the [SEND] button, if not this button won't be available.
* You can use this [SEND] button on Dexed to send program or cartridge changes to your DX7. Be sure you have set [MEMORY PROTECT] is set to NO so the cartridge (internal or external one) on the DX7 can be overridden.
* Receive a cartridge by pressing [FUNCTION] then 3 times on [8] you should see " MIDI TRANSMIT ? ". If you hit yes, Dexed should receive the complete cartridge.
* If you play on your DX7 keyboard, the |DX7 In| light should be flashing. Use this to test the midi in communication.
* If the data sent is corrupted (wrong checksum, DX7 crash), it might be the midi interface implementation. Default Windows USB midi driver are known to send corrupt sysex data. If it is the case, use a third party device (like the midiman uno) that have his own USB driver.
* If you are unable to open the interface (error message after the using the [PARM] dialog), it might be because the midi driver doesn't support multiple clients (common on Windows). Be sure that there are no other applications that are using the same midi interface.
* Some programs can generate distortion : This is because the voice summing still needs some tuning. You can simply lower the volume on those programs.
* Some sysex files seems to be corrupted : Even if the sysex checksum doesn't match, Dexed will try to load it (this is a kind of randomize feature). Right now Dexed supports only original DX7 sysex, other DX family sysex (like the DX21) is considered as random data.
* DX7 program compilation : Jean-Marc Desprez (author of [SynprezFM](http://www.synprez.com/SynprezFM))
* DX7 programs : Dave Benson, Frank Carvalho, Tim Conrardy, Jack Deckard, Chris Dodunski, Tim Garrett, Hitaye, Stephan Ibsen, Christian Jezreel, Narfman, Godric Wilkie
