DX7Dump
DX7Dump is a command line tool for transforming Yamaha DX7 sysex files into a human readable format. This makes it ideal for learning FM synthesis by manually programming existing patches into a DX7 or compatible synthesiser.
This repository contains a forked version of the DX7Dump tool by Ted Felix. More information on that version of the tool can be found on Ted's Yahama DX7 page, and the original SourceForge repository.
Usage
dx7dump [OPTIONS] filename
Options: -l List all parameters for all 32 patches.
-p n List all parameters for the specified patch.
-v Display version information.
-h Display this help information.
Changes
I've made the following changes in this fork:
- Updated the struct packing so that it works on modern systems.
- Updated the file reading method to use streams.
- Updated the console outputs to use streams.
- Implemented missing single patch output functionality.
- Rearranged the outputs to match the Korg Volca FM parameter names and ordering.
- Retrieved and included the referenced sysex-format.txt file.
- General changes to output messages and formatting.
- General refactoring to more idiomatic C++ code.
Original Readme by Ted Felix
Yamaha DX7 Sysex Dump
Copyright 2012, Ted Felix (www.tedfelix.com)
License: GPLv3+
Takes a Yamaha DX7 sysex file and formats it as human readable text.
The format is also conducive to using diff (or meld) to examine differences
between patches.
Based on info from:
http://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/mth192/pages/dx7/sysex-format.txt
Build:
g++ -o dx7dump dx7dump.cpp