
This is where the wonderful Bobby Blue DX7 page comes in. You now need some patch SysEx data to transfer.SysEx Librarian is the app you need on your Mac to do this, and here’s where you get it.Now you’re ready to transfer SysEx data.For younger synth users it will seem strange that you don’t save these settings but they are now set up how you need them.Use the ‘No’ key to change it to MEMORY PROTECT INTERNAL OFF If will display MEMORY PROTECT INTERNAL ON as the default. Now press the green Internal Memory Protect button.If the display says SYS INFO AVAIL you don’t need to do anything, otherwise use the ‘Yes’ button or Data Entry slider to change it to SYS INFO AVAIL

If ‘MIDI Ch=1’ is displayed you don’t need to do anything, otherwise use the ‘Yes’ button or Data Entry slider to change it to 1. Press the Function Key then the ‘8’ button.There’s three steps ( this handy video shows you the exact buttons): Now you need to get your DX7 ready to accept the SysEx data from your Mac.Connect the other from the MIDI IN of your interface to the MIDI OUT of your DX7. Connect one from the MIDI OUT of your interface to the MIDI IN of your DX7. You need an audio interface that connects to your Mac and that has MIDI IN and MIDI OUT 5-pin ports. I hear MIDI Ox is a great app for non-Mac users. I only did this on a Mac – but most of the info is usable on other operating systems.Check the 5-pin DIN MIDI cables you use – if the below process doesn’t work this could be why if you’ve dredged up a 1987 cable from under the house.

I then tried the Komplete Audio 6 interface and it worked like a dream. I initially tried on a PreSonus Studio 1824c and it would not work – the DX7 froze every time I connected the MIDI cables up.

